Laura Schmidt

[Laura Schmidt @LauraSchmidt_12]

When every day in February feels a little more manageable because of preferred parking. 🙃 Thanks to my GMS family! #ihatewinter

[Laura Schmidt @LauraSchmidt_12]

@ttimm5 We have the best kids and the best support system! ♥️🤍🐾

[Laura Schmidt @LauraSchmidt_12]

This week has been hard for me. Every week is usually hard for the kids I work with. We believe in each other. We keep each other moving forward.♥️

[Laura Schmidt @LauraSchmidt_12]

This week has been like Christmas and I have alll the feels on the eve of day 1! 😊 I got a new space at one of my schools post renovation & I CANNOT WAIT for my kids to see it! We are going to do some amazing learning together here! eek! The anticipation is killing me! 🤸‍♀️ 📚

[Laura Schmidt @LauraSchmidt_12]

@Mr_JDeli @HortonvilleSD This is so awesome!

[Laura Schmidt @LauraSchmidt_12]

Literacy addressed repeatedly at the RtI at Work conference!! ♥️ 📚…There is no school improvement without literacy improvement @PaulaMaeker Student agency is impossible if students can’t read. @sascha_heckmann #rtiaw

[Laura Schmidt @LauraSchmidt_12]

Q & A with some of the best! #rtiaw

[Laura Schmidt @LauraSchmidt_12]

This reminds me of our convo this afternoon @trochonluft! One team! ♥️

[Jimmy Casas @casas_jimmy]

I’m convinced that competition among schools in the same district often does more damage than good. The healthiest school cultures instead support one another by sharing ideas & resources, carrying each other’s banner, & focusing on being better versions of themselves. #Culturize

[Douglas Fisher @DFISHERSDSU]

THE POINT OF COMPREHENSION IS NOT COMPREHENSION - it’s more than that!
I attended P David Pearson’s retirement where, in essence, he said teaching students to read includes (see image)
Explore the skill, will, and thrill of reading https://t.co/lAoW540B3E
#ReadingComprehension

[Laura Schmidt @LauraSchmidt_12]

I talked w/another high school teacher turned middle school reading interventionist today at a training.We concluded all educators should get the opportunity to work w/ MS students at some point.I work w/ the best kids in the best place!#bekind #havefun #mathIStricky #rollbears

[Laura Schmidt @LauraSchmidt_12]

When your former students become your coworkers! ♥️🐾 #rollbears

[Laura Schmidt @LauraSchmidt_12]

Soaking up the last of summer😎, yet SO ready to kick off the 21-22 school year! 📚 I love the anticipation of this time of year!

[Laura Schmidt @LauraSchmidt_12]

@mrsannsully Never.a.dull.moment. There was this gem, too!

[Laura Schmidt @LauraSchmidt_12]

My 6y/o daughter had a writing journal for summer school. She had two pages for how to make s’mores. Lemonade however… not the best writing sample 🤦🏼‍♀️🙃

[Laura Schmidt @LauraSchmidt_12]

The best careers start at Hortonville High School!♥️🤍 #rollbears

[Laura Schmidt @LauraSchmidt_12]

No matter how much I showed amazing growth data to my kids who didn’t exit just yet,they were still bummed. Enter:”Show Your Stuff Day”. What can u do now u couldn’t before?It was like a light switch.They left a little lighter today & with a bit more pride than they came with! ♥️

[Laura Schmidt @LauraSchmidt_12]

@TaraVanCaster @SELearningEDU Agree... I reread this last school year! ♥️

[Laura Schmidt @LauraSchmidt_12]

Celebrated @kangas_oasd & her new job yesterday. A few of us in this photo are on to different career adventures, but OASD will always bring us together! I’m so thankful for these faces & their impact on me both professionally & personally! 💙💚 #istfamily #StrongerTogether

[Brittany Schmidt @MaestraSchmidt]

Ms. York, your next Crystal Apple Award winner https://t.co/55GMN3SqWC Please vote for @york_bonnieyork - an incredible 5th grade teacher at GMS in @HortonvilleSD

[Laura Schmidt @LauraSchmidt_12]

Administering covid tests, planning staff vaccination, all while in a referendum year?! I’m exhausted just thinking about it, but @ttimm5 shows up for us, throws on his ppe, and gets after it! Some WELL deserved recognition during one heck of a year! #rollbears

[The Post-Crescent @PostCrescent]

Todd Timm puts on a blue surgical gown, plastic gloves and goggles — personal protective equipment one would expect to see on a nurse or doctor, not the leader of a small school district in northeastern Wisconsin. https://t.co/fccq1HFeqr