Sharon Nightingale

Opinions expressed are my own

[Sharon Nightingale @mathmomx4]

@PPSDTruthTeller Is she really finally leaving?

[Sharon Nightingale @mathmomx4]

@PPSDTruthTeller 😂😂😂

[Sharon Nightingale @mathmomx4]

Tomorrow is November and my grievance and non-renewal appeals have still not been heard by PPSD/RIDE. Wonder why this hasn’t been settled yet?

[Sharon Nightingale @mathmomx4]

@PPSDTruthTeller Hopefully the right people are healthy now and can we can move forward with our non-renewal appeals with RIDE. And my appeal of the grievance decision…

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

Bill Maher reads Charlie Kirk’s words on “hate speech” with awe, declares he is in full agreement.

He says liberals were the first to make it a thought crime, and now Republicans have to hit the brakes on curbing “hate speech,” too.

By the time he finished making his case, the audience cheered in agreement.

[Chief Nerd @TheChiefNerd]

Van Jones Gets Emotional After a Newly Discovered DM from Charlie Kirk

“After he was murdered, my team called and said he was trying to reach you … This guy is reaching out to his mortal enemy saying, we need to be gentlemen and sit down together … I've sat on it long enough.”

[Sharon Nightingale @mathmomx4]

@PPSDTruthTeller PPSD and RIDE have dragged their feet in hopes that non-renewed T’s will give up the fight. Pretty sure most are still fighting these baseless decisions. I sure am, even though I was hired by a fabulous school district.

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

Teachers are not afraid of failure.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟…
•False accusations
•Not being able to support their own families
•What is happening to their own mental health
•The lack of teacher resources
•The growing apathy from students
•The growing disrespect

[Sharon Nightingale @mathmomx4]

Now imagine when it’s the principal who can’t say no

[James A. Furey @JamesAFurey]

A teacher who can’t say “no” isn’t a teacher, they’re a hostage to the whims of the most disruptive kid in the room.

[Sharon Nightingale @mathmomx4]

Everyone

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Culture.

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

The British pediatrician D. W. Winnicott once wrote, “There’s no such thing as a baby. There is a baby and someone.”

I’ve always loved the quote, because it so simply encapsulates our situation as the newest members of the human species: We enter the world with fine tuned powers of observation, ready to learn and engage.

But without at least one significant adult (and hopefully many more) ready to dedicate to our need for connection, it is impossible for our development to optimize.

Or as Urie Bronfenbrenner explained:

“Every child needs at least one adult who is irrationally crazy about him or her.”

You won’t run across any better example than this gorgeous video shared to IG by amyjoannswart.

It’s hard to tell who’s more crazy about the other. And that makes for a lucky little one, indeed.

[Sharon Nightingale @mathmomx4]

For teachers and especially for admin

[James A. Furey @JamesAFurey]

When you fail a student, you owe emails, documentation, meetings, and justifications.

When you give them an A, no one asks a single question.

Grade inflation in a lot of cases is just self-preservation.

[James A. Furey @JamesAFurey]

Learning dies in classrooms where behavior is out of control.

And behavior spirals when every meltdown gets excused by a parent who refuses to admit their kid isn’t a perfect angel and an administrator desperate to avoid conflict.

[Sharon Nightingale @mathmomx4]

@RAD_is_awesome You must work in Providence?

[Sharon Nightingale @mathmomx4]

This happened in Providence this past school year…

[Revolving_Door_Admin @RAD_is_awesome]

Did I really just show up at your front door with the head of HR and the district-union rep with resignation papers for you to sign? Yes, yes I did.

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

Chronic absenteeism is a major challenge in schools and often leads to academic struggles for students. Yet, teachers are frequently held responsible for the outcomes.

It’s time to acknowledge that schools and educators alone cannot be expected to solve all of the challenges our children face. Addressing these issues requires a broader, community-wide commitment.

[Sharon Nightingale @mathmomx4]

I’ve heard fabulous things about my new school district!!

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Teacher retention: if you want to keep the best teachers, treat them like they are the best. Few teachers leave an environment where they feel valued, supported, appreciated, and treated like professionals. This is more important now than ever!

[Sharon Nightingale @mathmomx4]

@PPSDTruthTeller And yet they are non-renewing effective teachers. Bizarre!