Mme. Finelli

French teacher. Runner. Reader. Knitter. Life-long nerd. Double Dawg. Fulbright Teacher Exchange (Nantes, FR). SPCD 2014 (Besançon, FR)

[Mme. Finelli @MmeFinelli]

Just call me Madame Bernie. 😂#teacherlife #morningduty #Buddythedog @GCSS_GHS @GCSSK12

[Mme. Finelli @MmeFinelli]

@quizizz Our school won’t do the school plan but will pay for the individual subscriptions but I need a quote. Your answer is “we only do quotes for a school plan.” Isn’t there someone who can think outside the box and type up a simple quote for 6 subscriptions? Tired of trying

[UGA Mary Frances Early College of Education @ugamfecoe]

Mary Frances Early made a surprise appearance at Convocation! Our #UGA24 graduates had the unique opportunity to receive congratulations and commendations from the College's namesake and a trailblazer in education and civil rights.

[Monte Syrie @MonteSyrie]

My kids will experience my subject.

They will not "master" my subject.

Some of their experiences will be new--most will be review.

Some of it'll stick. Some of it won't.

Some of what they experienced will perhaps be useful later in their lives--much won't.

That's learning.

[Mme. Finelli @MmeFinelli]

I'm halfway through the @Quizizz Game Changer Certification and learning so much! I had no idea that I could make a quiz on a YouTube video using Quizizz! 🎉 💜 https://t.co/Fqgi4MoCO3 #edtech #youcanwithquizizz

[Dwayne Reed @TeachMrReed]

Administrators demanding that their teachers teach “bell-to-bell” are out of touch with reality. This mandate disregards humanity, creates unrealistic expectations, leads to burnout, and does not yield positive results for children.

[Mme. Finelli @MmeFinelli]

@Wendi_Irlbeck Yes!

[Zach Groshell @MrZachG]

The only place you will see a cell phone at my school is at the door when students put them away. This message brought to you by It’s not that hard/leaders are the ones allowing phones into schools/just fully ban them.

[Mme. Finelli @MmeFinelli]

@mme_wagstaff If a student cares enough to try to improve their knowledge and grade, why are we gate keeping with an arbitrary number as the cutoff? Some students are happy with a B but others have higher goals for themselves. Why would we discourage this?

[Mme. Finelli @MmeFinelli]

@BrianMendler Gives them grace even when sometimes not “deserved”

[Brian Mendler @BrianMendler]

#Teachers with few #behavior issues have the following in common:
1. Rarely gets offended.
2. Starts every day with a clean slate
3. Talks w kids before/after class
4. Considers de-esclation a win
5. Doesn’t need the last word
Add yours 👇
#ThatOneKid #edchat

[Alice Keeler @alicekeeler]

Jeans everyday.

Having teachers pay to wear them on a special day is insult to injury.

If it's okay one day a week. It's okay all the time. We teach kids, jeans are appropriate attire.

Asking teachers to pay for the "privilege" when they are underpaid has to be the most ridiculous thing ever.

[Mme. Finelli @MmeFinelli]

@mme_wagstaff 🍷 WINE 🍷

[Mme. Finelli @MmeFinelli]

@Dr_Octavius77 @PiedmontGA WOW! Congratulations! I’m so proud of you! 💕

[Mme. Finelli @MmeFinelli]

@MmeCarbonneau @claudiamelliott @profedelgadillo 💯

[Mme. Finelli @MmeFinelli]

@SraWitkowski Did you ask all of the questions of each student? Just processing how this would work with 170+ students but I really like how you have it laid out!

[Mme. Finelli @MmeFinelli]

@EThorntonGHS Quizizz is for you today 😂

[andrea @teachbk]

in a meeting listening to a 2nd grade teacher talk about her elaborate PBIS system and having a 💡moment about why her students may have struggled to adjust to my class back in the fall —
they were used to doing things for Treats and I wanted them to do things for Reasons

[Monte Syrie @MonteSyrie]

When we see and meet EACH kid, ALL kids never look the same again.

But, that’s only part of it.

We never really see ourselves the same again, either.

And that’s a reckoning.

I am no longer the teacher I thought I was supposed to be.

I am simply the teacher I have to be.

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Administrators check on your work. Effective Leaders check on you.

[Mme. Finelli @MmeFinelli]

@heymrsbond Honestly I alternate between “let’s use them for some class activities” and “kids need to learn to manage on their own” and “I’m going to lose my mind if I see another phone out” 😂