Tiffani Darby, M.Ed.

Mother. Leader of imaginations. Adjunct Professor. Reader. Chef extraordinaire. Slytherin. Adventurer.☀️🌴☕️ #TraumaInformed #RestorativeJustice

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

A comprehensive teacher evaluation includes:
How are you/family doing?
What PD opportunities would you like to explore next year?
How can I best support you right now?
How do you collaborate with colleagues to enhance teaching practices?
How can we leverage your strengths better?

[Tiffani Darby, M.Ed. @itsTiffDarby]

I’m so sad his time won’t be aired on 60 days in…😔

[Everything Georgia @GAFollowers]

Donald Trump was officially indicted in Georgia today and will be booked at Fulton County Jail, he has 9 days to appear. Trump being at Rice Street is crazy 😮

[Tiffani Darby, M.Ed. @itsTiffDarby]

@Biiizzy_ @ManiWitDaTweets Tell us you fumbled the bag without telling us…

[Tiffani Darby, M.Ed. @itsTiffDarby]

Say it louder for all the districts that don’t get it.

[Dr. Bryan Pearlman #MaslowBeforeBloom @DrP_Principal]

When I was a building principal, we had a group of boys who were consistently getting office referrals during lunch for aggressive and disruptive behaviors. In the past, these behaviors had led to increasingly severe consequences that did not reduce the negative behaviors (and caused some students to be sent home and to miss instruction). I sat down with the group and we worked together to come up with a plan on what to do during lunch. One of the boys asked if we could start a knitting club, since his Auntie had recently taught him how to knit. Since he was a leader of the group, the other boys agreed. I asked them to come back tomorrow with some ideas of what to knit. The next day one of the boys said that he wanted to knit little hats for the preemies at the hospital, since his little cousin was there and that a nurse mentioned that they had run out of the little hats. The boys knitted daily and we delivered the hats to the hospital. We received many heartfelt thank you notes from families, nurses and doctors (and even an in-person visit with a personal thank you and cookies from a newborn's mom). This group continued to grow as did our ability to create knitted hats for preemies. This became a huge success for the participating students. There was significant improvement in the students’ behavior, attitude, achievement, and attendance. It is so important to think outside of the box for “win-win” solutions. It really isn’t the WHAT you do that is important, it is the WHY you are doing it! Our knitting group become a team, family, and community.

#maslowbeforebloom

[Jay Wamsted @JayWamsted]

I'm telling my class about how my father is living out his lifelong dream of crossing the Pacific by boat. Then some student says:

"And you're just a math teacher"

There's absolutely no way to come back from that without getting fired. Student = win.

[Beth Moore @BethMooreLPM]

Wanna do yourself a really big favor? Stop fixating on a person who drives you crazy. How many times are you going to lose it over a career misogynist’s misogyny?? Over a narcissist’s narcissism? Over an attention seeker’s attention seeking? You’re playing right into their hand.

[Ale Checka @plainy]

The English teacher hill I’ll die on: students have to talk. And talk and talk. Discuss books, short stories, their own writing, poetry, their opinions- all of it. Talk with their teachers, talk with each other. Discourse is a skill they’re learning. So is listening.

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

As prepare for high stakes time, Remember.

[Jay Billy @JayBilly2]

A1: That quote always hits home and is basically the reason that we need to make sure our voices are heard. When you go to a meeting and only one person talks then you you know there is some work to do #LeadLAP

[Tiffani Darby, M.Ed. @itsTiffDarby]

Honestly, a quote for the books.

[Tiffani Darby, M.Ed. @itsTiffDarby]

Not sure what started the convo, but I say, “idk man. I’m always ready to throw hands” to my coworker and he responded:

“Yeah that’s the southerner in you Darbs. You’re still mad about the war.”

💀💀💀

[Chloe Bellerby @ChloeBellerbyMH]

I was suicidal yet I was still getting up and going to school everyday. I was still making it to every shift at work. I was still spending time with friends. I was still doing what needed to be done. Just because someone is high-functioning doesn’t make their pain any less real.

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Leaders, value and add value to your staff.

[Tiffani Darby, M.Ed. @itsTiffDarby]

@MrsAWills It definitely feels like we will be going backwards in that regard! Division based on access to “good” education is something my dreamer heart believed was on the way out in the U.S.

[Ice Cube @icecube]

Insanely dope

[Tiffani Darby, M.Ed. @itsTiffDarby]

@grosscias @billburr It’s literally 95° today 🥴😂 you could get a solid 6 months work in before it’s cold

[Angie Thomas @angiecthomas]

I took a deep breath in Whole Foods and it cost $150