Enjoyed every minute of interacting with our new staff this morning! They are amazing. Excited to see the lasting impact they will make on our students, families, and staff in the days, weeks & years to come. #WeAreGIPS
"Welcome to GIPS! We're glad you're here. We are here to support you as you support our students."
Supt. Mr. Fisher welcoming 100+ new Certified Staff to kick-off their new year.
#WeAreGIPS
Be on the lookout for the NINTH episode of ASSETS to release soon! Guest Dr. Nooshan Ashtari discusses technology and language with @LawrenceJobi. Looking forward to learning more! @ELPA21Assess
Long-term success for experienced multilingual learners: don’t reduce the rigor!! Make expectations clear, identify language demands, scaffold for comprehensible input and academic output. Thank you @TanKHuynh & @easkelton for your passion & ideas. @CorwinPress
Congratulations to Ms. Thomas' Newcomers class for being selected as a National Spring into Reading winner! The students averaged 240+ minutes in Imagine Language & Literacy during the month of April.
Great job, scholars!
#LiteracyIsLiberation
Thank you for providing opportunities for our @GISH_Islanders Newcomers to envision a future they may have never thought possible! #MultilingualLearners
GISH Newcomers had a great experience at @CNHIndustrial today. These future @CPIMachining pathway students met @CPI_GI and @gish_aviation alumni and learned how their paths are very similar although years apart.
@GISH_Islanders Senior capstone projects for the Education Pathway were awesome! Insightful research on curriculum, mental health, bias, & morale. I took away ideas to share in future PL sessions. Our students are amazing! Thank you @mljrschumacher for all you do! #WeAreGIPS
When you drop into the office to catch up, it’s also a great opportunity to get caught up on all the amazing staff featured on The GIPS Cast. Thanks @MitchRoush for all you do!!! @GIPublicSchools
High expectations for students is not special nor visionary. It is a non negotiable baseline. It is a basic honoring of the potential in every child we seek to educate.
@HSeslteacher I missed out on this session but signed up to attend in April! Looking forward to hearing more ideas on how to support our growth in high school multilingual learners in Grand Island, NE.
Powerful! Thank you for sharing @drbrittneybills. ALL students. “But if we don’t name it, call it out for what it is and show up in solidarity..” to do what’s right, socially just & to not overlook the power of literacy!
I took the time this morning to watch The Right to Read Documentary. I compel everyone who sees this to take one hour to watch this documentary. "If we are not tackling literacy, we're wasting time." #LiteracyIsLiberation
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Investing in our leaders.
Our Leadership for Learning Department is hosting a Coaching Panel for GIPS teachers who are interested in hearing more about leadership roles in the district.
Thank you, @astomjack, for putting this together for our educators!
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If we aren’t tapping into students’ full language repertoires, we may be cutting off ✂️valuable resources, background experiences, & vocabulary.
Offf that’s dangerous. Thinking can happen in any #language. #ESOL#ESL#ELL#ENL#ELD#EAL#multilingualism#bilingualism