Jenna Hewitt King

English Teacher 📚 TeachPlus Senior Policy & Writing Fellow 🌱 Yoga & Wellness Educator 🧘🏻‍♀️ Community Organizer ✊🏼 Mother 🤍 she/her 🌈

[Cecilia Aguiar-Curry @AsmAguiarCurry]

#AB2901 has passed out the Assembly Floor with bipartisan support! #TimeisNow to provide public educators with up to 14 weeks of fully paid leave for pregnancies and related health matters!
#PregnancyLeaveAct #caleg

[California Teachers Association @WeAreCTA]

We’re one step closer to #PregnancyLeaveNow! #AB2901 passed the Assembly floor vote and heads now to the Senate. This can be the year we fix a broken system that leaves educators without any paid disability related to pregnancy! Learn more at https://t.co/BsVc9XHBaD #WeAreCTA

[Jenna Hewitt King @mshewittking]

Fixing parental leave for teachers is long overdue, but AB2901 is headed to the Senate! Thanks @AsmAguiarCurry for this important legislation! Check out my commentary in the @sfchronicle ! @WeAreCTA @TeachPlusCA https://t.co/Fd0rRpmSY9

[Teach Plus @teachplus]

"I want my students to feel like the classroom is our classroom, not just mine. Even though many teachers may disagree, I maintain that student feedback in schools should be at the center of what we do as teachers." - Senior Writing Fellow @mshewittking
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[Jenna Hewitt King @mshewittking]

@ChiECAdvocate 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[Melinda Martinez-Epperson M. Ed. @ChiECAdvocate]

Totally agree, @mshewittking ! 🙌🏾 I prefer to act as a facilitator, co-constructing knowledge, where we learn from each other! Let’s decolonize education and stop asserting power as if kids have nothing to offer. Kids are brilliant and as their teachers we should empower them!

[Kat Clark @heykatclark]

“Literature builds empathy and compassion, and that translates to our students. I gradually realized how special an English teacher can be, and that’s what I chose to do.”

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[Education Week Opinion @EdWeekOpinion]

Are your students actually learning anything? Ask them.
“Why wouldn’t we want to hear from the people we do this job for?” writes teacher @mshewittking. #EWOpinion #TeacherTwitter https://t.co/7ntJUBDDuV

[Anya Grottel-Brown @AGrottelBrown]

Student voice is powerful. By actively asking students for feedback, teachers can "improve both our teaching and overall classroom culture." @TeachPlusCA @mshewittking via @educationweek https://t.co/Ut8EK5LumN

[Teach Plus @teachplus]

“Our students have unique skills and viewpoints and it is time we leverage them.”

In this week’s Newsblast: Senior Writing Fellows @mshewittking and Mercedes Harvey-Flowers write about the importance of student voice.

Learn more and subscribe: https://t.co/qiegb0YkxE

[Education Week Opinion @EdWeekOpinion]

Want to know if your students are learning anything in class? Ask the experts—your students. #EWOpinion #TeacherTwitter @mshewittking https://t.co/7ntJUBEbkt

[Jenna Hewitt King @mshewittking]

Check out my latest piece in @EdWeekOpinion about why student feedback has been one of the greatest learning tools in my teaching practice: https://t.co/eqavwi5yW9

[Teach Plus CA @TeachPlusCA]

#AB714, signed by @GavinNewsom over the weekend, will begin to provide much-needed guidance and data for teachers like, @teachplus CA teacher leader @mshewittking. https://t.co/Pq8xACwGrn via @edsource

[Teach Plus @teachplus]

“I still haven’t received any additional training,” @TeachPlusCA alum and Senior Writing Fellow @mshewittking said about teaching her English learner students. “Each time I ask, I’m told, ‘Yeah, find a training.’ I don’t know where to go or what to do.”
https://t.co/YH7yUHB26p

[Teach Plus CA @TeachPlusCA]

Huge win that @AsmKevinMcCarty's #AB714 passed out of the legislature providing more explicit guidance and support for educators, like @mshewittking, to best serve newcomer students. Now hoping that @CAgovernor signs it! https://t.co/xNju9pxvsH via @edsource

[Teach Plus CA @TeachPlusCA]

Thank you @NancySkinnerCA for your leadership! @teachplus CA educators, like @RobinsClass know that the disparity in discipline "perpetuates systemic inequities, exacerbating the achievement gap &hindering the academic progress of these already marginalized groups." #showthemlove

[Teach Plus CA @TeachPlusCA]

Listen to California superstar educators & @teachplus policy fellows @mshewittking & @RobinsClass discuss reexamining discipline practices & support for @NancySkinnerCA's #SB274 in the podcast "Defining Defiance" by Hella Humanities https://t.co/9e5dMmNUak

[Teach Plus CA @TeachPlusCA]

We are thrilled #SB274 is moving forward. At the same time we must also explore the underlying biases that drive the current discipline practices. #showthemlove

[Teach Plus CA @TeachPlusCA]

Thank you Asm Ed Cmte, @AsmMuratsuchi, @AsmKevinMcCarty, @Alex_Lee & @QuirkSilvaCA for voting to move #SB274 forward & eliminating this practice that perpetuates systemic inequities. Thank you @NancySkinnerCA for championing this bill. #showthemlove

[Teach Plus CA @TeachPlusCA]

“Willful Defiance” suspensions consistently target marginalized students at much higher rates than their peers. As Californians, we must do better for our public school students and community members.
#showthemlove #sb274