Caroline Varner

Educator & School Leader. she/her.

[J. Logan Smilges @jlsmilges]

If you’re an educator reading this, your friendly disabled professor of Disability Studies hereby grants you the power to distribute accommodations to any student, for any reason, at any time, regardless of their affiliation with Disability Services, from now until you die.

[Caroline Varner @MsVarnerEDU]

In love with our #BacktoSchool bulletin boards. Truly a team effort to put these together. #elemchat #edchat

[Caroline Varner @MsVarnerEDU]

After 12 years as an elementary teacher, I've finally stepped out of the classroom into the role as an instructional coach. This transition was not taken lightly and has been many years in the making - lots of reflection, lots of learning, and lots of relationship building.

[Dwayne Reed @TeachMrReed]

You ever be around kids and just think, “Man, I legit love y’all” ?

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

Your mathematician name is:

Your first name + Your last name

[Truss Leadership @trussleadership]

I just want to celebrate all of the powerful writing going on right now about racial justice & change. Feels like we‘re ina racial equity renaissance, could be an awakening if we truly seize this moment. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

What are your favorite recent articles/videos of the last month?

[DWA•NESHA @Duanecia]

The emphasis on educational equity has largely focused on under resourced communities. I would like to venture into how dangerous it is for affluent schools to underprepare their students for the world. No access to culture, Blackness, an in-depth history of racism and oppression

[Caroline Varner @MsVarnerEDU]

@KarenCampe @pwharris Yes! No "magic" in math. Ss must always understand the why. Plus, when you know the why, math becomes more fun, it's like a puzzle to be solved...not a series of facts to be memorized.

[Caroline Varner @MsVarnerEDU]

@pwharris I appreciate your questioning :) It works because we are working in base 10.
21.6 x 10 = 216
0.9 x 10 = 90
Then we must reverse what we did, since the original problem was not about multiplying by 10.
Two sets of 10 is 100 so now we divide the final answer by 100.

[Caroline Varner @MsVarnerEDU]

@pwharris So, in this case you move the decimal to the right once in 21.6 to make it a whole number, and also once with .9. We moved it a total of 2 times to the right. When we get to our answer, we put the decimal back in by reversing it, moving the decimal to left 2 times.

[Tara Myers @MrsMyersCFISD]

A1: We need to realize and remember that the kids’ worlds were flipped upside down. It’s going to be more important than ever to build that relationship with them! #TXed

[Caroline Varner @MsVarnerEDU]

Q1: We must consider the different ways students, families, and our colleagues have been affected. More wellness check-ins. #txed

[Caroline Varner @MsVarnerEDU]

Hello all! Caroline from CA, but will soon be living and teaching in TX this fall. #TXed

[Caroline Varner @MsVarnerEDU]

@ClassCastPod @GuiseGotTechEd Yes! I love sticky notes!! #EduMentor