Honored today to join the literacy team at Boca High to teach 10th grade Intensive Reading. Thrilled to work where my boys attend... the best school north of the South Pole! Go Bobcats!
Congratulations to Principal King and all of the dedicated educators at Sebastian Middle for raising the school grade to a 🅱️ for the 2017-2018 school year! Can’t wait to see what the future holds for students in this newly certified STEAM program of inquiry! @SMSeagles16
Excited and proud to share that after a two year process the UF Lastinger Center STEM Review Committee has designated Sebastian Middle a STEM Certified School. Thank you to the amazing educators at SMS for your dedication to transforming @SMSeagles16 into a school of inquiry!
It takes most Florida teachers about 20 years to get 52k - As a state we rank nearly dead last in education spending.... support our kids and dedicated teachers!
Ms. Mathis and Mr. Knolhoff have combined their classes for FSA stations rotations: Read It, Watch It, Organize It, Write It, Assess it! Test prep can be engaging! @SMSeagles16
Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Lydigsen collaborated with Media Specialist Ms. Alfiero to create Civics EoC review stations: EyeKnow, Who Am I, Go Fish, Headbands, and even Jenga with questions written on the pieces! Test prep can be fun! @SMSeagles16
Thank you community business partners for making today’s #STEAM Career Fair a huge success! Hats off to Mrs. Barnard and her team for creating an exciting event where students were inspired by future opportunities! #STEM#careers @SMSeagles16
Ice cream in the Eagles Nest at the end of a Friday for our top performing students in #iReady MATH! So proud of the growth shown by these kids! Thanks PTO! @SMSeagles16
Excited to collaboratively partner with members of our School Advisory Committee during our faculty meeting today to develop “elevator speeches” about why students should attend SMS. STEAM, personalization, and caring teachers were the top reasons. @SMSeagles16 #STEM#STEAM
Today we toured Gettysburg Civil War battlefields & viewed the Battle Cyclorama - largest oil painting in North America, painted 130 years ago! Lunch @ a 242 year old tavern - a stop on Underground Railroad. Then on to an Amish farm, a 1 room schoolhouse, & dinner. @SMSeagles16
DC Day 3! A memorable morning as we witnessed the changing of the guard & SMS students presented a wreath @ the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Visited the 9/11 & Holocaust memorials, took in view f/the roof of Kennedy Center, & finished w/a nighttime dinner cruise! @SMSeagles16
Day 2 exploring DC with our 8th grade Eagles! We visited Ford’s Theatre, toured the White House and Capital Hill, reflected at several monuments, ate dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe, and rode The Capital Wheel over the Potomac River at night! What a day! @SMSeagles16
Exploring DC with our 8th grade Eagles! Day 1 included the Smithsonian Castle, National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Museum of American History, Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum, dinner at Carmine’s, and a walking tour of monuments at night! @SMSeagles16
Excited to meet future Eagles tonight at the rising 6th grade orientation! Everyone had lots of questions during the teacher meet and greet. #STEAM#GrowthMindset @SMSeagles16
How to stop the teacher shortage:
1. Bring it up in the news constantly as a problem instead of ignoring it.
2. Promote the profession.
3. Stop bashing the profession.
4. Respect teachers.
5. Pay teachers as much as other professions with the same education level.
#realtalk
Proud of our 8th graders who have partnered with St. Augustine University students to design and 3D print medical device enhancements such as cane levelers, wearable medicine dispensers, and side mirror glasses. #PBL#STEM @SMSeagles16 @STEAMSMS