Jenny Appel

High school IB Psychology, APWorld/US History teacher. XC and Track coach, and Avid marathoner and ultra-marathoner, burgeoning cyclist, HamilFan extraordinaire

[Jenny Appel @Jappel401]

@RndmForestRunnr Congratulations on finish number 2!

[Jenny Appel @Jappel401]

This.

[CNN @CNN]

“You spend so much of your life energy just trying to hold it together. And this is a big deal. For us just to be able to get some peace.”

Van Jones reacts after CNN projected Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election. https://t.co/HO9WG1KPLh

[Jenny Appel @Jappel401]

#BlackLivesMatter

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

Voting by mail is safe and secure. Especially during a pandemic.

But Trump continues to say – without evidence – it will lead to voter fraud and that it’s not “honest voting.”

That’s. Simply. Not. True.

RT if you support everyone being able to vote safely by mail in November.

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

I think great administrators try to view things through the eyes of teachers… and I think great teachers try to view things through the eyes of students.

[Abigail French @awfrench1]

A4: I need opportunities to lead, contribute, extend. I need to be seen and valued for what I bring to the table. I can do the work. I can reach others. But the best ME flourishes in the same ways, in the right nourishment, as my students grow. #cultureEd

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Admin, take time to say good morning, how was your weekend, how’s the family, how is everything in class? These may seem like small moments but small moments build momentum. It also shows you value & affirm your staff as humans first.

[Jenny Appel @Jappel401]

@DrBradJohnson Surgeons have to keep up with current research and update their practice accordingly or be left behind. Educators need to adopt this practice too, for research based best practices in every classroom. We expect it of our surgeons, we should expect it if our educators too.

[Jenny Appel @Jappel401]

I am lying in wait.@Lin_Manuel

[Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel]

And today’s all we got
So we cannot stop
This is our block...
#InTheHeightsMovie
#Summer2020

[Jenny Appel @Jappel401]

It was a great day at Kent Meridian! We hosted our 9th La Chispa! Event with over 100 middle schoolers from KSD. Thank you to our awesome KM Royal mentors. You are amazing role models. #Bethespark #GoRoyals #kentmeridian #AWSL #LACIMA #LaChispa

[Terry Grier @tgrierhisd]

The best educational leaders regularly invest in themselves by attending conferences, reading books, listening to podcasts, visiting other districts/schools, reflecting, meditating, exercising, and working with a coach/mentor.

[Evan Robb @ERobbPrincipal]

Awesome graphic @trev_mackenzie Consider different types of inquiry learning-#reading #NCTE19 #NCTE2019

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

For admin who want to develop better relationships with your staff, figure out ways to Empower them. Empower literally means to give up some of your power. Here are 5 tips to get you on the right track with your staff:
What other tips can you think of?

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Schools are influenced more by it's informal culture than by their mission statement, policies & procedures. Having strong, supportive, positive relationships, a unified vision, and team mentality is what makes a school great, not the statement hanging in the hallway.

[Jenny Appel @Jappel401]

Spent an amazing day at UW in Seattle with https://t.co/OMIjce0G1W learning to understand and serve our Muslim students and families. Thank you Michael Abraham

[Jenny Appel @Jappel401]

Wow

[devon sawa @DevonESawa]

I want the ingredients now goddamn it!!!

[Cross Country Probs @CrossProb]

if you're going into your freshman year of hs and planning on running cross country

run this summer, you dont have to run a lot each day. 3-5 miles a day is sufficent. and thats 3-5 more miles more than the majority of incoming hs freshman

[Jimmy Casas @casas_jimmy]

#ThoughtForTheDay Imagine a school where kids are walking down the hallway & every adult is doing their best to interact w/every one of them because they see every kid as their kid. Now ask yourself, “Is this your school?” Every student. Every Day. Whatever it Takes. #Culturize

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Admin, when you observe a teacher, don’t feel you have to critique EVERY time. Too often teachers are told, "you did great BUT, " Sometimes just, " Leave the BUTS behind”. Let them know specifically what they did well & move on. Leave them feeling validated & focused on positive!