Tracy Riddle
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NEW! 📽️ We've just released an exemplar video as a sneak peek to the hundreds of transformative lessons on EE PASS that support teacher development and instructional improvement. Don't pass up this great resource: https://t.co/z3IuKwhQUC
#NIET2025
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Like a good omelet, professional growth takes the right ingredients. Whether you’re a CTE teacher demonstrating how to make omelets in a classroom kitchen or a first-grade teacher looking to elevate...
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Don't miss this "life-changing" experience to be a NIET Fellow! The application window closes on Friday, April 18th. Learn more at: https://t.co/MTHa07ckKQ
#NIET2025 #NIETFellows
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Welcome to the #Tennessee Milken Educator family, Alexa Guynes! The @DogwoodES fifth grade teacher is bringing stories to life for students every day in the classroom. See more of her #MilkenAward surprise: https://t.co/zdoWBoGUs9
@mrsguynes5th @TNedu @JasonGmsd @Milken_jfoley
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Here's the moment 5th grade teacher Alexa Guynes learned she's taking home Tennessee's 2022 #MilkenAward and $25,000 — Dogwood Elem raised the roof for @gmsdk12's first ever Milken Educator! @mrsguynes5th @DogwoodES @TNedu @JasonGmsd #DolphinLifeistheBestLife #TeachGMSD
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Are you a KDG teacher? Look at all of the full length lessons created by our KDG teachers in model districts this year: https://t.co/Cqbf6dKZgb We are so thankful for our TN teachers willing to share their model classrooms‼️#Reading360
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Teachers, for most of you, surviving this year isn't about your 'why", loving the kids, or giving your best. But, it's more about leadership supporting, encouraging, helping, and appreciating you through a tough situation.
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It's critical to make strong connections between principal evaluation & coaching so it's clear that evaluation processes are intended to be meaningful & supportive, not punitive. More from principals & district leaders like @BohannonBob @PerryTwpSchools: https://t.co/nqRwDeSIB2
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I’m having so much fun teaching Kindergarten @aecc_cubs with this awesome group of teachers! #50daysofschool #50ssockhop #Icouldbetheirmother
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How to support principals as instructional leaders: ✅ Create a common language & expectations ✅ Shift the role of supervisors from compliance to support ✅ Define how to lead instruction ✅ Focus on growth & capacity building More here:
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To grow as instructional leaders, principals need a common language, clear expectations, and examples of effective behaviors and strategies.
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Lesson structure and pacing have to be intentionally planned for in a virtual learning environment so learning time is maximized. Our virtual rubric companion tool has ideas for how to share the lesson structure with students so they can follow along:
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The NIET Rubric Companion for Virtual Instruction describes what key instructional indicators should look like and sound like when planning and delivering virtual learning.
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As we enter the new school year with many schools starting online, it will be critical to ensure students understand what success looks like. Watch our webinar for how teachers can build success criteria virtually: https://t.co/4mcBWHltyw
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NIET Senior Program Specialist Lindsey Parker discusses practical tools and strategies to strengthen daily lessons using success criteria.
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Over 37,000 educators responded to the 2020 Tennessee Educator Survey, which is conducted annually in partnership with the TN Education Research Alliance. An overview brief along with state-, district, and school-level data is now available. Access here:
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Gathering evidence helps teachers monitor student learning in a virtual classroom. In the Analyzing Virtual Instruction session of our new training, educators will discuss how to use evidence to gain helpful feedback and continue classroom growth:
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The NIET Rubric Companion for Virtual Instruction describes what key instructional indicators should look like and sound like when planning and delivering virtual learning.
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“A responsible mother is not one who slowly dies for her children, but one who shows them how to fully live.” Thank you @GlennonDoyle for your book, Untamed!
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Just what we need to hear. If you have had the privilege to hear my dear friend Teddy train you know his passion for “Being the lead learner.” Take a moment to hear his first TEDdy Talk: https://t.co/ROpFTmpO6Z
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Looks like a dream team 👏🏻 JMCS is so blessed to have you leading them!
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Thank you @BreneBrown for sharing this conversation with us! Wow! Everyone needs to listen.
"By not running from the books that pain us, we can allow them to transform us. I ran from antiracist books most of my life. But now I can’t stop running after them — scrutinizing myself and my society, and in the process changing both." @DrIbram Listen at https://t.co/xVeBvcphK8
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Brand new considerations are now included in our 2020-21 planning guide as leaders prepare to best serve their students next school year. Don’t miss newly included communications tips, bus guidance, health & safety considerations (& more!): https://t.co/Rdu8UIWVYu
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.@NIETteach is preparing educators for the upcoming school year - no matter what that looks like. Join us for our virtual NIET Summer Institute in June with topics on virtual learning walks, coaching, & student engagement: https://t.co/1rUgjQNGX1
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