Isela Russell, PhD

¡Sí Se Puede! TX Teacher of the Year Elem State Finalist 2023.

[Isela Russell, PhD @iselarussell]

Our 4th and 5th grade Montañeros practicing their listening, speaking, fluency and vocabulary in their second language. Our multilinguals always working hard. @JohnMuirLA

[Isela Russell, PhD @iselarussell]

We must recognize our amazing and incredible @DoctoraRendon during National Principal Month. JMLA has excelled and grown because of her dedication and passion towards our Montañeros. We are truly fortunate to be under her leadership. Gracias. @JohnMuirLA @sdschools #SDUSD

[Isela Russell, PhD @iselarussell]

We must recognize our amazing and incredible @DoctoraRendon during National Principal Month. JMLA has excelled and grown because of her dedication and passion towards our Montañeros. We are truly fortunate to be under her leadership. Gracias. @JohnMuirLA @sdschools #SDUSD

[Isela Russell, PhD @iselarussell]

Our amazing 5th grade Montañeros using their Spanish with fraction bars to find equivalent fractions and getting ready to jump into adding and subtracting unlike fractions. @JohnMuirLA

[UTK-8 John Muir Language Academy @JohnMuirLA]

📚 Book Swap Morning at John Muir! 📚
Looking to refresh your reading list? Join us this morning for our weekly community book swap!
When: Every Wednesday morning
Where: John Muir
Cost: Completely FREE!
Bring a book, take a book, or just come grab something new to read.

[Isela Russell, PhD @iselarussell]

4th grade Montañeros working on their Eureka math / Spanish vocabulary and place value. @JohnMuirLA

[Isela Russell, PhD @iselarussell]

Our amazing 5th grade Montañeros practicing their multi digit multiplication by representing in a variety of ways. @JohnMuirLA

[NeTassha Rendon @DoctoraRendon]

So proud of our amazing team at the SDUSD Dual Language Symposium! Huge shoutout to Dra. Russell for presenting, and to our incredible teachers for showing up to invest in their craft. Continuous learning makes all the difference. 📚✨

[UTK-8 John Muir Language Academy @JohnMuirLA]

A great counselor and an even better human. Thank you, Camilo Pérez, for everything you’ve poured into our community.

[Isela Russell, PhD @iselarussell]

What a better way to help with language development than with Diagrama Narrativo, BeGlad strategy. Students not only engage on the story but interactive with vocabulary and listening to the text and placing the dialogue according its sequence. @JohnMuirLA @sdusdmed

[UTK-8 John Muir Language Academy @JohnMuirLA]

Great day at John Muir Field Day! Big thanks to Coach C for putting it all together and making it such a fun experience for everyone. Great job team!

[Isela Russell, PhD @iselarussell]

These First Grade Montañeros are Glad to show of their learning with their Menú de tareas. @JohnMuirLA @sdusdmed @IvonneAcuna1

[UTK-8 John Muir Language Academy @JohnMuirLA]

The final PBIS Principal’s 100 party of the year did not disappoint! 🥳 So incredibly proud of these students for demonstrating excellent character and leading by example. Way to finish the school year 💪

[NeTassha Rendon @DoctoraRendon]

Congratulations to Dr. Isela Russell, named Teacher of the Year for John Muir Language Academy! 🎉 @sdschools

[NeTassha Rendon @DoctoraRendon]

Congrats @iselarussell

[Isela Russell, PhD @iselarussell]

BeGlad these first graders are practicing their oral language development while reading a poem with gestures. @JohnMuirLA @sdusdmed @BeGladTraining

[Isela Russell, PhD @iselarussell]

Using a Be Glad strategy “Diagrama de investigación” and “línea de comunicación” to discuss what we alreadknow. Language acquisition in action. @JohnMuirLA @sdusdmed

[Isela Russell, PhD @iselarussell]

These amazing Montañeros reviewing with each other our 3 classrooms norms. @JohnMuirLA @sdusdmed

[UTK-8 John Muir Language Academy @JohnMuirLA]

Innovation in action! ⚡️ We are so proud of these two amazing educators for representing JMLA at the BeGLAD training this week.
They’ve been hard at work mastering new strategies to make our classrooms even more engaging and inclusive. ¡Adelante!

[Isela Russell, PhD @iselarussell]

Pushing our thinking with Eureka and looking at the attributes of figuras planas. @JohnMuirLA