Bailey Townsend

Self-titled bookworm since the age of 2. English 2 and AP LANG. 2022 Teacher of the Year. ✨ Let’s do this!

[Bailey Townsend @MsT_WCHS_ENG]

Ms. Townsend’s homeroom wants to wish everyone a Merry “BIG BLUE” Christmas this year! 🤩❄️🏀 #BBN #UKBasketball #GoCats (Webster County High School)

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[Bailey Townsend @MsT_WCHS_ENG]

Tomorrow is AP LANG EXAM DAY!!! 🩵📝 Best of luck to students near and far! Remember… claim, evidence, and reasoning is the key to success! 🥳

[Bailey Townsend @MsT_WCHS_ENG]

#WKECDLJourney Students need meaningful relationships, engaging content, and consistent expectations. 💡✏️

[Bailey Townsend @MsT_WCHS_ENG]

Through deeper learning for ALL students at ALL grade levels, the educational journey becomes a ✨joyful✨ one. #WKECDLJourney

[Bailey Townsend @MsT_WCHS_ENG]

Children deserve a safe education.
Children deserve to be loved everyday.
Children deserve the chance to grow up.

Something has got to give. We cannot continue to allow moments like this to pass us by without action. ❤️

[Mycah Hatfield @MycahABC13]

Tonight in Uvalde, people from all over the state are waiting at least 30 minutes in line to walk through the memorial outside of Robb Elementary. The mood out here is tough to explain. Far different than seeing it on TV. Extremely somber. Tears. Holding children tighter.

[Bailey Townsend @MsT_WCHS_ENG]

It's time for educators to be in the room where it happens. #takecareofteachers #education #hamilton

[Bailey Townsend @MsT_WCHS_ENG]

That moment when an AP LANG teacher catches word that Taylor Swift delivered a commencement address at NYU 👀 #futurelessonplan #APLang #ELA #rhetoricalmoves

[Bailey Townsend @MsT_WCHS_ENG]

My 5th period even told me that my teaching career is “all downhill from here” because I won’t have a class better than them. 🙄😂 so much for the next 20+ years lol

[Bailey Townsend @MsT_WCHS_ENG]

Despite how tired I am at this point in the year, seeing May around the corner makes my heart twitch. Whether they are first-time students or ones that I have had for 3 years, I’m not ready to say goodbye. Time to hold on for 3 more weeks! 🤍

[Brad Weinstein @WeinsteinEdu]

Taking care of educators allows them to better take care of students.

[SparkNotes @SparkNotes]

the villagers: don't go to dracula's castle

jonathan harker: sorry I didn't quite catch that

the villagers: he's evil

jonathan harker: that could mean anything

the villagers: he will kill you

jonathan harker: hmmm. anyway here I go

[Bailey Townsend @MsT_WCHS_ENG]

@ProvidenceBull1 I hope so! 🤍 For it to really sink in though, we have got to continue bringing it up - all of us! Thanks so much!

[Bailey Townsend @MsT_WCHS_ENG]

Late-night thoughts:

This week, my students read a text arguing against the ability for games to build empathy. As we read a couple of paragraphs, I could feel their uncertainty, so I paused. I looked around. I asked a question.

“What does empathy mean, anyway?”

Silence.

[Bailey Townsend @MsT_WCHS_ENG]

@GeorgiannMcCord You are so kind. Thank you, Mrs. McCord! 🤍

[Bailey Townsend @MsT_WCHS_ENG]

I’m grateful for our conversations about empathy, and I hope that as my students move through life, they do so with an open mind and a listening ear. 🤍

[Bailey Townsend @MsT_WCHS_ENG]

No wonder my students struggled to define empathy… they rarely see it.

Empathy is active, not passive. It is present, not hidden. We have to put in the work and be vulnerable enough to show it. If not for ourselves, then for the generations to come. They need it, and so do we.

[Bailey Townsend @MsT_WCHS_ENG]

@ryancscott1981 @ShakeUpLearning I’ll have to check this out!!! Anything to ease the feedback process for both myself and my students is definitely worth exploring.