Amanda Schear

I'm a teacher, instructional coach, and bibliophile living and working in Philadelphia and traveling the world.

[Amanda Schear @amandaschear]

Excited to get back to work with this most amazing team @kensingtonhs, the best high school in the city #gotigers #kensingtonhighschool #tigerpride @PHLschools @watlington_sr

[Shane Safir @ShaneSafir]

We’ve had 20 years of test-and-punish. 20 yrs of drill-and-kill. Enough! Time to free ourselves from the incarceration of the imagination harming so many students and educators and embrace a pedagogy of student voice and a new “metric” of student agency. #StreetData @JamilaDugan

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Just posted a photo https://t.co/mYvljwp06W

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Friends - if you’re in education, you NEED this book!!!

[Jamila Dugan @JamilaDugan]

#streetdata is about flipping the paradigm. It’s the belief that equity work is first and foremost pedagogical. The belief that the data that matters can be seen daily- in student work, student joy, and student agency. SD is about the reset we need. Learn w. us @ShaneSafir

[Shane Safir @ShaneSafir]

We need to cultivate Learning Love, not fixate on Learning Loss.

You know where "learning loss" is gonna take us? Right back to the belly of the standardized testing/intervention/remediation/inequity beast.

#StreetData @JamilaDugan @trussleadership

[Amanda Schear @amandaschear]

Looking to spice up your kitchen with new gadgets, cookware, or seasonings? Check out the link in the attached image for good deals on cool cooking gear! #pamperedchef

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@ShaneSafir @JamilaDugan I’m so excited for this book!!! 💜

[@DrBritWilliams on 🦋sky @DrBritWilliams]

There’s an Amanda Gorman at every HS you call underperforming, inner city, and/or the G word.

Honor. Black. Students. Art.

#InaugurationDay

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@SamuelLJackson Registered and ready for the lesson!

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I've just posted on my Blog about: Thoughts on Anti-Racism Work in the Wake of George Floyd's Murder https://t.co/OCOuXElPym

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@ProjectWriteNPS From Clair: i believe that i am a “serious” poet. i don’t find myself writing horror or sci-fi. as i look throughout all my poems, i see that they all have meaning to me. so, i think i usually write about something near and dear to me.

[Amanda Schear @amandaschear]

@ProjectWriteNPS Zuza writes:
I am, at some times, an aesthetic writer, a creator of poetic prose, attentive to alliteration, word sequencing, and syllable count. As a poet,the same is true, though I am also, then, a somewhat old-fashioned writer, wont to using archaic language.

[Amanda Schear @amandaschear]

@ProjectWriteNPS camper Brielle notes: Established freed slave Touissant L’Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian rebellion and invites you to learn more at the President’s House Site. #projectwrite

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@ProjectWriteNPS Teasing stories found at the President’s House site, camper Clair observes: you can’t enjoy yourself or your surroundings; happiness is rare. #projectwrite

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@ProjectWriteNPS camper Emma says: “Like the storm, you were there to protect me...weren’t you?”

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@ProjectWriteNPS camper Jamie’s favorite quote: “You can always edit a bad page, you can’t edit a blank page” - Jodi Picoult #projectwrite

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@ProjectWriteNPS camper Nyshea’s favorite quote is: Always have a best! Just because you don’t look your best does not mean you have no best - mentally, verbally, physically - there is another way to do your best! #projectwrite

[Amanda Schear @amandaschear]

Tfw your little cat is inhibiting your work for @ProjectWriteNPS #cats #projectwrite

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@ProjectWriteNPS Camper Emma says
A superhero that inspires me is Black Panther. Although I’m not the biggest superhero fan I grew fond of Black Panther because one, he was a black superhero, and two, he was loyal to his people and was willing to fight for his home.

[Amanda Schear @amandaschear]

@ProjectWriteNPS camper Zuza doesn’t have a favorite superhero, but she clearly has a favorite cat! #projectwrite