Theresa Spieker

Lead Teacher Aiken County Schools, 5th Grade teacher, She Heros Club; mom to 2 beautiful daughters, wife, sister, rescue dog lover and scuba diver.

[Theresa Spieker @tspeak1]

@WhatSarahLSaid Whoohoo! Congrats you two!!

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

Struggling kids don’t make it because they are in the right class. They make it because they have the right teacher.

This year… you can be that teacher.

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@MissFrench17 @DrHenryGarrett I completely agree!! I was lucky enough to have administrators let me shift away from the I do, we do, you do format this past school year. Students preferred it.

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We made it through a difficult and challenging year together!! We laughed, we cried and we yelled! Here is to a much needed summer break to recharge!! #5thgraderocks #teaching #pandemic @AikenPublicSch

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Today I graduated from USC! Pretty amazing that my grown daughters were there to watch their old mom graduate! Masters +30 done! Now what to do next... #UofSC21 @AikenPublicSch

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@rashadtbyrd Amen and you never know where His plan takes you!!

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How cool that my county school district recognized all the hard work my math cohort has done the last two years with a ceremony today! Just 2 more weeks until graduation!@AikenPublicSch

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My AP is a rock star!! #assistantprincipalweek @dedekscott

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@henrymcmaster I am tired of hearing this- I have been face to face since school opened in an elemetary school. Please acknowledge all the lives lost because you dragged your heals!! Open State Government buildings....

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@henrymcmaster Where do you get your information from? Please come visit my classroom for some fact checking. What you are preaching is not true. It is not safe and we are all exhausted trying to keep our students safe!!

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@juliaspieker13 Naughty!!!

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@juliaspieker13 So true!!

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@Tess07260415 Both beautiful girls!! I hate I missed it. Give our girl a big hug for me!

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@a_slacklife @BashlineShauna @georgejroy And how it amazing it feels when it clicks and they can see what mistake they made!!!

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@BashlineShauna @georgejroy Amen!!! I tell my mathematicians all the time that I struggled because I was taught to memorize material. I never knew the “why” we were doing something!!

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@a_slacklife @georgejroy I believe this is where small group instruction needs to happen!! My students and me are happiest when we are doing small groups- actively exploring different yet correct ways to solve a problem.

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Having students memorize info. to spit it back out on a test is something you will not see in my math class!! My mathematicians use lots of different strategies to solve a problem. They engage in math talk with each other. They challenge each other!! @georgejroy #EDSE770Aiken

[Theresa Spieker @tspeak1]

Ordered this book because a friend suggested it for my research project!! So excited to read and use this book!

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

As a principal, I’m supposed to be an “instructional leader.” But I told our teachers this week, that I don’t know how to do that in the middle of a pandemic.

Right now is not the best time to talk about programs, plans, data points, and “best practices.” It is time to support.