Kids need people who love them. Kids need structure and high expectations. Kids need restorative conversations, not suspensions. Kids need more recess. Kids need culturally relevant curriculum.
Having silent conversations to discuss how our identities impact the way we view government before we dive into Project Soapbox! Building self awareness before speech writing 👏🏽 @MikvaChallenge@STEAM_GEMS#steamgems#CROWNSUp
Please help us celebrate @JCPSKY 2022 Middle School Assistant Principal of the Year @LFGJCPS. This @STEAM_GEMS GEMKEEPER is one of the hardest working people you’ll ever meet! She👏makes👏 it👏happen! We appreciate all you do! #CROWNSup#limitlesspossibilities
Needless to say the @STEAM_GEMS team is one of kind as we would also like to congratulate our fearless leader THE @JCPSKY 2022 Middle School Principal of the Year @RondaCosby. Her innovation has been trailblazing for our GEMS and GEMKEEPERS. #CROWNSup#limitlesspossibilities
If you are worried about teacher retention, remember, if you want to keep the best teachers, treat them like they are the best. Few teachers leave an environment where they feel valued, supported, appreciated, and treated like professionals. Few want to leave a winning team!
We are passionate about the work we do here each and everyday for our GEMS. However, today we are even more grateful that we got to share it with over 70 other current and future educators at our first annual Teacher Exploration Day 💚💜💕! See you next year! 👑 #CROWNSup
Starting our African Diaspora Unit off right with some researching skills from @SadeGravesJCPS. We are not only building strong math students @STEAM_GEMS, but trailblazers in the math field!
This makes me so happy! So glad I was able to be a part of #MakingInquiryPossible and share with other educators the ways I bring inquiry into my classroom. I still have so much to learn! 📚
Today, students investigated the question "How has religious freedom been represented over time?" by completing an annotated timeline using primary sources! I just had to get out of their way, and they ran with it 👏🏽 #CROWNSup#inquiry#IDM