Shannon Flaherty

Ally in training every day.
No one is ever done learning.
Humor and love is all we need (jk #EatTheRich)
She/Her ♡ Mama of 2

[Shannon Flaherty @_HS_English_]

Time for a social media break! Life is currently too overwhelming to deal with and getting stuck in doom scrolls isn’t helping - I have no time frame in mind for returning - I wish you all well and will so miss many of you!

[Shannon Flaherty @_HS_English_]

We can only hope 🤞🏻

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

We are going to have the highest youth voter turnout in American history.

[Shannon Flaherty @_HS_English_]

@edufreya @MatRyanELATeach @JennBinis @BarnesPrincipal @Teacher_Fulton Just popping in to say that Titus Andronicus is amazing on a variety of levels and a must-teach (hyperbole) in a Shakespeare course ☺️

[Shannon Flaherty @_HS_English_]

@RuthJoy96960173 This is why I not only teach correct grammar but we also learn about code-switching and when to use it. If my kids are told they can write informally or are talking amongst themselves out of a lesson, I don’t police their words/grammar as it’s culturally based.

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

You can’t come back from this sorry

[Shannon Flaherty @_HS_English_]

If they’re all positive that’s a potential death count of 40.

40 children dead.
Any children dead.

For what?

[Shannon Flaherty @_HS_English_]

Great to see the kids getting back to a healthy environment that fosters their social/emotional health - because that’s for sure the real reason we need them in the buildings to learn - for their sake - riiiiiight 😒

[teacherarthurg.bsky.social @TeacherArthurG]

The new school lunch.

[Shannon Flaherty @_HS_English_]

Couple this with Black women being 3 times more likely than White women to die in childbirth and you have yourself a community disadvantaged from literal birth. Today. Right now. Whose lives are the odds truly stacked against? All lives..?

#BlacklivesStillMatter ✊🏻

[Shannon Flaherty @_HS_English_]

If “All Lives Matter” then why are Black infants statistically more at risk immediately out of the womb when being cared for by White hands? That’s the only disparity here. Race.

[CNN @CNN]

Black newborn babies in the US are more likely to survive childbirth if they are cared for by Black doctors, but three times more likely to die when looked after by White doctors, a study finds. https://t.co/mZYC6O7sm0

[Shannon Dingle, M.A.Ed. @ShannonDingle]

Today is not the 100 year anniversary of women having the right to vote.

It is the 100 year anniversary of WHITE women having that right.

[Shannon Flaherty @_HS_English_]

@alexfreidus @ariherzog @framsuper @TracyNovick After teaching grades 10-12 the past 6 years, idk how younger grades effectively accomplish so meeting such varying needs - elementary school for example? Not a CLUE what teachers should try for engagement/accommodations/routine 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[Shannon Flaherty @_HS_English_]

@ariherzog @alexfreidus @framsuper @TracyNovick It of course takes a lot of legwork but with having the same kids 10, 11, and 12th, I’ve been privileged in making connections with each as their own person - a large part of my teaching is individualized which makes my biggest priority this fall having them present at all.. /Fin

[Shannon Flaherty @_HS_English_]

@ariherzog @alexfreidus @framsuper @TracyNovick Students should be encouraged to reach out in any form that’s natural and comfortable for them and when speaking 1:1 (ONLY) be explicit about what you’re assessing or discussing - ask open ended questions (not leading) and keep track of each student on a doc/notebook -

[Shannon Flaherty @_HS_English_]

@ariherzog @alexfreidus @framsuper @TracyNovick Track what they seem to enjoy and do well in and what they seem to struggle most with (often times it’s not the skill so much as the type of task) and then when 1:1 discuss with them how they can show you that skill in their own way

[Shannon Flaherty @_HS_English_]

@Toasty_Giraffe3 What. A. Ride! Poor scale eyed fishy 😞