Mary Feagley

ELA Teacher, Doctoral Candidate, Former Media Specialist, Lifelong Learner

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

If you have served in public education for 20 years or more, this post is for you.
You are part of the roughly 28% who entered public-school teaching and were still in the profession two decades later.
So for the veteran teachers and staff who have served for 20 years, 25 years, 30 years, and beyond, this is to celebrate you!
You have endured some of the most difficult changes education has ever faced.
You witnessed standardized testing grow into an overwhelming system of high-stakes pressure, excessive data collection, and constant documentation.
You adapted to new standards, new technology, new programs, and an endless cycle of initiatives.
You carried students and families through COVID, even while facing your own fears, losses, and uncertainty.
You have watched respect for educators decline while expectations continued to rise.
You have been asked to do more with less, solve problems you did not create, and meet needs that extend far beyond the classroom.
And yet, you continued to show up.
You taught the lesson again.
You encouraged the struggling student.
You supported the overwhelmed colleague.
You welcomed the nervous parent.
You kept schools functioning during some of the toughest years education has ever experienced.
Most people will never fully understand what it takes to dedicate decades of your life to serving students, families, and communities. They will never know how many evenings, weekends, personal dollars, and pieces of your heart you have invested.
There are adults walking through the world today who are stronger, wiser, and more confident because you once believed in them.
To every teacher and staff member who has served for 20 years or more:
Thank you for your dedication.
Thank you for your sacrifice.
Thank you for your wisdom.
Thank you for caring for our children.
Thank you!

[Kayla Hicks 📚 @klhicks912]

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Kids lose access to books over the summer because they can't go to their school library.

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[Shake Up Learning @ShakeUpLearning]

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[Mary Feagley @feagley4]

@themerrillsedu @ShakeUpLearning @JakeMillerEdu Great session! I am teaching a data curation workshop in October for @EvansvilleTA and got some fantastic ideas. My 8th graders will also benefit!

[Mary Feagley @feagley4]

@crumbl 🥚

[Mary Feagley @feagley4]

@TolentinoTeach As an English teacher, I concur...and heading back to mostly paper next year.

[Help A Teacher @HelpATeacher]

Accurate.

[Brian Tolentino M.Ed @TolentinoTeach]

To teach something well, a teacher has to internalize it.

When new acronyms and methods are constantly thrown at teachers, there’s no time to truly understand them. Teaching soon becomes forced, clumsy, and inauthentic.

But when a teacher works with something over time, it becomes natural. It becomes part of how they think.

This is why constantly adding new methods can actually hurt teaching and learning.

Give teachers time.

Let them stick with something, refine it, and make it their own.

That’s when their teaching starts to shine.

[Brian Tolentino M.Ed @TolentinoTeach]

If you want to improve reading scores, you have to get students to read.

It is that simple.

All the other systems, methods, and protocols are fluff.

Gotta get students to put down their phones, and pick up books.

[Brian Tolentino M.Ed @TolentinoTeach]

Students are distracted.

If we want them to become the thinkers they’re capable of becoming, we have to step in.

That means protecting their attention, limiting distractions, and creating spaces where focus can actually take hold.

[Scholastic Teachers @ScholasticEdu]

More books at home = more success in school 📚

Learn how ClassroomsCount™ can help you give your students new books to keep forever: https://t.co/mD8A18f3Zt

[Mary Feagley @feagley4]

@rhsteach For your fact of the day.

[Encyclopaedia Britannica @Britannica]

Why are there so few public trash cans in Japan?

[Help A Teacher @HelpATeacher]

Truth.

[Mary Feagley @feagley4]

@ColConnie Connie, I talked with you about this at the funeral home. This is the poster stand I was talking about. I am so glad to have it and think of Pam often these days and how much she impacted my teaching. I will never forget her.