Susan Collier

Literacy Specialist at Kleb Intermediate, poet, mom to a biochemist and a botanist in the making.

[Amanda Cruikshank @Acruiks]

Penny Kittle: Arrest me? https://t.co/yG8pxn7VYc via @conwaydailysun

I watched @pennykittle work through the process of writing this during an online PD. I’m so glad she gave it life!

[Susan Collier @scollier36]

@KyleneBeers And it must be protected at all costs.

[Susan Collier @scollier36]

@EJackson003 @kess_mac @KISD_PL @KleinISD @TheRealMrGaskey @MsMattSkils @_Mrs_Huff_ @MrsEmilySmith23 @cryshendrix @miss_mcquary @EppsIslandKISD Not before she visits @McDougleKISD! I knew you were a gifted educator @kess_mac the first time I visited your classroom at Doerre!

[Susan Collier @scollier36]

@stephen_briseno Or do there work!!

[Susan Collier @scollier36]

Doesn't the #TxLege have bigger priorities than weakening civics education & whitewashing history? I stand with educators who #TeachTheTruth & oppose #SB3.

[Carol Jago @CarolJago]

Sometimes the simplest lesson plans are best:

1. read
2. discuss
3. write

[Susan Collier @scollier36]

@RebeccaForstner @DeeSTEM_Teach I am learning this year as well. Thank you for your response!

[JL😵‍💫 @CajunMSTeacher]

Don’t be the teacher who “warns” other teachers about a particular student. Give the kid a chance to make a fresh start. 🌈⭐️

[Dan Rather @DanRather]

Who’s going to tell her?

[Center for Antiracist Education @antiracist_ed]

Nervous about talking about race in school? Professor @RuizSealey writes: “In schools, healthy conversations involving race across class, culture, and other characteristics of diversity are possible.” We agree. Read the entire piece published by @NCTE. https://t.co/mSsCsBnrXq

[Susan Collier @scollier36]

@AbbyTeachesDSM Yes, yes , and yes!

[Kelly Gallagher @KellyGToGo]

@JessycaMathews Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

I would encourage every school district to remove something from their teachers plate without adding anything new this fall. As long as we expect teachers to con't to work 50-60+ hours per week, weekends and holidays, then the only real self care is leaving the field.

[Carol Jago @CarolJago]

Students watch what we do more than they listen to what we say.

Make your reading and writing VISIBLE.

[Susan Collier @scollier36]

@BenCollier4 Critical Race Theory...

[Susan Collier @scollier36]

@BlackshearKISD Lucky school!

[Zach Groshell @MrZachG]

@Mr_Rablin @TheAaveMaria Rote learning is only good if it’s the first step in the journey. It will help clear some space during problem solving when it’s memorized at the surface level. The problem is when the teacher doesn’t move it from rote to meaningful, surface to deep structure

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

When we're born, our mothers show us compassion. This is a natural response without which we wouldn't survive. Our lives begin with an experience of kindness and compassion. Mothers’ Day is a good day to remember how important compassion can be.

[@lorenagerman on bluesky 💗 @nenagerman]

As we've said before: we teach young people, NOT books. If you're more concerned about the books you teach and not meeting the needs of the young people before you, you're off. The books are tools. Ask: what is the best tool I can use to meet the need they have? #DisrupTexts

[Donalyn Miller @donalynbooks]

As schools design summer reading programs, please resist competitions/contests that create reading winners & losers. Readers motivated for personal reasons are more likely to remain interested in reading than readers who are externally motivated through rewards.