Katy DeSantis, M.Ed.

🍊Elementary ELA Program Specialist with OCPS 🕉 Yoga Instructor 🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ Ally ⚔️UCF Knight 👨‍👩‍👧🐱🐱 Wife & Mother

[Katy DeSantis, M.Ed. @KDeSantis_OCPS]

@DaveGorham_OCPS @CDLocps @OCPS_R2Succeed @OCPS_PreK @KMalatesta_OCPS @JillAdcock_OCPS @lwilcox_ocps @Jbrenes_OCPS @OCPSDeputySupe Yay ELA!

[Katy DeSantis, M.Ed. @KDeSantis_OCPS]

@BeckyYedvobnick @Ridgewood_OCPS Amazing and so well deserved!! Congratulations!!

[Katy DeSantis, M.Ed. @KDeSantis_OCPS]

@BeckyYedvobnick @Ridgewood_OCPS Can’t wait to share some of the amazing things happening at The Ridge. So very thankful for Ms. Bowmar and Ms. McCourty 💚🧡

[Katy DeSantis, M.Ed. @KDeSantis_OCPS]

Yay! So very deserving!

[Becky Yedvobnick @BeckyYedvobnick]

Congratulations to Ridgewood Park’s 2023-2024 Teacher of the Year, Ms. Monroe, and Support Person of the Year, Ms. Gibbs! Both of these ladies do incredible things for our Tiger Cubs every single day, and they are the perfect people to represent Ridgewood Park this year! 🧡💚

[Dr. James Russo @JamesRusso_OCPS]

@CDLocps is excited to Kick off CREW meetings with our Elementary Cadre partners. @DrRahim_Jones @OCPSDeputySupe looking forward to a year of collaboration to support our schools at the highest level possible. @DaveGorham_OCPS

[Rob Bixler @RobBixler_OCPS]

Packed house today for @CDLocps Multi-sensory training. Enthusiastic crowd focused on effective reading strategies. @AIMtoLearn @maria_f_vazquez @OCPSDeputySupe

[OCPS Professional Learning Department @ocpsPL]

Our ELA elementary team is engaging participants in a hands-on gallery walk to demonstrate literacy resources, while our secondary participants learn about the importance of gradual release of responsibility within the structure of an ELA lesson. Such valuable content! #OCPSILI

[Stefanie Gray @SGray_OCPS]

We have a full house today at our Coach meeting session. Collaboration on content and ideas are heard through discussions across the room💯💯 @CDLocps @DaveGorham_OCPS

[Stefanie Gray @SGray_OCPS]

Time for our first Face to Face coach meeting this year! ❤️So very excited to collaborate with OCPS coaches. @CDLocps @DaveGorham_OCPS @ShelliseG_OCPS @Sheller_OCPS @KDeSantis_OCPS @Jbrenes_OCPS @ABilancioneOCPS @SHarrell_OCPS @AMorton_OCPS @KMcCallum_OCPS

[Katy DeSantis, M.Ed. @KDeSantis_OCPS]

Thank you Ms. Monroe for opening your class to your colleagues & me! We got to see effective instruction around drafting a conclusion for an expository essay, student writing via Google docs, and 1:1 writing conferences with half the class - all in the thirty min block! @CDLocps

[Katy DeSantis, M.Ed. @KDeSantis_OCPS]

Looking forward to helping teachers implement these in their classrooms!

[Ana Bilancione @ABilancioneOCPS]

New resource alert! The OCPS Sound Wall Cards are available under the course resource section on IMS. You can use this to support students in foundational instruction. #OCPSElemELA #IMPACTcdl

[Will Bromley @WCBromley_OCPS]

Elementary ELA got a visit from Santa today! #OCPSElemELA @ShelliseG_OCPS @ABilancioneOCPS @KDeSantis_OCPS @Jbrenes_OCPS

[Katy DeSantis, M.Ed. @KDeSantis_OCPS]

Hey! I know her! Check out this resource to help add some multisensory engagement to your foundational instruction.

[Stefanie Gray @SGray_OCPS]

Did you know that using multisensory strategies allows students to process content and build stronger connections? Check out the Kinesthetic Approach to Phonics! #NewToolTuesday @CDLocps

[Katy DeSantis, M.Ed. @KDeSantis_OCPS]

@SGray_OCPS @CDLocps @KimPavlonnis @MPlatzer_OCPS @ABilancioneOCPS @AMorton_OCPS @WCBromley_OCPS @ShelliseG_OCPS @Jbrenes_OCPS @KMcCallum_OCPS Quick LOL You’re funny. 😉

[Shannon Cadden @SCadden_OCPS]

Looking for some ways to support your students with high frequency words? Resources have been linked into the notes on the Small Group slides in K-2 daily lessons. Routines include directions and examples (and some have activity templates). @CDLocps #OCPSElemELA #NewToolTuesday

[Katy DeSantis, M.Ed. @KDeSantis_OCPS]

This new tool is already such a popular one! Use these resources to help with foundational small group instruction in K-2. @CDLocps #OCPSElemELA #NewToolTuesday

[Ana Bilancione @ABilancioneOCPS]

Looking for benchmark aligned activities for small group instruction? The Small Group Resources document has links to resources that can help K-2 teachers plan for foundational skills! @CDLocps #OCPSElemELA #NewToolTuesday

[Michelle Platzer @MPlatzer_OCPS]

OCPS Elementary Literacy Coaches: Resources are on the way! Be on the lookout and happy reading! #OCPSElemELA #ImpactCDL @CDLocps

[Katy DeSantis, M.Ed. @KDeSantis_OCPS]

Did you know we have TWO Common Planning Resource Guides? Our K-2 guide focuses on integrating foundational instruction into common planning. 👏🏽 They’re located in IMS and can assist with planning purposeful, standards aligned instruction! #NewToolTuesday #OCPSElemELA @CDLocps

[Janice Brenes @Jbrenes_OCPS]

Check out our 4th and 5th grade exit tasks now found in Canvas Commons! Easy to import, easy to progress monitor your students! #NewToolTuesday #OCPSElemELA @CDLocps

[Amber Morton @AMorton_OCPS]

OCPS Teachers! Check out the B.E.S.T. Learning Targets Dashboard in the K-2 CRM’s. This document will help show the vertical alignment between grade levels to assist in purposeful planning. #NewToolTuesday #OCPSElemELA @CDLocps