First grade is kicking off the week with total participation techniques 🎉
It was great to see many classes aligned and engaged in the same technique: Back-to-Back and Face-to-Face
Partner interaction can deepen engagement & critical thinking 💫
#WilburnProud#WeAreCrew
Learning Target- Teachers and students will make learning public !
Happy Celebration of Learning Day 🎉
It’s a joy to open our doors to families in order to highlight literacy module studies
#WeArewCrew#WilburnProud#Friday_Motivation
“Ensure families know you value their culture .” - Steve Constantino
Let’s continue to show families we value them and their culture ALL YEAR LONG! 💫
#WilburnProud#WeAreCrew#Belonging #Connection#Engagement
☀️Preparing for our Celebration of Learning !
Check out this amazing 2nd grader! I had the pleasure to witness her enthusiastically take charge of her own learning today.
From revising / editing to the end product , she was committed to excellence ! 💫
#WilburnProud#WeAreCrew
🔎 Teachers exploring research-based high-yield strategies to use in ELA
These strategies will live in their instruction for the next few weeks
Lever 2 in action thanks to the strategic design of PLCs!
✨Engage Me✨
#WilburnProud#FiredUpforWilburn
Such an exciting feeling to see students curious about the world!
🇭🇹2nd graders create a focus statement describing the problem a community in Port-au-Prince, Haiti faces in sending kids to school
The curriculum provides exposure to ensure they can contribute to a better world
First grade teachers are focused on data today in PLC meetings
Triangulating data allows you to develop a comprehensive picture of student performance
📈 Mclass
📈 Lexia
📈Reading Foundations Skills Block
All grounded in the science of reading & ensuring success for all!
Level Up ⬆️
Goal- Help every student in our district reach their full potential
Challenge to leaders from Supt. Taylor :
⬆️ Be curious
⬆️ Look for ways to grow was a leader
⬆️ Create opportunities to come together
⬆️ Level up with excellence & equity in mind
Let’s go!🔥
“The best way to predict the future is to create it”. - Abraham Lincoln
📍What should we start doing ?
📍What should we stop doing ?
📍What should we keep doing ?
📍What should we do more of?
📍What should we do less of ?
#FiredUpForWilburn#WilburnProudWednesday#Collaboration
How do you sustain a Strong Start?
✏️Reflect & Plan
Thanks to this crew of leaders for guiding countless, daily , incremental improvements that give all of our students and staff an opportunity to excel!
#FiredUpforWilburn#WeAreCrew#WilburnProud
🔑Leadership Development = Key to Success
“The skills that got you where you are may not be the requisite skills to get you to where you need to go. This doesn’t discount the accomplishments of your past, but they will not be everything you need for the next leg of the journey.”
Let’s give a round of applause for our “Strong Start Award” recipients 👏🏾
Thanks for creating a warm, welcoming , & safe environment that’s focused on learning within the first 3 weeks of school.
We are in a great position to elevate engagement & rigor moving forward.
We officially launched PLC Meetings for the 2024-2025 school year !
By energizing people🔋and plugging into resources🔌, we are ready to Power PLCs.
💡Goal- Positively influence learning and outcomes
#FiredUpforWilburn#WilburnProud#WeAreCrew
Oh the power of partner interaction!
2nd graders share academic material & critically think about sound-spelling patterns
🎯 Discussion
🎯 Team Building
🎯 Collaboration
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🔥Throwback Thursday
The launch of the school year has been great for the Wilburn Crew !
From our opening HOUSE PARTY to TEAMBUILDING in the community to TEACHER LEADERS presenting at the WCPSS Leadership conference.
Let’s just say we’re FIRED UP for an epic school year !
✨Protocols are a powerful way to scaffold learning
At the beginning of the year, teachers explicitly teach & rehearse protocols to set the tone for total participation
These techniques level the playing field so that ALL students feel successful 🥇
#FiredUpforWilburn
📚What do you do when you’re walking down the hallway & hear a teacher say they’re about to read aloud their favorite book?
Yup! You take a seat of course
Thanks @RubyErickson17 for adding some sunshine to my cloudy Tuesday 💙
#BookLover#WilburnProud#JOY#TuesdayBlessings
Crew is an engine for equity and inclusion, a place where all students feel they belong & can succeed .
It’s the first day of Kindergarten and this crew is already building meaningful relationships & finding ways to connect !
🤩— Check out those shirts !
#FiredUpforWilburn