Zoe Timms

MS Language Arts teacher at #SASedu. she/her.

[Zoe Timms @ZoeTimms]

Ringing in 2023 by watching #NYEABC from our balcony in Ho Chi Minh. Happy New Year, friends!

[Zoe Timms @ZoeTimms]

@KenForde @FISSharks @CoachRussellHPE Nice work @CoachRussellHPE

[Zoe Timms @ZoeTimms]

@de_fine Congratulations!!! You are brilliant and I am proud to know you

[Zoe Timms @ZoeTimms]

@wwindust @NayoungWeaver @kruu_justin @AbbyAppyYakYak @Ms_Aikooo @Ms_Baya @constancekkg @RamaNdiayeFrame @KristinaPennell Yes!! Thankful for these thought leaders who encouraged us to take a moment and just radically dream about what the future of education could look like.. 👏

[Zoe Timms @ZoeTimms]

@de_fine 👏👏👏👏 So grateful to work with and learn from you. So well deserved.

[Alix @alixandra27]

Forever baffled that a whole system was created around the fallacy that being still and quiet is good and talkative and wiggly is not.

[Donie O'Sullivan @donie]

#BREAK Facebook's new company name is Meta

It still has all the same problems it had this morning.

[Sarah Said, she/her/hers @MrsSaid17]

More JEDI in my day!!!! Love these fourth grade definitions of Jedi! @ELeducation

[Zoe Timms @ZoeTimms]

@JLemire26 Right?! It's tough to get people who see this is acceptable behavior to see reason. 🤷‍♀️

[Zoe Timms @ZoeTimms]

Nope. Having Ss share about themselves & having a points system tied to it, speaking about Ss in this way & then gloating about mean you can get like it's a power play? These FB groups make my blood boil & my heart so sad for the kids who have to face these "teachers"...

[Zoe Timms @ZoeTimms]

Just finished my Module 1 work for the #CRT_Intl course with @de_fine @wwindust & @cecigomez_g. Loving the #iamfrom videos of my fellow learners. Excited to try the #unconferencemodel in this evening's format & discussing the ways #CRT differs from #culturallyresponsiveteaching.

[Zoe Timms @ZoeTimms]

@rharwood17 Yep. And the thread of teachers in agreement along with it and adding their own two cents! Ugh.

[Zoe Timms @ZoeTimms]

Played #Kahoot & one of the answers involved "irony". I gave Ss an additional example from "Ironic" by @Alanis. Ss asked to hear the song at the end of class & we followed along with the lyrics. I guess you could say today was a very good day for 12 year old Zoe.

[Zoe Timms @ZoeTimms]

@de_fine Grateful for you, friend!

[Zoe Timms @ZoeTimms]

Today I rewatched the #IREL21 keynote by @tiffanymjewell. So many powerful reminders for the #deij work we do in the classroom. My favorites: "Everyone has power even though not everyone may be invited to the table" + "Who you are is exactly who you're supposed to be." 👏👏

[Zoe Timms @ZoeTimms]

I cannot think of a more deserving educator. I've learned so much from @de_fine already and am so happy to see others recognizing him and celebrating the important work he does to support growth within the international school community and beyond. 👏👏👏

[Singapore American School @SAmericanSchool]

Congratulations to #SASedu middle school instructional coach Darnell Fine! @de_fine has been named a new member of @ASCD’s Emerging Leaders Program! The selection committee noted, “Darnell brings unique leadership experiences that will make him an asset to the program!”

[Zoe Timms @ZoeTimms]

@DanielWickner Thank YOU! I always enjoy your snippets of gold and appreciate how the focus is always on students and learning. Now I just need to put a #TurnAndLearn anchor chart up on the wall.

[Zoe Timms @ZoeTimms]

Whoever says "at least six weeks" clearly does not understand the female reproductive system.

[Zoe Timms @ZoeTimms]

4."I didn't spend the whole time just retelling my story." Then, Ss voted to make "Turn and Learn" a regular part of our classroom conversations. Shoutout to @DanielWickner for once again sharing an actionable & easy strategy for the classroom!

[Zoe Timms @ZoeTimms]

Yesterday, I told Ss I was making a small tweak to our usual "turn & talk". I asked Ss to "turn & learn" instead of "turn & talk". I didn't give much scaffolding to how their conversation should go but said I'd be asking them for feedback between which they preferred & why.

[Zoe Timms @ZoeTimms]

Some specific feedback from Ss: 1. "Without thinking, we asked who wanted to speak first instead of just both talking at once." 2. "Hearing from my partner gave me more ideas for my own writing." 3. "I was able to learn how my partner used genre conventions in their story."