Katie Mathews

Middle School Administrator and ELA teacher building a personal learning community of teaching peers. Tweets are my own & not representative of my employer.

[Katie Mathews @MathewsInMiddle]

Just in case I needed another reason not to leave the house... https://t.co/M4KvLiEk2d

[Katie Mathews @MathewsInMiddle]

Teachers, We Cannot Go Back to the Way Things Were https://t.co/CtAuN67HkV via @educationweek

[Katie Mathews @MathewsInMiddle]

I love being a member of this organization!

[National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) @ncte]

The Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English promotes research-based recommendations to help in counteracting racism and other forms of bigotry in teaching materials, methods, and programs for the teaching and learning of English. https://t.co/TZu3qfZhCX

[Katie Mathews @MathewsInMiddle]

@pernilleripp I set up a flipgrid board for students to post Thank You videos and will share it with teachers as a surprise some time next week.

[Katie Mathews @MathewsInMiddle]

Excited to have my presentation proposal accepted for @ncte Conference on English Leadership (@ncte_cel) Annual Convention in November! My presentation: Start with What You Know: Assessing withOUT Testing

[Katie Mathews @MathewsInMiddle]

Does anyone use Birdhouse for Teachers to support data, goal tracking, and communication for students with IEPs? I'd love to learn more. https://t.co/0XkeJvCnAw

[Katie Mathews @MathewsInMiddle]

@PrincipalProj That would be great! Thank you!

[Katie Mathews @MathewsInMiddle]

Crafting a student survey about their #DistanceLearning experience thus far. If you could ask your students one thing about this experience/how to better support them, what would it be? #StudentVoice #MiddleSchool #PrincipalsinAction

[Katie Mathews @MathewsInMiddle]

@MissCablePE I do! It's only 20 something miles, but in Atlanta traffic takes me 50 minutes in the morning and 1hr 15 in the afternoon. PM if you want to discuss it! It's not horrible?

[Katie Mathews @MathewsInMiddle]

@mardieteach @mardieteach Great suggestions. I like how you are not just asking them about their learning experience but also how they are doing as people!

[Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams]

Georgia: 14th highest infection/7th lowest testing rate; less econ resilient & 1000s of low-wage workers already forced to risk their lives to make a living. Weakened healthcare w/closed rural hospitals, no Medicaid expansion & a doctor shortage. Reopen? Dangerously incompetent.

[Katie Mathews @MathewsInMiddle]

@Larryferlazzo I agree! As someone who lives in Georgia this really scares me!

[Katie Mathews @MathewsInMiddle]

What does the phrase "Compassionate Grading" mean to you? #education #distancelearning #assessment

[Katie Mathews @MathewsInMiddle]

#TriviaNight w/ #MiddleSchool Ss was a hit! Ran it like the team trivia you would find in a restaurant and used breakout rooms in between questions so teams could discuss their answer w/o others overhearing. Then they private messaged in their answer. #PrincipalingInPlace

[Katie Mathews @MathewsInMiddle]

@NAEmmanuele I would sometimes do this for a portion of a sub plan, and the students always found it hilarious! (But, that means they were watching, right?)

[Katie Mathews @MathewsInMiddle]

It's not too late to join the challenge! (Or, in my case, dip in and out of it) #PoemADay #NationalPoetryMonth

[Writer's Digest @WritersDigest]

Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write an exotic poem. https://t.co/3AK8n56Vsr

[Katie Mathews @MathewsInMiddle]

Our Ss have a lot of interest in virtual game design & we would like to offer an elective, but it's hard to staff. Anyone know a good online program a teacher could proctor without an intricate knowledge of the skill? #studentdriven #colearners #edtech #computerscience #edchat

[Katie Mathews @MathewsInMiddle]

Today's #VirtualSpiritWeek theme is... Team Trivia Night! If you have any tips for hosting Zoom team trivia, feel free to send them my way! If you want to host your own, I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow! #middleschool #teamtrivia

[Katie Mathews @MathewsInMiddle]

So far: Writing thank you notes for essential workers, signs and chalk encouragement at our homes, waters and sanitizers left as treats for mail carriers and delivery workers, stocking Little Free Libraries with books and other necessities, simple mask patterns...

[Katie Mathews @MathewsInMiddle]

#VirtualSpiritWeek Day 2 is Thankful Tuesday! Using Padlet w/ Ss and Ts to share ideas for showing gratitude to the helpers around us. Have ideas to contribute to my school's idea board? Share them here! Or pursue the thread for your own gratitude practice!