Becca Burnfin

I teach future citizens, Down n' Dirty sports 🥎🏒👟gal & Boymom 👦🏼👦🏼👶🏼. Crass musings are my own. 2016 Crystal 🍎 Winner; 2017 KEEN Winner #mrsbeeamazing

[Becca Burnfin @MrsBeeAmazing]

You matter!

Self-Care ideas 💡 from P222! @GCHSbuffs

[Becca Burnfin @MrsBeeAmazing]

Building a future where participation isn’t the exception—it’s the expectation. Cannot wait to see what our future leaders do!

[Becca Burnfin @MrsBeeAmazing]

Beyond grateful for our partnership w/ the @CityofGCKS , giving Ss the opportunity to ask tough questions, digging into finances, development, and policies, and realizing that their voices do matter and there are current pathways to local participatory citizenship!

[Becca Burnfin @MrsBeeAmazing]

Don’t worry —this is also my argument on how we need to start reallocating teacher workday time. After talking with a few state representatives it sounds like the window of opportunity for that policy to be changed is in the near future 🎤 😉

[Becca Burnfin @MrsBeeAmazing]

@KsCommissioner let’s 👀 at the numbers

▶️ KS requires 1,116 instructional hours

▶️ Top 12 ranked states in education (@USNewsEducation) average 1,033 hours—less than Kansas, depended on your school = 10/11 days of school

▶️Despite this, KS ranks 13th right behind those states

[The Lawrence Times @LawrenceKSTimes]

Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson urged districts to cancel breaks or extend the school year to make up for snow days. He is also proposing half-day summer school for young students who are struggling in reading and math.
Via @ksnewsservice:
https://t.co/l64TL5ac2m #ksed

[Becca Burnfin @MrsBeeAmazing]

So, if states with fewer hours rank higher, where’s the ROI in adding more time?

Is the issue really about hours, or is it about how that time is used? Before we start cutting breaks or stretching the calendar, maybe we should ask is it the seat time or quality instruction?

[Trista Bailey @MrsBailey_GCHS]

Zac Kitch and Trevor Fry, both members of the WAC leadership team, received a handwritten note from the man himself, Mr. @joecoles33.

They have definitely learned the value of being #uncommon student-athletes at Garden City High School!

[Becca Burnfin @MrsBeeAmazing]

…& this is why I don’t want to talk about the teacher eval. system

It’s broken. It’s not supposed to be a got-cha & you have x weeks to fix it. if it’s a skill it needs time to be coached and developed.

It would take admin to be apart of the PLC, panning & teaching process

[Becca Burnfin @MrsBeeAmazing]

Absolutely a team effort.

[Becca Burnfin @MrsBeeAmazing]

@The_OriginalMrG @MarcusLuther6 Model it. Better yet, show me a video of your staff meeting.

[Becca Burnfin @MrsBeeAmazing]

Holding students to expectations isn’t unfair. Enforcing rules isn’t ‘picking on’ someone. The real issue is when accountability is mistaken for persecution.

[Becca Burnfin @MrsBeeAmazing]

Amazing! 😻!
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Great people doing great things! Miss my MT peeps. 🖤❤️

[Becca Burnfin @MrsBeeAmazing]

“When you wrestle one of us, you might as well be wresting all 14 of them. That love is embodied through the whole process…The kids committed to the process of raising the standard and that’s why we are here today…” Coach Lappin, GCHS

[Garden City Athletics @BUFFSAthletics]

Congratulations To Our Girls Wrestling Team Who Won The KSHSAA 6A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TODAY! #1HERD

[Becca Burnfin @MrsBeeAmazing]

“This program is not just a program… to those who are involved. We put our time into to it. This is a family, a lifestyle and a personal development process.” Matthew Long, GCHS, #120 Buff Wrestler

[Garden City Athletics @BUFFSAthletics]

#1HERD

[Becca Burnfin @MrsBeeAmazing]

“We raised the standard…this is just the beginning” Maya Tarbet, GCHS, #130 Lady Buff Wrestler

[Garden City Athletics @BUFFSAthletics]

#1HERD

[Becca Burnfin @MrsBeeAmazing]

It’s the common sense for me 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼—Also best rule of thumb to follow, if you don’t give me a reason not to trust you, I trust you. Boom!
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[Becca Burnfin @MrsBeeAmazing]

Leaders have a ethical responsibility to be hard in those issues that are shown to affect student learning (Eaker & Keating 2012) 🎤

Absolute hill I will ☠️ on.

[Becca Burnfin @MrsBeeAmazing]

THIS… teachers will be remembered not because they taught s.studies or math but b/c they cared about teaching the Ss their passion for their subject, gave Ss confidence in themselves as learners & as people, treated the student as a person, & instilled a love of learning -Hattie