It was wonderful to have the GoTeam Therapy dogs visit our school today! They brought smiles, comfort, and PAWSitive vibes to UMS! @UMSHawks

LITERACY! LITERACY! LITERACY! Ms. Kozimor is hosting “Book Tasting” today in the Hawk Nest. Her Ss get 5 minutes per rotation to review a book and take notes while getting to enjoy snacks. On Monday, each student will get to pick their favorite book to take with them to read!

Student-led EQ annotation and discussion led to a great into conversation about courage and fear. They managed conflicting opinions and honoring all voices like champs! #watchusSoar #fcpsela

Sure wish I was an 8th grader in @MrsKozimorFCPS ‘s ELA classes today! Tables are set with “menus”, snacks and various books to “taste”. They’ll then select one as their novel of choice for the unit. Kids are excited and engaged! #UMSHawks

Teachers of HAL cluster groups at Gifted Learner 102 are using the socratic seminar protocol to dig in & deeply discuss how the unique SEL needs of gifted learners impact talent development & achievement and implications for Ts. @JReinhardEdD @MrsSmithFCPS @RidenourEAATS

The Hawk Nest faculty was focused during their PL this week on the MBE Core Idea of: RETRIEVAL PRACTICES. It is the most robust strategy to mitigate stress & commit newly learned material to long term memory. @TheCTTL @FCPSMaryland

Concept mapping is a task that requires the granular understanding that we want to see when unpacking prior knowledge! I also love that this is a no-tech example of retrieval practice that meets students at various levels of current proficiency. 💪🏼🧠🙌🏽♥️

🧠7th gr Ss super engaged in retrieval practice through concept mapping of 6th gr content in Ms. Oland’s science class. Differentiated tiers of challenge to see what Ss can recall and organize from general to specific & to show/tell connections. 🧠@UMSHawks @JReinhardEdD

Kicked off SY25 w/Team Amazing Advanced Academics! This year’s theme is “Calibrating Our Course in Advanced Academics.” I look forward to documenting the evidence of team, teacher and student learning along the way as we strive to close equity and excellence gaps! @FCPSAdvAcad

Starting off year 33 (WOW!!!) with FCPS by joining the Advanced Academics team. Excited to learn, grow, support, collaborate and advocate! The first few days have already been super! It’s going to be a fantastic year! @JReinhardEdD @FCPSCurriculum #CalibratingOurCourse

🌟Announcement: The USA Festival of Education is Back! ⭐️ After a successful launch last year, we are thrilled to announce that the USA Festival of Education will be returning for its second edition on 28 Sept Hosted by @SAES & @TheCTTL. https://t.co/M2RA4Vm39m #EducationFest

Can’t wait to join #learnfwd2023 with @FCPSPLcoord to share our teacher induction story and help other districts identify opportunities to leverage the science of learning in their induction programming

Rise and Reflect @FCPSMaryland 3rd year educators engaged in choice collegial discussions this week to give & gain feedback for growth. Asynch or Google Meet options to share growth goals, @WALKTHRUs_5 or other strategy implementation & the ADAPT process. #InductionFCPS #FCPSPL

This was an incredible event! Students explained their creative thinking and solutions to real world problems. CTC provides high level, rigorous, engaging instruction for our students!

A great day of learning for FCPS Support Staff! The largest turn out we have had- 705 registered. Thankful for this amazing team and the FASSE board for making this event possible!! #fcpssupport

Beautiful morning for the first ever US #EducationFest on the extraordinary campus of St Andrew’s Episcopal School. #teamFCPS is well represented!

I love that we have this opportunity today to focus professional learning on our early career teachers. Here, K-12 fine arts teachers convening at GTJHS. Bonus: Walked down the hall w/ ⁦@FCPS_SVPA⁩, her state championship banners from many years ago still hanging proud!

Elementary and secondary VPA early career teachers have the gift of time today to learn, collaborate & hone their instructional practice with their curriculum specialists @FCPS_SVPA -FCPS invests in their teachers in every stage of their careers!

Today we observed students getting acclimated in classrooms, friendships developing, and rapport building with staff. We are excited to embark on this journey together and look forward to all the wonderful moments that lie ahead for our GTJMS Patriot

Can’t wait to welcome our new teachers to WHS today! 💙🦁💛