Rita Modrzynski

Title II Instructional Coach 📚
Secondary Mathematics Educator

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USD Alumni #goyotes
UGA Alumni #dawgs
Piedmont Alumni #lions

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@GrummerAshlyn @JenJonesCCSD @NatashaDiazCCSD

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What a way to jump back on X then sharing @GrowingRdrsGA @GOSA_GA work! Ts match different reading behaviors to our reading goal hierarchy chart! Reflecting on how these overlap at the secondary level! #GAGrowsReaders

[Lisa Funderburk @CreekviewAP]

Thank you @rita_modrzynski for coming to help coach up our Advanced Algebra PLC on mathematical modeling and exploring state tasks!

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@EtowahILS This team was awesome! Great questions, thoughts, and ideas!

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THE Jim Knight! 😍 thank you #TLC2023 for opportunities to learn from one of the goats! @jimknight99

[J Gustin @GustinEdVenture]

@AdamHardigree @LianeMoler @TechNickEdu @rita_modrzynski

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Let's go Warriors! ❤️🖤🤍
@CHS_Warriors

Watch 2023 GHSA Boys 7A Basketball Championship on @Livestream: https://t.co/bTM0YoVGRa

[Jason Kennedy | Stop Teaching & Design Learning! @letsquitteachin]

Make Tier 1 the priority.
Make Tier 1 the priority.
Make Tier 1 the priority.

Tiers 2 & 3 are a direct reflection of how effective your Tier 1 is working.

Design Tier 1 so that it is all is should be for learners & teachers.

It's the only way things change.

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Currently recalibrating! What an incredibly reflective day of learning with @casas_jimmy on the culture of our schools, leadership, our work as educators, our values, and our WHY! @CherokeeSchools

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

A reminder that there are MANY valid ways of doing arithmetic so if we just focus on standard algorithms as the only way, it makes sense that a lot of people don't feel like they're a math person because their ways, or ways that might make more sense to them, aren't being taught.

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2/2: "Math simply becomes a procedure in the Ss mind. And, if math is equal to a procedure, then Ss think that memorizing procedures equates to their success in mathematics"

How do you support mathematics understanding in your classroom?

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1/2: "We often tell Ss to "show your work". Yet, what we are really asking them to do is "show my work" - meaning show me the way I showed you how to solve it..." @Lempp5 speaking to my heart on the importance of constructive struggling in mathematics!

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Read it again and again! ⬇️

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Much deserved! 🎉 Thankful to have worked with this instructional leader the last two years! @CHS_Warriors!

[Cherokee Co. Schools @CherokeeSchools]

The principal of Cherokee High School has earned a top honor from the Superintendent of Schools! Dr. Brian V. Hightower today presented the 2022 Game Changer Award for Instructional Leadership to Principal Rodney Larrotta. More: https://t.co/zbB9mowGAN #CCSDfam

[Rita Modrzynski @rita_modrzynski]

Thank you to Dr. Christian Kirby, AP at @CHS_Warriors, for speaking with our NTIP teachers today on educational law and ethics! Practical advice and wisdom - ignorance to the law is no exception to the law!

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What scenario would benefit from a coaching cycle right now? Our ICE candidates practiced producing, improving, and prioritizing their coaching questions tonight with the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) protocol to address the work ahead of them! 👏👏 @CherokeeSchools

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

If anyone wants to know what's going on inside my head while I'm teaching, it's basically like:

"Give them more time to think. Give them more time to think. Give them more time to think. Give them more time to think. Give them more time to think. Give them more time to think."

[edutopia @edutopia]

A dozen ways to get language learners talking!
https://t.co/svckQpeRWq

[Jim Knight 🇺🇦 @jimknight99]

How do I build trust? Here's a two-minute clip from our Radical Learners course on The First 90 Days of Coaching: https://t.co/qn5LPp7jY1

[Rita Modrzynski @rita_modrzynski]

@SarahMallow2 @CherokeeSchools @CarmelESColts @Henderson4th @MsHarringtonCES @cltalmage @KateHenriques1 @MrsRoberts1st THE best plc and collaborative teams book! 😍 @authenticplcs