Susanne Sayles

ASB, Activities Director, AVID @MHSGrizzlies // Board Member & Camp Director @OASCLeaders // Observer & wonderer. (she/her/hers) // 100% own opinions livin here

[billy chapata. @iambrillyant]

september, plant me where growth exists regardless of how unfamiliar the soil may feel. root me in patience no matter how uncomfortable the lack of movement may feel. let me see myself beyond everything temporary so i can appreciate everything meant to stay. widen my inner scope.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

The Supreme Court's overnight ruling is an unprecedented assault on constitutional rights and requires an immediate response.

We will launch a whole-of-government effort to respond, looking at what steps we can take to ensure that Texans have access to safe and legal abortions.

[Susanne Sayles @missayles]

@teachergoals

[Dr. Adam Dovico @adamdovico]

School culture should not rest upon the shoulders of an individual, a program, or a theme. It involves everyone, is built over time, and evolves through reflection and feedback.

[trina 🍐 @BlasterOfArt]

SCHOOL ADMINS:

We teachers are starting the school year broken.

I know you know this because we haven’t been quiet about it.

We do not need new software or literacy training this year. We don’t need to analyze data.

We just need time to plan, heal, and teach.

[billy chapata. @iambrillyant]

if you outgrow me, i’m genuinely happy for you because that means that we’ve learnt everything that we need to learn from our connection.

— healthy endings/beginnings

[Susanne Sayles @missayles]

Just your average Monday at @MHSGrizzlies - I rode this 3x with several groups of students offering a “cathartic scream” and ooooh my did it feel good! Grateful to have a few more moments with this senior class. ♥️

[billy chapata. @iambrillyant]

never let lack of applause fool you into thinking that what you’re doing isn’t important. never let absence of celebration fool you into thinking that you’re not worthy of occupying spaces with love. external validation is easy to get, learn to honor you and your flowers first.

[billy chapata. @iambrillyant]

let people learn their lesson the way they’re supposed to learn their lesson without you trying to impose a lesson that you learned on them.

[Susanne Sayles @missayles]

@paigerbenner It’s not a bad place to be - especially if you have that stoveware 🤤

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

I regard a compassionate, warm, kindhearted person as healthy. If you maintain a feeling of compassion, loving kindness, something automatically opens your inner door, through which you can communicate much more easily with other people — you'll find that they are just like you.

[Susanne Sayles @missayles]

@tracyrenee70 Absolutely. I told Ss that their time was theirs - they could leave if they weren’t ready for the discussion, they could leave at any time during the discussion, they could just listen/not contribute, they could journal while I talked - whatever THEY needed.

[Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII]

Can’t stop thinking about that photo of a man strolling through the US Capitol with a Confederate flag over his shoulder the day after voters in Georgia elected the first Black and first Jewish person from the state to serve in the Senate. The metaphor was almost too on the nose.

[Susanne Sayles @missayles]

@izzieteaches @ChristieNold tweeted yesterday that every person at the capitol was once in a classroom. It’s a sad truth, and yet as we know, those belief systems are learned...

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

Scrap your lesson plans.

This is more important.

[Megan 🤘🏻 @MegNev]

As a teacher, I’m wondering how lawmakers feel as they’re told to hide under desks & stay away from doors for fear of violence. Asking for my students.

[Susanne Sayles @missayles]

These words cut deep tonight.

[Susanne Sayles @missayles]

I’m so grateful to have spent time chatting with John of @careacter ✨ I learn so much about my role as an educator and human from CharacterStrong and feel fortunate to have been given this space. Take a listen!

[CharacterStrong @CharacterStrong]

Listen to our latest PODCAST episode: Pulling Back The Curtain & Demystifying Processes With Students w/ @missayles - https://t.co/dnRJLZobAp

We talk about helping students know the why behind systems, & how they are working to demystifying systems thru equity summits.

[Susanne Sayles @missayles]

@teachbk @WickedDecent I sent our the link to Little Free Library’s map search to students & parents. I’m encouraging them to go adventure for a new read + document sights & sounds. Their website has a search for anywhere in the US!