Amanda Simmes

Asst. Superintendent Curriculum & Instruction GFSD #GFNation

[Glens Falls Athletics @GFSDathletics]

YOUR 2024 NEW YORK STATE CLASS A UNDEFEATED CHAMPIONS!

[WSWHE BOCES @WSWHEBOCES]

Facilitating learning for leaders for leaders and enjoying it! @NYSEDNews #NYSLiteracyInitiative

[Glens Falls CSD @GlensFallsCSD]

BIG NEWS! Glens Falls kids in grades 1-4 can join our FREE swim lesson program in the month of March! There is NO COST to attend, swimsuits/towels can be provided, and approved instructors/lifeguards will make this a great experience for all. Sign up:
https://t.co/zOTQFvc32T

[PMorcone @BCMorcone]

Reading interventions and grade 3 culminating book celebration! Winn-Dixie. @GlensFallsCSD

[PMorcone @BCMorcone]

Character Assembly! GO BC Strong! @GlensFallsCSD

[Mrs. Chapman @JenChap74]

September went by in the blink of an eye. 👁️ From alphabet “boot camp” with the kinders, to phonics fun with third grade, to reading interest bingo in fourth, we learned a lot and had a lot of fun, too. It’s shaping up to be a great year in AIS reading.

[Glens Falls CSD @GlensFallsCSD]

How AWESOME is this?!? Super-talented ELA teacher (and advisor for the GFHS Cast With Care knitting/crocheting club) Mrs. Erin Wever likes the new Black Bear mascot so much she crocheted a blanket! She hung it in her classroom to inspire students this year. 😍🐾 #GFNation

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Effective teachers don't focus so much on rules, but more on relationships, routines, & expectations. If you focus mainly on rules, you will spend most of the year enforcing them. But if you focus on relationships, routines, & expectations, you rarely have to defer back to rules.

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Teachers, want to take something off your plate? Put HW in the trash, especially for elementary grades. Let students go home to run, play, and enjoy being a child. And read a little after playing. Then they come to school recharged instead of stressed out and you will too!

[Brad Weinstein @WeinsteinEdu]

This is so important! 🙌

[Teacher2Teacher @teacher2teacher]

"By the end, they were saying these phrases to each other and THAT was beautiful."

How T @MissBhaidani empowered Ss to believe in their potential:

#MTBoS

[PMorcone @BCMorcone]

“Gearing” up! Not wishing summer away, but Let’s Go! 🔴⚫️

[Glens Falls CSD @GlensFallsCSD]

🤩Bravo to GFHS rising senior Ava LaVine, 1 of only 150 talented young singers across the USA and Canada invited to rehearse and perform under the baton of Dr. Rollo Dilworth in the Pro Musica International Choral Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia!! 🎶

[Attendance Works @attendanceworks]

Relationships are the key to engagement!

[PMorcone @BCMorcone]

Why not have attendance talks outside with families! It matters! (Permission was granted for the post) @GlensFallsCSD

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

The power of reading at home extends far beyond the pages of a book. Children who are read to 3 times a week by a family member are almost twice as likely to score in the top 25% in reading compared to children who are read to less than 3 times a week.
https://t.co/StFoIz3TT0

[Glens Falls CSD @GlensFallsCSD]

🐾Thanks to the Glens Falls Foundation, Hallwear, and Finch Paper, EVERY #GFNation student gets a Black Bears T-shirt! Kudos to our grants team who championed this equity initiative for *all* students to feel included + valued by getting their own shirt at no cost to families❤️🖤

[MindShift @MindShiftKQED]

A new study concludes that teaching young children a broad core curriculum removes income-related disparities in reading skills. But the study included very few low-income students. @jillbarshay @hechingerreport

https://t.co/qM72zBi2xo