Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her)

mom, wife, learner, teacher, reader, writer, researcher

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

@spencerideas I like what's happening in my brain as I put your lens alongside @adammgrant's Think Again description of a learning culture of psychological safety & accountability. Building & sustaining trust: foundational work for communities, classrooms, schools, districts, & our world.

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

@Write_Score, trying to batch print student writing and scores via Clever, but I’m unable to click “generate responses” and then “print responses.” Is something wrong with the system today? Or is there a fix for this?

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

@RacheGabriel Sounds like they are making books from the DIBELS texts!

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

@regieroutman

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

@plthomasEdD Follow the money—“HUGE grain of sale” fits, too.

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

@RacheGabriel To love teachers is to honor their lived experiences, to give them space to breathe, and to learn alongside them.

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

@carolinebeding Woohoo! Way to go!

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

@TWilliams_EdS ? topics schools need: promoting engagement, building rships, creating a culture where all belong (students, teachers, staff), building on strengths instead of deficits in students and staff, building and supporting teacher leaders and teacher agency, connecting w/ community

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

@coachgrimmy @TWilliams_EdS As a teacher of 25 years, this concerns me as well.

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

@spencerideas I long for the days where leaders were simply joining a learning community and saying hello—not surveilling, evaluating, or box-checking. A visit with no agenda and no feedback is simply nurturing and building community. I’d like less feedback and more community these days!

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

@casas_jimmy April and May are tough, too. In 8th grade, we have 12 plus days where students are testing for the state and for Growth Measures (Lexiles and Quantiles). Plus, students taking hs classes take EOCs, too.

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

@CareerPaulding That looks like so much fun!

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

@jstigaard—big brother—this is the young man I was telling you about who I taught in 8th grade—a Ramblin’ Wreck since his childhood, a brilliant scholar, a friend to everyone, a true team player, a natural leader, & an outstanding athlete. Congrats, Jameson!

[Jameson Riggs @RiggsJameson]

🐝🐝🐝

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

@spencerideas Once I did this at a district level meeting, BUT I critiqued, questioned, and wrestled when the expectation was silence, compliance, and fidelity—not received well. Now working on PhD researching teacher agency—ways to create space for it. Thanks for your post.

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

@spencerideas These are real concerns that I, too, have and have seen played out in ways where skill kills the thrill and will.

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

@JasonAblin Classroom walls close in as T tries to stay true to values: data demoralizes, SEL parceled, Ss/Ts surveilled, a single “science” dictates, DEI removed, anti CRT, classroom library questioned, fidelity not just for spouse, teaching on timer, t looks up to light—fight or flight.

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

Important read

[Dr. Mary Howard @DrMaryHoward]

Since this is our new reality, I'll REshare:

"criticism directed at a people rather than at the point they are trying to make. Ad Hominem arguments are used to discredit, belittle and embarrass the person, rather than engage in the debate with them."

https://t.co/XnKxvvuzmH

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

@DrMaryHoward @MisterMinor For my teacher agency to move beyond desire and capacity to action need Howard’s interventions of the ❤️(NCTE 2016) and Minor’s We Got This. Both resonate w/ me & bring me to tears, but scripts prevail & actions are hard. Hoping this dissertation will propel me forward.

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

@Eduventuring04 @RacheGabriel As long as they’re hiring,
my teacher technician job will be less inspiring!

[Dr. Maya Woodall (she/her) @mayawoodall]

@iChrisLehman @RacheGabriel Strategies implemented with fidelity neglect funds of knowledge, ways of being, and learning communities. The same often goes for data-driven instruction based on bottom lines and deficits that fail to see human beings.