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Strategic & tenacious learners unified by a collaborative quest to improve student outcomes by partnering with teachers, schools, districts and states

Salt Lake City, UT; Dallas, TX
Joined August 2015
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See the attached flier for the Utah Charter Seminars #UTED #UTSCSB
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On Tuesday, Wyoming residents celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Wyoming’s Women’s Suffrage Act, which gave Wyoming women the right to vote - 50 years before the rest of the nation. @jillian4supt @GovernorGordon @EdBuchananWyo
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No only is Ms. Simpson an amazing art teacher... she should teach a master class on building academic vocabulary into the learning tasks of visual art... she is a teacher leader in every way! @sanjuanschools
Whitehorse HS represents UT schools and Navajo culture through hand painted ornaments at the White House this winter. So proud of the students and teacher Georgiana Simpson. Check out the beautiful ornaments here. tinyurl.com/wdukjme #uted @UTBoardofEd @sanjuanschools
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Ed Direction retweeted
The State Charter School Board is excited to offer a free professional development seminar for Utah charter school teachers and leaders. See the attached flyer for more information. #UTED #UTSCSB
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We are honored to have strong partnerships with schools serving Native students and communities. #NativeAmerican #heritage @NDDPI @WYOEducation @UTPublicEd @ISBEnews @codepted
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Collective efficacy requires focus and coherence - @ Twin Buttes Elementary School writing ✍️ is the focus and coherent practices are everywhere ⁦@NDDPI⁩ #literacy #Teachers #Students
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What problems do YOU want to solve?
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Cool idea: Bacchus Elemenary in @GraniteSchools starts collaborative meetings writing positive notes to parents. Principal Monson walks the walk and we love working with this optimistic team!!! ❤️❤️❤️ @UTPublicEd @UTBoardofEd #uted #SEL #PBIS
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Congrats to the board of directors of @CCSSO ! @DicksonSyd @jillian4supt @KirstenBaesler @UTBoardofEd @WYStateBoardEd @NDDPI
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"As the American people honor and celebrate our veterans, I challenge us all to continue honoring Veterans throughout the year by working towards successful transitions when these men and women return home." - @MiguelHoweMSI #veteransday2019 #VeteransDay cicerogroup.com/committing-t…
We call this Transparent Teacher Practice #observeme pineapple charts, lesson study, video analysis, collaborative coaching ❤️❤️❤️ #teacherleaders #deliberatepractice
“Most U.S. teachers are getting some results from classroom observations, usually conducted by their school principal. In this experiment, the feedback came from peers and had no formal stakes attached.” hgse.me/32jgDuD
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❤️ when people who are doing great work & making a difference for students & their families get featured in the news! You do good work Principal Basso @Kennedyjr14 @GraniteSchools - @UTBoardofEd #uted #utleg Thanks 4 letting us be your partner! @UTPublicEd @DeseretNews
paradigmschools.org/ has really changed the dialogue within their community about student learning, instructional rigor, and engagement - active engagement as part of their plan for school improvement @UTBoardofEd
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Did you know, bats have chubby cheeks? 🤣 Just a few 2nd grade examples of the many classrooms at Turtle Lake Mercer who are working a school-wide goal to implement writing across all classrooms and content areas. @NDDPI
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Board President Dave Lamb and Principal Katina Stantamaria sharing the progress of @GuadSchool in the turnaround process. @UTBoardofEd
Teachers at fort-yates.k12.nd.us/ integrate learning for students to value add with meaningful application of culturally relevant learning tasks. @NDDPI
Board President Karyn Winder - “teachers who see coaching as preparation for effective lessons are really making changes!” ⁦@GraniteSchools⁩ ⁦@UTBoardofEd⁩
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Diane Meppen of @KemGardnerInst in response to question from Board member Lear ? 1 take away from turnaround evaluation - “Turnaround, in and of itself, is a kind of energy that creates the opportunity for all hands on deck for improvement” @UTBoardofEd
⁦@GraniteSchools⁩ board President Winder expertly explaining the successes and challenges of turnaround at Redwood ⁦@UTBoardofEd⁩