Wow! @KatieNovakUDL says asking what to do with teachers who “can’t” or “won’t” is dangerous deficit thinking about your greatest educational resource. 🤯
WATAC 2021 was one of the most beneficial and inspiring conferences I've attended in a while. Ready to build community and remove systemic barriers. #WATAC2021
Parent session was full of critical strategies and values for engaging with our communities. If you missed it, you’re gonna want to watch the recording! #WATAC2021
Thinking about using brain science to drive decisions in schools. How do we leverage the disruption of this year to do what we know is right for kids? #WATAC2021
Teacher Denisha Saucedo asks, when things aren’t working for students why do we tell them if they work harder it will be okay instead of being honest about what’s not working? #WATAC2021@waOSPI@WACSTP@WaTeacherLeader
#WATAC2021 What is Education For Educator Panel- Phyllis Esposito...different groups with different ideologies have different purposes for education. In some ways, having a democracy & a capitalistic society are conflicting things. The problem is when education is used to exclude
Senator Claire Wilson says we are the only country in the world where you have to do the wrong thing in order to get what you need to do it right. 🤯 #WATAC2021 How do we give kids what they need to do it right or have the most success initially? @WACSTP@WaTeacherLeader
Really thoughtful panel happening right now. Talking about changing the system from inside out and outside in. #WATAC2021 @waOSPI @WaTeacherLeader @WACSTP
Student Alisha says conversations around race and equity need to happen more. These things are part of their lives and if you aren’t talking about it then you are missing a huge part of who they are. #WATAC2021@waOSPI@WACSTP@WaTeacherLeader
The student panels speak right to my heart. Makes me long for the classroom. Students expressing teachers have a choice to love their students. “Giving them one more person who believes in them is amazing and powerful” #WATAC2021@waOSPI@WACSTP@WaTeacherLeader
Tests don’t need to be easier; they just need to be relevant. Students are just here solving problems with standardized testing on a Sunday morning. NBD #WATAC2021
Student Caleb Morris says there are not standard resources or standard funding for schools but we expect kids to perform on a standardized tests. 🤯#WATAC2021@waOSPI@WACSTP@WaTeacherLeader