Jennifer Smith

NBCT, Instructional Design Coach, 6-12 Social Studies & Diversity Coordinator, Blue Valley Schools, she/her/hers

[Jennifer Smith @JSmithIDC]

So excited (and grateful!) to collaborate and partner with @plankford3 this year. It’s going to be the best year yet! Can’t wait to welcome all @bvschools Social Studies teachers back on Aug. 15. Let’s get 2022-23 started!

[Paige Allen (Lankford) @PMAllen22]

First day (part 1) of year 5 looked a little different this year! I got to welcome & help introduce new SS teachers to BV with my new part time gig helping @JSmithIDC this year as a 6-12 SS coordinator! Loving this new opportunity & almost time to start year 5 @ BVW next week!

[Jennifer Smith @JSmithIDC]

.@plankford3 and I are ready to welcome new @bvschools Social Studies teachers tomorrow! Excited to learn with and from them as we prep for the 2022-23 school year. 🙌🏻💙 Welcome!

[Jennifer Smith @JSmithIDC]

This…💙

[MindShift @MindShiftKQED]

A crowdsourced appreciation of teachers was turned into a community poem by @kwamealexander. The poem includes an homage to

"those 19 backpacks
those 19 summer vacations,
those 19 new pairs of sandals."
https://t.co/0Wg6gcYmxK

[Jennifer Smith @JSmithIDC]

This…was…the…BEST!

[Oxford Middle School @OMSKnights]

OMS had our very first Coffee House after school today. It was so fun to listen to students sing their favorite songs and have some coffee and hot chocolate. A great way to end our day!

[Jennifer Smith @JSmithIDC]

Celebrate Freedom Week continues @OMSKnights. SRO Doherty helped 7th graders understand their guaranteed rights. @bvschools @OverlandPark_PD #ConstitutionDay2021

[Jennifer Smith @JSmithIDC]

I ❤️ the enthusiasm @westjags ! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 #ConstitutionDay

[Lauren Garcia @bvwgarcia]

Hey @bvschools - THIS is how @westjags celebrate the Constitution, with some friendly competition! @JSmithIDC

[Jennifer Smith @JSmithIDC]

And…thanks to @OMS_Library for being a part of the celebrations! We 💙 LibraryAnne. 🥰

[Jennifer Smith @JSmithIDC]

Celebrate Freedom Week is in full swing @OMSKnights! @bvschools #ConstitutionDay 🙌🏻🥳💙

[Jennifer Smith @JSmithIDC]

Why ratify the U.S. Constitution? @OMSKnights 8th graders can tell you why! Celebrate Freedom Week continues @bvschools. #ConstitutionDay

[Jennifer Smith @JSmithIDC]

Celebrate Freedom Week is in full swing @OMSKnights! @bvschools #ConstitutionDay 🙌🏻🥳💙

[Jennifer Smith @JSmithIDC]

@bvschools Middle School Social Studies Teachers - I can’t wait to see you on Tuesday morning. It’s been too long! Looking forward to learning and collaborating with you! 🙌🏻💙🥰

[Jim Knight 🇺🇦 @jimknight99]

"Hey Instructional Coach, what do you do?" Here's my short answer to that question in @ELmagazine https://t.co/VjZAhyfgL7

[Jennifer Smith @JSmithIDC]

@NMOrrick I’m wearing a green dress today, too!

[MindShift @MindShiftKQED]

With so many names to learn, here are some tips for how to be inclusive and pronounce kids' names correctly. @gailcornwall
https://t.co/x9gfFDbRDW

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

"The harm done by long-term exposure to injustice ... calls for more than a simple understanding of kindness. It demands that kindness be interwoven with substantial notions of true justice."
https://t.co/HzaPy9k0vv

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

"We cannot reach—or teach—our students without knowing them. When a student is celebrated for exactly who they are, they know they have permission to not just be somebody—but to be the very best version of themselves." #Pride
https://t.co/SCiiyovAg9

[Jennifer Smith @JSmithIDC]

So grateful for these windows and mirrors for our students!!!

[Nicholas Emmanuele @NAEmmanuele]

I showed my pronouns in my Zoom handle today (1st day of 2nd semester), mentioned my husband, and two students came out as nonbinary in their Zoom names by adding pronouns (I didn’t ask for pronouns), and a trans student was able to use their name rather than legal name. 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈

[Jennifer Smith @JSmithIDC]

What can I do in 100 days? What might we do in 100 days?

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

In this moment, it's important to remember the incredible power for change that educators hold. Members of the Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board offer some ways we can all recommit to equity—and remind us of the change we can make in just 100 days.
https://t.co/4jIlagFbMG

[ILA @ILAToday]

Educator @MattRKay’s Not Light, But Fire provides practical, sustained strategies for talking about tough topics with students. He lead our free webinar to help teachers navigate conversations about current and emerging events. https://t.co/NoyZGGcmKW

[Jennifer Smith @JSmithIDC]

This makes me think of you, @abigail_crane! 💙#CreatingPassionateReaders in @bvschools

[MindShift @MindShiftKQED]

A reading life hatches from student choice and dies with the lack of it. @middleweb @TanKHuynh https://t.co/ioxjuQ3K5d