Janine Mac

Middle school literacy teacher/mentor. MEd in gifted education. Settler. Blessed with two amazing children and an awesome husband. Always thankful. She/Her.

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@RankinSchool Stunning! Congratulations Rankin Class of 2023! 💚

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@RankinSchool @CBVRCE_NS Wonderful! Congratulations Emma and Kai!

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@EllenBees Let’s see if your students figure it out!

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@MatRyanELATeach Sincere question: Would you ask prospective English teachers if they are writers? I think we often give teachers a pass on that one yet it’s the one thing they are absolutely required to assess.

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@RankinSchool Happy Gaelic Nova Scotia Month, Sgoil Mhic Fhraing a Chaolais!

[Dr. John Spencer @spencerideas]

I asked a group of former cohort members what we, as a university, could have done better to prepare students for the being a teacher.

One student's answer stuck with me.

"I wasn't ready for the loneliness. As a cohort, we were a community. You played a small role but it was us as a leader but, sorry, John, it was us. We were tight. Then you enter the field and you're on your own. I just wish I worked at a place where we ate together and planned together and had a couple of drinks together on Friday night like we did as as a cohort. I miss that so much."

I'm not sure how you define PLC but it's not "a group of people who analyze data together." It's what she was describing. It's a community that talks shop on a Friday afternoon after work.

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@julnilsmith Turning fanny packs into… well, a different kind of pack.

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@virtualham They’re so outdated and yet I’m positive they are still being used here.

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@virtualham They still print that book?? Or have you never let the students touch them.

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@Mark_Black Def Zeppelin

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Snazzy! ✂️ 📐

[CBVRCE Tech Integration @cbvrce_tech]

Have a @cricut ? @Riversidemira had a terrific idea! @CBVRCE_NS

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@JayWamsted Following! 😂

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@virtualham It has moved off my night table and into my sewing room.

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@howie_hua Discovery learning in math is overrated and potentially damaging.

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@albertfong I want to say vapes, but I feel like I just heard someone tell me a different answer. Which tells me it’s a TikTok trend.

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@MitchellBrookns What grade level teaching would this webinar apply to?

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@ruralteacher @RankinSchool @CBVRCE_NS @drobson19 Omg I love this so much! What a wonderful celebration of poetry you’ve been having!

[GullahMuseumSC @GullahSc]

The Gullah Geechee song “Kumbaya” is a plea to God for help. You may know it as “Kum Ba Yah,” “Come By Yuh,” or “Come By Here.” Once one of the most popular songs in the folk revival of the 20th century, it has more recently become the subject of misplaced scorn.

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@MacAulayTodd I guess they know their people. 🤣

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@NorthHighlands2 @CBVRCE_NS I love this idea! Great collaboration Cabot and North Highlands!