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Scholar, Research fellow, FCPS Secondary Library Specialist. Equity & Literacy Champion, Mom to 2 cool kids, I ❤️NCIS

Joined March 2018
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Sometimes thinking sounds like talking - consider adding meaningful and plentiful opportunities to reflect. #fcpsPOGPOL #sometimesitsbehindtheobvious
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Thanks, Nishi and Abbey! Librarians are POG leaders - now we will focus on making it visible!
So great connecting with @FCPS_LIS today around #fcpsPOG Essentials and sharing ways to "start small" and make POG visible in the library! #fcpsPOGPOL
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So true! Though I love physical books, it is not cheating to listen to an audiobook. Long before we had books, stories and knowledge were passed down through oral tradition and folklore.
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We are making final preparations for our students’ return! This is a shot of our brand new library! Looking good! ⁦@FrostMSLibrary⁩ ⁦@FrostMSVA⁩ ⁦⁦@frostmsvapta⁩ #ONEFrost
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Looks like, sounds like New Librarians @FCPS_LIS # levelup
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Hello Educators! You can enter for the chance to win any two of my books that you'd like. Simply retweet and make sure you follow me. A winner will be randomly selected tomorrow. Look for giveaways all week long! And thank you for being so incredible! @SimonKIDS #thankyouteachers
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Quietly, I defended my dissertation 4/11 - got the green light from the Dean's office yesterday & THANKS to @DrKetchledge, I am ready to #celebrate this #PhinisheD journey! Who got this hat better? I know your gen if you know who the toy man is- 🤣😆 #odugrad #Classof2022
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Question from a pronoun frustrated educator: “But what is a gender neutral way of greeting a room of students?” Me: “Hello everyone” 🫠
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We are ready for Poem in Your Pocket Day!
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Happy last day of School Library Month! This is the kind of work that no one brags about! This 30yo printer never works! #SchoolLibraryMonth
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Drippy and saucy with my students today! ⁦@FrostMSVA⁩ #ONEFrost
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Congrats to all of our SCMS Battle of the Books participants on a fun a competitive battle last week! Our winning teams look forward to taking home the Cross County Cup in June!
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What a treat to have @quest4inquiry come visit us today while Ms. Kane's students were searching for classic novels/folk/fairy tales, & their modern retellings! #PurpleUpFCPS #MonthOfTheMilitaryChild @LongfellowFCPS @JimPatrickEdD @ktmadigan
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Happy School Library Month to the dedicated and skilled school librarians of Fairfax County!
We ❤️ our school libraries! At the heart of our school communities, libraries spark a love of reading and foster information gathering skills. Give your school librarian a 'thank you' in April for #SchoolLibraryMonth! #AASLslm @GlasgowMS @CrossfieldES @CrossfieldESLib @aasl
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April is School Library Month! Shout out to the AMAZING school librarians of FCPS supporting, teaching, and making a difference for students every day. @fcpsnews
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There’s work in the spirit of saving poor vulnerable Black children and there’s work in the spirit of cultivating the unique often underestimated genius in Black children. They are not the same.
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Happy March, y’all! #vaslchat is next week and we’re talking about collaboration. Come give&get ideas about teaching w/colleagues! Join us Tues 3/8 at 8pm ET
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Is it coincidence that kids start to check out of their education during middle school? Right about the time that GRADES and TESTS and THE FUTURE start to dominate teacher talk? When learning for learning's sake is sidelined for outcomes? I'm thinking there's a connection...
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May you find and create spaces where you don’t have to fight, defend, anticipate, perform, prove your humanity. May you have space to breathe, be, create, and bloom. Let it be so.
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