Mandy

Passionate educator ❤️👩‍🏫 Instructional Coach/ Champ for teachers & students/ Lifelong learner/ relationships matter

[Justin Tarte @justintarte]

Have a student you're struggling with?

Try the 'two-by-ten' strategy:

For two minutes each day, 10 days in a row, have a personal conversation with the student about anything the student is interested in.

Wonderfully simple and wildly effective.

[Maya Angelou @DrMayaAngelou]

“If I could give you one thought, it would be to lift someone up. Lift a stranger up - lift her up. I would ask you, mother and father, brother and sister, lovers, mother and daughter, father and son, lift someone. The very idea of lifting someone up will lift you, as well.”

[Tom Schimmer @TomSchimmer]

Before an assessment, ask yourself, why? Why do I want this information; what do I intend to do with it? The question is not "should I grade it" but rather, "what purpose does it serve?" Once you are clear on purpose (FA/SA), you'll know what to do. #edutwitter #ATAssessment #K12

[Jon Gordon @JonGordon11]

Treat people right. Appreciate them, encourage them, support them and make them feel like they matter (because they do). Do this at home, at work, at school, at the store, etc. Do this with people you know and people you don't. Try your best every day to make someone else's day.

[Mandy @Mandy70397393]

Happy Pi Day!! This place and these people continue to insPIre me each and every day ❤️

[ZamboniMiddleSchool @_theMightyZ]

Students and staff were insPIred by Pi Day activities at the Mighty Z 😬🥧

[Mandy @Mandy70397393]

This!!! 🙌🏼

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

It's been a while since in-person exams for me so I'm really excited to do Test Talks again.

For the first 5 minutes of the exam, students talk w/ each other while looking at the exam w/out writing utensils. So many benefits including lowered test anxiety and rich conversations.

[Jon Gordon @JonGordon11]

While there are many things in life that we can’t control, there are many that we can.

You can be grateful.
You can work hard.
You can love others.
You can make a difference.

[Mandy @Mandy70397393]

“In a World where you can be anything… be kind”

[ZamboniMiddleSchool @_theMightyZ]

Wildcats spreading kindness today ❤️

[Mandy @Mandy70397393]

We sure do appreciate these wonderful, SUPER human beings! You make the world a better place ❤️. Happy Counselor’s Week! @_theMightyZ

[ZamboniMiddleSchool @_theMightyZ]

Happy Counselor’s Week to our Wellness Team. Zamboni’s true superheroes are always there to support students and staff. Thank you!

[Brittany R. Collins, M.Ed. (she/her/hers) @brcollins27]

I keep seeing news that "schools are failing kids." At a time when #teachers are risking their lives and keeping an educational landscape upstanding, this rhetoric seems harmful. *Systems* are failing schools, and teachers and students by association. #teachertwitter #edutwitter

[Turnaround Arts: California @TurnarndArtsCA]

A big focus of our work is training teachers to incorporate arts into core curriculum, making learning fun & accessible. Here, 6th graders at Zamboni Middle School use acting tools to demonstrate Ancient Mesopotamia social structures via tableau. @_theMightyZ @ParamountUSD

[Brian Aspinall @mraspinall]

Classroom management is best achieved with relationships and community, not compliance. It works with a smile, not a scowl. It works with curiosity, not fear. It works with teachable moments, not punishment.

[ZamboniMiddleSchool @_theMightyZ]

That’s what a hamburger is all about! Wildcats enjoyed In N Out today at the Mighty Z 😬🍔

[ZamboniMiddleSchool @_theMightyZ]

Wildcat Femineers worked hard designing their String Art Projects. Great job! @Yu27G

[Nicholas Ferroni @NicholasFerroni]

The video of Adele being reunited w/ the teacher who changed her life was truly inspiring, but it also reinforces that teachers are so much more than just teachers.

And for every Adele, there’s millions of people excelling in a field because their teachers believed in them.

[Jim Knight 🇺🇦 @jimknight99]

The power of a teacher...

[We Are Teachers @WeAreTeachers]

Add more mindfulness to your words.

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

Two phrases I've been saying frequently in class:
1. It's okay if you are wrong. I just want to know what you're thinking.
2. Remember, we're on the same team. I'm here to help.