Tonya Greenleaf

High School science teacher.

[Brian Tolentino M.Ed @TolentinoTeach]

Students need all kinds of teachers.

- The extroverts who bring energy.

- The introverts who lead with quiet thoughtfulness.

- The serious teachers who bring structure and focus.

- The silly teachers that put students in a state of relaxed alertness.

- The spontaneous teachers who model a creative spirit.

- The organized teachers who bring clarity and consistency.

Part of education is learning how to work with, learn from, and relate to people who are different from ourselves.

[Tonya Greenleaf @chemlady77]

@notheydontcare You clearly have no idea how education works. State assessments have no bearing on a high school student's life. There is absolutely no motivation to do well. Class grades matter!

[Brad Weinstein @WeinsteinEdu]

Truth. 💯

[Brian Tolentino M.Ed @TolentinoTeach]

The genius of great teaching lies in its simplicity.

The tragedy of modern education is how complex we’ve made it.

To be truly great, a teacher must resist the noise of fads, trends, and buzzwords—and return to the art of simplifying everything.

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

Yup! 💯

[Tonya Greenleaf @chemlady77]

@geoffschwartz No, Amazon Prime App is way worse to watch FB on !

[Tonya Greenleaf @chemlady77]

The Integrated Boys rocked the Trebuchet build this year. Three meter launch over a meter tall castle wall with some height restraints. Excited for the semester.

[Tonya Greenleaf @chemlady77]

@ESPNNFL Brees

[Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” @MrDanielBuck]

Replacing textbooks with Chromebooks was a mistake

[Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” @MrDanielBuck]

Almost a decade into my education career, I’m starting to notice that nothing angers people quite like actually educating children well

Good education requires standards, accountability, hard decisions, disappointment at times even

Mediocrity, however, offends none

[Tonya Greenleaf @chemlady77]

@MarcusLuther6 So many teachers create more work for themselves by not doing assigned seats! Every class freshman through seniors for 25 years.

[James A. Furey @JamesAFurey]

Re: grade inflation:

You can care about a student and still give them the grade they earned. In fact, care demands it.

Grades that reward effort over outcome may feel kind in the moment, but they don’t prepare students for anything outside the classroom. Sooner or later, real life asks for results.

[Tonya Greenleaf @chemlady77]

This was me. I was such an arrogant educator without meaning to. Then I had kids. Humbled me. Made me a better teacher.

[Tonya Greenleaf @chemlady77]

Technology has ruined attendance. Why come to school when I can get the assignment through classroom without even contacting the teacher?

[Tonya Greenleaf @chemlady77]

Amen.

[The Modest Teacher @ModestTeacher]

👇this is happening far too often and it has to be stopped.

[Tonya Greenleaf @chemlady77]

@MattLeinartQB Yes!

[Tonya Greenleaf @chemlady77]

I have never had cheating like this before. They exert more energy using apps, internet and past kids assignments than actually doing it themselves.

[SageOnTheStage @sage_stage]

My last reason why I think grades improved so much this year

Cheating

They don't do their classwork in class. Maybe they don't even have their heads up. But a few days later, they are getting A's and Bs on those assignments. They bomb the tests and we can't give less than 50%

[Tonya Greenleaf @chemlady77]

Amen.

[Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” @MrDanielBuck]

“Education is more than learning facts and memorizing processes”

Well sure…

…but it’s also a lot about learning facts and processes