Jen Damin

Executive Director of Professional Development and Elementary Education

[edutopia @edutopia]

RIP to Dr. Harry K. Wong, who dedicated his career to writing and speaking about classroom management strategies that keep students engaged and on-task. His book The First Days of School, which he co-authored with his wife Rosemary, remains an indispensable contribution to the canon of K-12 education.

[Principal Project @PrincipalProj]

If you've ever thought about organizing "stay interviews" with your team, you'll want to check out P @melissa_jharvey's process. ⤵ https://t.co/m8wnXvDuDe

[Brunswick County Schools @brunscoschools]

As Brunswick County continues its rapid growth, Superintendent Cole sat down with the Brunswick Beacon to explain his vision for our school district for the next five years.

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[George Couros @gcouros]

"A saying I have heard over the years and love is simply this; "No." is a complete sentence. We want to be helpful to others but shouldn't be hurtful to ourselves in the process."

3 Ideas For Taking Care of Yourself Before and During a Break https://t.co/YZTtp6Gek0

[Jen Damin @JenDaminBCS]

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[Jen Damin @JenDaminBCS]

Our VWES Oceans of Possibilities reading camp students enjoyed learning about turtles from the Holden Beach Turtle Patrol visitors. @brunscoschools

[Dr. Beth Metcalf @DrBMetcalf]

Phonological awareness, fluency, vocabulary, word recognition, and smiles were abundant during today’s visits to @brunscoschools RtA Summer Camps. We even got to see their TOY, Mallory Eittreim, in action! 😊📚📙📗📖@NCDPI_OEL @ncpublicschools #NCSoutheastRegion

[Jason Kennedy | Stop Teaching & Design Learning! @letsquitteachin]

For Tier 1, we NEED:

1. To believe ALL can learn at high levels
2. To realize WE have the ability it takes.
3. To know their learning is OUR responsibility.
4. To apply our ability to our responsibility & design the BEST Tier 1 possible for our learners.

4 basic needs.

[Jen Damin @JenDaminBCS]

BCS had the best participants and presenters for last week’s Foundations of Math, Days 1 & 2

[Jen Damin @JenDaminBCS]

Our BCS teachers are off to a collaborative start for Day 1 of Reading Research to Classroom Practice

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

It seems that society places more pressure on children to have grit and rigor than it does adults. Children need to first experience success to build confidence, which leads to trying harder things or sticking with it longer, because they have built confidence from past success.

[Jen Damin @JenDaminBCS]

@ARhyne I’m excited to hear more about it.

[Jen Damin @JenDaminBCS]

Hello 2023

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

There are 3 expectations that will set the professional tone for your school in 2023:
1) Be your Best, whatever your role, do your best
2) No Surprises. If something is wrong, I want to hear it from you, not the grapevine.
3) We support each other. We are a team, not competitors

[Jen Damin @JenDaminBCS]

@DrBMetcalf @NCDPI_OEL @CTruittNCDPI We are so excited to have Savanna on our team in this position.

[Jen Damin @JenDaminBCS]

Savanna, BCS’s DPI ELS and BCS’s K-5 ICs are focused on supporting teachers as they teach ALL children how to read proficiently. Love this team!

[NCCAT News @NCCATNews]

Implementing small group instruction can be a daunting task in secondary classrooms. This program "Empowering Students Through Flexible Grouping" will explore blended learning models as a way to organize small group implementation.
Apply now at https://t.co/45B7z1ZTKa

[Jen Damin @JenDaminBCS]

Spending the morning seeing reading curriculum in action at Cape Fear Elem in Pender

[Jen Damin @JenDaminBCS]

So happy to have Savanna serve as BCS ELS!!!

[Amy Rhyne @ARhyne]

Celebrating the initial NC Early Literacy Specialists attending the NCCAT Literacy Leaders Conference @NCCATNews #NCReadLeadSucceed