Niki Smith

Former teacher helping current teachers with their Ed tech needs.

[Niki Smith @nikismith42]

Hey teachers! Don't miss out on these amazing opportunities to learn more about how to utilize all that Google has to offer in the classroom. #bluumwithus #GoogleEdu #teachers

[Bluum @Bluum_EdTech]

Calling all #Teachers to join us in this live, interactive #webinar series where @GoogleForEdu experts will help us understand the #GoogleWorkspace for Education.

Register now: https://t.co/RYwJRWdmA1

May 5, 12 and 19, 2022, at 12 p.m. PST

#GoogleEdu

[Niki Smith @nikismith42]

After teaching K-12 for 24 years, I recently joined @Bluum_EdTech as a professional development specialist. Now, I get to teach teachers about #edtech I am excited about the opportunity to help teachers create engaging lessons for their students!!

[Niki Smith @nikismith42]

@Sgrama13 @smith_jaydin Or mama and papa bear.

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

If you want to build your culture... invest in your people. It’s not about programs, plans, or even strategies; it’s always about the people.

[Simon Sinek @simonsinek]

Trust is built on telling the truth, not telling people what they want to hear.

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

Leaders need to be willing to listen to bad news. They need to be willing to hear uncomfortable truths. And they need to create a culture in the organization where everyone feels ok speaking up.

[Niki Smith @nikismith42]

It is sad that the people making decisions about education support everyone but the teachers. This is why teachers are resigning and we have a teacher shortage.

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

Maslow applies to educators now more than ever. Leaders need to remember that when they’re talking about culture, mission, and all that stuff at the top of the pyramid... they have staff members & students who are worried about safety, security, and all that stuff at the bottom.

[Jason Coppola @J_CoppolaArt]

Words to live by! @ToddWhitaker @SteeleThoughts

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

I think managers are working to hold their people accountable for their job. I think leaders are trying to creat the conditions where their people hold themselves accountable for their job. The former is a culture of compliance. The latter... a culture of excellence.

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

It’s good to have fun at work... practical jokes, inside jokes, corny jokes, music, shenanigans, hijinks, tomfoolery, silliness... and lots of laughing.

Colleagues that have fun together, work hard together. And ultimately, it’s a good culture in which students can learn.

[Niki Smith @nikismith42]

@ArleneeRodrigu2 I texted you, don’t know if you have the same number, but Happy Birthday!!!

[Niki Smith @nikismith42]

@smith_jaydin And funny, don’t forget funny 😆😆

[Nicholas Ferroni @NicholasFerroni]

This pandemic has already revealed that:

- schools are so much more than just schools.

- many people now realize how tough it is to be a teacher and that teachers are grossly underpaid.

- teachers are irreplaceable and essential to learning and education.

#homeschooling

[QCHS StuCo @QCHSStuCo]

HEY @ThomasRhett We’re doing a concert themed Homecoming and we have a building & spirit day dedicated to YOU! HOW MANY RTs FOR YOU TO COME TO OUR HOCO ON SEP 7TH???🤠🤠

[Niki Smith @nikismith42]

@smith_jaydin At least you know what condescending means without looking it up. 😜

[Niki Smith @nikismith42]

Love this!

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

Teachers… there are some students in your school that have an extra special advantage: they have kids who have YOU as their teacher. How lucky are those kids!? How happy are those parents!? You feel the moral imperative to care about them…to nurture them...and to prepare them.

[Niki Smith @nikismith42]

@GinoAndrade3 Are you quoting The Crucible?

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

Some teachers seem like naturally gifted educators. They may well be… but that doesn’t mean they don’t work really hard at it. People don’t just show up exceptional… they make a commitment to do whatever it takes… to BE exceptional.

[Niki Smith @nikismith42]

@Sgrama13 You have a big heart. Keep doing for others, it makes you who you are. You know, I would do just about anything for you.