Heather Barry

MLL Specialist in North Providence, RI and Learning Guide at Roger Williams University.

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

@npschoolsri @RIDeptEd and not only Spanish and Portuguese, in RI we have large populations of speakers of Haitian, French, Chinese, Italian, and Khmer

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

US Dept of Justice & US Dept of Education: Parents have a right to receive information in a language they understand --- we MUST be sending information home in languages that families can understand (also in the RI Family Bill of Rights) @npschoolsri @RIDeptEd #ESL #MLLadvocate

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

#3 Parents are their child’s first teacher and are experts on their children

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

Core beliefs of family engagement work: #1 Every parent wants the best for their child @RITELL_ESL #eslteacher #mlladvocate

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

#2 Parents have the capacity to help their children regardless of their background

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

Saturday morning on campus - the RITELL Fall Conference: Strategies for Family and a community Engagement with MLLs @RICNews @RITELL_ESL @npschoolsri #eslteacher #mlladvocate

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

Day 2 on the Content & Fairness Committee - really delving into science content and best ways to assess what our students know. So appreciating being a part of this! @RIDeptEd #eslteacher #ell #mlladvocate

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

😅 What a GREAT day collaborating with educators across the state! We had some excellent conversations around content and fairness on state assessments. Love the discussion and learning. @RIDeptEd #eslteacher #mlladvocate

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

Excited to be part of the Content & Fairness Committee working with @RIDeptEd today, reviewing test items for state science assessments. I have my MLL lens on… making sure our students have fair access to learning and demonstrating what they know! #eslteacher #ELL #MLLadvocate

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

@npschoolsri

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

Ready to welcome ALL our families for open house tonight! #OpenHouse #StephenOlneySchool #northprovidence #ESL #MLLs @RIDeptEd

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

@JenEfflandt @JenniferCicero3 @pvdschools @ppsdMLLs AMAZING work - during a year that was so hard to begin with. Your perseverance is inspiring! 💗

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

BEST 👏 DAY 👏 EVER 👏 🙌 It’s the Great Summer Reading Giveaway! Principal Henderson and our Literacy Coach, Ms. Gibbins picked out some amazing books. Every kiddo gets to bring one home!! @asamesser @ElementaryZone @PTU958 #SummerReading #AMNextlevel

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

Perseverance and Resilience! These are the words to encapsulate the amazing work of our CTE and ESL Teacher programs this year!! So proud to be a part of this program, and so proud of my Teacher Candidates ☺️@myrwu #gohawks #eslteacher #learningguide

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

Congratulations to all the graduates at RWU University College! @myrwu #GoHawks #ESLTeacher #LearningGuide

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

Visit from the lemonade truck! Some tried the le strawberry banana “Tigers Blood”, while our more traditionalists had lemon! Thank you, Palagis Truck and Principal Henderson!! @asamesser @PTU958 @ElementaryZone #AMNextLevel #fieldday

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

It’s field day! Love seeing the 4th graders being extra helpers for our Kindergartners 😊 @asamesser @PTU958 @ElementaryZone #AMENextLevel #fieldday

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

Unpacking standards and writing learning targets 🎯 some work done with grade level teams, but also a chance for cross-grade collaboration @asamesser @ElementaryZone @PTU958 #ppsdproud #professionaldevelopment

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

Data analysis 🧐 love it 🥰 @asamesser @ElementaryZone @PTU958 #professionaldevelopment #ppsdproud

[Heather Barry @HGWBarry]

Started off our PD with team building Rock Paper Scissors Tournament! Ms. Leach was our winner!! 🥇🏆@asamesser @ElementaryZone @PTU958 #professionaldevelopment #ppsdproud