Brittany Grider

Mother 👩 Longtime Girlfriend 👩‍❤️‍👨 Elementary Instructional Coach 🧑🏼‍🏫 Aspiring Building Leader 📒❤️

[Brittany Grider @GriderBrittany]

Serving up a cup of ambition for our SC 💫 Staff! ☕️✨

Here’s to those who show up, pour into others, and give their best every single day. 💙

#925 #BetterEveryDay #AssistantPrincipal #Leadership

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[Brittany Grider @GriderBrittany]

“Hello, my most loyal citizens.” 👑When a 3rd grade teacher asks you to be a pretend dictator for their government simulation, you say ABSOLUTELY! What they don’t know: you’re going OFF SCRIPT. 🤣

“That is my final decision!”
#AssistantPrincipal #KCKPS

[Brittany Grider @GriderBrittany]

New chapter unlocked! ✨ Honored to join @silvercityKCK as Assistant Principal. Thank you, @BannekerPanther , for helping shape my journey. 💛 #Grateful #Leadership #NewChapterUnlocked #AssistantPrincipal

[KC Current @thekccurrent]

RAISE THAT TROPHY HIGH BACK TO BACK CHAMPS !!! 💫

[Brittany Grider @GriderBrittany]

🎄✨ Gingerbell Grider here! December was full of fun & excitement @BannekerPanther ! 🎉 Now it’s time for family, friends & Winter Break adventures! ❄️❤️ #WinterBreak #HappyHolidays

[nick wright @getnickwright]

It’s been a totally surreal 7 year run.

5 Super Bowl trips, 3 Rings, played in the Conference Championship game every single year.

Everything caught up with them this year & they just didn’t have it.

No shame in that, just is what it is.

Now we just pray Patrick is OK.

[Brittany Grider @GriderBrittany]

🌍✨ World Kindness Day! ✨🌍
Let’s lift each other up, spread positivity, and always choose kindness — today and every day. 💛💫

Hold the door. Give a compliment. Share a smile. Kindness is contagious! 😊
#WorldKindnessDay #ChooseKindness #SpreadLove #BeTheGood #KindnessMatters

[Brittany Grider @GriderBrittany]

Happy #NationalCoachesDay! 🏫💙 As an instructional coach, I may not get the spotlight, but the hugs 🤗, waves 👋🏽, tough student moments 💬❤️, & teacher support 🙌🏽 remind me of my impact. Proud to grow #BetterEveryday 🌟📚 #InstructionalCoach #PantherPride #LeadershipJourney

[Brittany Grider @GriderBrittany]

Happy Oct 1! 🎃🍫 Our boos (teachers) got a little chocolate pick-me-up today—because @BannekerPanther shines brighter with YOU! 💡👻 #PantherPride #TeacherLove

[Brian Mendler @BrianMendler]

Best strategy for kids who love to argue...use questions rather than statements. It is hard to argue a question. "You can't stand there!" Instead, where are you supposed to be right now?" Statements are their fuel, questions are their kryptonite! #teachers #TeachingStrategies

[Jon Gordon @JonGordon11]

No matter what anyone says, just show up and do the work!

📷 Page 176 from my book “The Power of Positive Leadership”

[Brian Mendler @BrianMendler]

Remember when dealing with challenging, argumentative students, privacy is best! The audience always plays a role.
#thatonekid #classroommanagement

[Brittany Grider @GriderBrittany]

First day of year 19 in the 📚 @BannekerPanther 🐾 We welcomed all of our new and returning Panthers back to the building today. #SameJacket #NewYear #instructionalcoach #BetterEveryDay

[Ken Williams @unfoldthesoul]

Before SEL and belonging training: chaos, sarcasm, and finger-pointing (literally). After? Teachers realized they were already doing most of it, but now they name it, own it, and do it with intention. Turns out, saying “hello” and smiling actually works.

[Jason Kennedy | Stop Teaching & Design Learning! @letsquitteachin]

Something to remember before the kids get here.

They are NOT:
SPED kids
EIP kids
RTI kids
504 kids
"Those" kids
Low kids
"That side of town" kids
_____ kids

Kids are kids.
Kids are learners, not labels.
Believe in & challenge ALL kids.
No excuses.

Otherwise, shame on us.

[Brian Mendler @BrianMendler]

Top 7 Tips for Managing Students:
1. We can’t control other people, only how you respond to other people.
2. Stay personally connected to students without taking personally what they do or say.
3. Discomfort is the appetizer for growth. You can’t grow without discomfort.
4. We need to listen to students without expectations.
5. Every day is a new day. Don’t hold grudges.
6. Behaviors are not the problems, they are the solutions kids choose to their problems.
7. I have to look at myself for the role I may have played in the situation.

#thatonekid #teachers

[Ken Williams @unfoldthesoul]

The system often hands us a narrative: these kids are damaged goods.
And when that’s the frame, it’s easy—even natural—to focus on what’s “wrong.”
But great educators don’t settle for the story they’re handed.
They rise above it and rewrite it.

[Ken Williams @unfoldthesoul]

Every teacher deserves a leader who boldly declares belief in them—no excuses, no hiding behind trauma or context. While systems expand the excuses menu, real leaders rise and say: “I chose YOU. I believe in YOU. Let’s go.”

[TCEA @TCEA]

💡 What if kindness was your school’s secret superpower?
Discover how leading with compassion can transform your campus culture—for students and staff. 👇

https://t.co/8kH4fYerFf @diben
#leadership #edleaders #cpchat #edutwitter

[Ken Williams @unfoldthesoul]

Teachers are quick to credit students for every bump in achievement, but let’s be real: that growth didn’t happen by accident. It happened because of your planning, your consistency, your belief.
Don’t downplay it. You’re the difference-maker.