Janine Smith

ELA Educator Extraordinaire😊

[Janine Smith @MsJSmithELA]

We’re here learning alongside Jim Knight at the TLC Conference to bring back powerful strategies to strengthen teaching, learning, and coaching across our @IamCPS district. #TLCConference #TLC2025

[Janine Smith @MsJSmithELA]

Ready to represent @IamCPS as we present to teachers here at #NCTE about Empowering Students to Drive THEIR Data! #IamCPSELA @HeyMs_V @ThinkCERCA

[Janine Smith @MsJSmithELA]

@IamCPS ELA teachers digging into explicitly teaching academic vocabulary and engaging students using productive struggle in reading, writing and discussion on this awesome PD Day! #IamCPS #IamCPSELA @lsimmons1922

[Janine Smith @MsJSmithELA]

Congratulations to the Queen of GLEAM @lsimmons1922 !!! We’re so very proud of you and love the way you lead our team!! We’ve known it all along and now everyone knows it! Very well deserved!!💪🏾💙👏🏾

[Lanisha Simmons M.Edx2 @lsimmons1922]

Excited and honored to be @iamCPS’s September Employee of the Month. Thank you @mlepcampbell for the nomination. Shout out to my leadership and team for the ongoing support! And yes, I am enjoying the parking spot. 🙌🏾💙 @ShakeathaButler @MsJSmithELA @esienicki @pcocklin @Kellie

[Lanisha Simmons M.Edx2 @lsimmons1922]

Thank you @drj_williams for opening up your beautiful building and space @HughesSTEMHS to the ELA Team today. We appreciate it! #WEareCPS @pcocklin @esienicki @MsJSmithELA!

[Janine Smith @MsJSmithELA]

Opening Day/First Day @ Woodward Career Technical High School! The students were greeted w/smiles & positivity to start the year!! Welcome Back Mr. Yates & Bulldogs!!! The Energy was Soooo Good!! It’s going to be An Amazing Year! @IamCPS #IamCPS #WCTHS #CPSELA #ItsBlueAllDay

[Lanisha Simmons M.Edx2 @lsimmons1922]

@IamCPS ELA teachers are engaged and present with @leadingeds Digging into Purpose and Questioning with Complex Text. They're practicing building a compelling and standards-based purpose for reading a text. #BePresent #cpsignite #iamCPSELA @esienicki @MsJSmithELA @pcocklin

[Janine Smith @MsJSmithELA]

#BacktoBlue #ItsBlueAllDay Back to 110% and a Smile!! 💙🤍🐶

[Frankie Pollock @FPOLLOCK_CPS]

Congratulations to the newly appointed Interim Principal of Woodward Career Technical High School. Mr. Yates brings a wealth of experience back to Woodward, where he previously served in leadership. @IamCPS @ItsBlue_AllDay @principallearns

[Janine Smith @MsJSmithELA]

Period!!! Congratulations @LSUwbkb @Reese10Angel 💛💜

[WSLAM @wslam]

"I don’t fit in the box that y’all want me to be in. I'm too hood, I'm too ghetto, y'all told me that all year. When other people do it, y'all don't say nothing. This was for the people that look like me." - Angel Reese ❤️👑

[Janine Smith @MsJSmithELA]

@KingJames 😂🤣😂

[Janine Smith @MsJSmithELA]

@AnimeEducator29 @ifugetgive They were AWESOME!!❤️

[I Am CPS @IamCPS]

Preparing students for life is just an everyday occurrence for our CPS counselors. Brianca Gay, counselor at Woodward Career HS, creates an inclusive, safe-space for students to openly discuss their issues and their futures with her.

Read more here: https://t.co/1PfdI69Nme

[Lanisha Simmons M.Edx2 @lsimmons1922]

During the January PD Day, my team had the honor of having @unboundedu’s Brandon White @ClassroomB as our ELA keynote speaker! His keynote inspired us to stay focused on our North Star of G.L.E.A.M instruction. And uniting with those who know that is what our kids deserve. 💙

[Janine Smith @MsJSmithELA]

Congratulations @lsimmons1922 You know that your GLEAM Team is Super Proud of our GLEAM Queen!!! We’ll Deserved!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🤗🤗🤗 #IamCPSELA #Excellence #Winner

[Dr. Shakeatha Butler @ShakeathaButler]

Congratulations to our ELA Manager, @lsimmons1922 selected as 2022 Excellence in Equity Award winner! https://t.co/YEO2qMCzBr @mlepcampbell

[Teacher2Teacher @teacher2teacher]

Think multiple-choice questions are straightforward? Think again!

This activity encourages Ss to roll the dice and have a collaborative discussion:

(Via @BASDLitCoaches and educator @LindsayWieand, inspiration from: https://t.co/mAq9kVGFVB)

#edchat #EduTwitter

[Janine Smith @MsJSmithELA]

@IamCPS ELA Teacher PD today was Awesome!! Teachers & Reading Specialists worked hard with Engagement, Collaboration, & Feedback in the Writing process, Reading Strategies & Read & Write extension! Our students will be Better because of them!! #IamCPSELA #IamCPS #BePresent

[Janine Smith @MsJSmithELA]

Finished my 1st Day @IamCPS tour at THE Illustrious #Withrow HS where ELA teachers were already engaging students in class! Ms. Power’s classroom makes students want to learn and Dr. Roland ALWAYS sets the bar high & produces WRITERS! (I’m one of them💪🏾) #IamCPSELA #BePresent

[Janine Smith @MsJSmithELA]

First Day of School at #CPS tour! Ms. Mary’s English class at @ClarkMontessori was a Treat!!! The students were diving into discussions and “who they are”. I can’t wait to see how their year unfolds!! #IamCPSELA #IamCPS #bepresent

[Janine Smith @MsJSmithELA]

First Day of School at #CPS tour!!! The Welcome by @AnimeEducator29 at Shroder was Amazing and the energy in the building was Electrifying! The tone has been set for a Great School Year!!! #IamCPS #WeareCPS #Bepresent

[Janine Smith @MsJSmithELA]

@MurphysShauna Awe Thank You Ms. @MurphysShauna 🥰🥰🥰

[Janine Smith @MsJSmithELA]

What an Awesome Day of PD to kick off our New School Year with our Amazing 7-12 ELA Teachers at CPS! They collaborated & focused on “Un-Silo-ing the Writing Standards” & “Building Blocks & Teaching Toolbox” to get ready for the BEST students in the city!!! #IamCPSELA #WeareCPSELA