Ashley Matthews

Eighth Year Educator • First Year Assistant Principal • Lifelong Learner

[KXAN News @KXAN_News]

#BREAKING | Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo posted to social media the variant was found in a woman in her 40s from the northwest part of the county. She had no recent travel history.

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[Ashley Matthews @MissATMatthews]

"Teach teachers not what they already know but what they need." - Paul Bambrick-Santoyo #DrivenbyData

[Ashley Matthews @MissATMatthews]

"One-time PD is essential but it never works on its own. A school is only as good as its follow-up." - Paul Bambrick-Santoyo #DrivenbyData

[Ashley Matthews @MissATMatthews]

"There are too many moving pieces in a school year to expect effective data-driven instruction to 'just happen'; schools must consciously craft a calendar that lays the foundation for genuine progress." - Paul Bambrick-Santoyo #DrivenbyData

[Ashley Matthews @MissATMatthews]

"You can be about classical education, bilingual education, Montessori or anything in between. It's not the pedagogical model that matters-it's driving your teaching to respond to student needs." - Beth Topoluk #DrivenbyData

[Ashley Matthews @MissATMatthews]

The mentality that "we can solve any problem, and we won't stop until we do" is infectious and can influence the culture of an entire staff. - Paul Bambrick-Santoyo #DrivenbyData

[Ashley Matthews @MissATMatthews]

"The best initiatives in schools--and elsewhere--do not require buy in; they create it." - Paul Bambrick-Santoyo #DrivenbyData

[Ashley Matthews @MissATMatthews]

"Re-teaching is a marathon, not a sprint." #DrivenByData

[Ashley Matthews @MissATMatthews]

"Learning doesn't happen in a single moment-it happens over time. That's why active monitoring of student learning in the classroom is as important as the re-teaching itself." #DrivenByData

[Ashley Matthews @MissATMatthews]

Practice makes what was originally unnatural become a strength. #DrivenbyData #DataAnalysis #InstructionalLeadership

[Ashley Matthews @MissATMatthews]

When talking about holding data analysis meetings, one core idea to follow is "When you start from the exemplar, your analysis becomes exemplary." #DrivenbyData

[Ashley Matthews @MissATMatthews]

To truly make a difference, we must "change from a culture focused on what students were taught to a culture focused on what students actually learned." #DrivenbyData

[Ashley Matthews @MissATMatthews]

"Test-in-hand analysis is not one possible way to analyze student error: it is the ONLY way by which to figure out what students need." #DrivenbyData

[Ashley Matthews @MissATMatthews]

"In a multiple-choice question, the OPTIONS & TEXT define the rigor. In an open-ended question, the EXEMPLAR defines the rigor. Any good assessment will combine multiple forms to achieve the best measure of mastery." #DrivenbyData

[Ashley Matthews @MissATMatthews]

"Standards are meaningless until you define how to assess them. You haven't set the bar for rigor until you've identified what students will have to do to demonstrate what they have learned." #DrivenbyData

[Ashley Matthews @MissATMatthews]

"Data-driven instruction isn't just a set of tools...it's a mindset." - Mike Mann in #DrivenbyData #PaulBambrickSantoyo

[Nicholas Ferroni @NicholasFerroni]

Public schools are not failing students.

Public school teachers are not failing students.

The system is failing public schools, teachers and students.

Stop saying public schools and teachers are failing students when the system is setting them up to fail.

[Lauren Tarshis @laurenTarshis]

I've been sharing this amazing picture on Zoom class visits — kids remote learning during a polio outbreak in the 1940s. Schools shut and teachers read lessons on the RADIO. We're facing such challenges today, but as I tell kids, we've faced them in the past and gotten through.

[Ashley Matthews @MissATMatthews]

"When one loses their way, they have probably also lost their will, and in order to retrieve both, they must make a conscious effort to reclaim their why." - Baruti K. Kafele #ASCD #mentalhealth #SchoolLeaders https://t.co/k05G4loNF5