Alena “Lena” McCarthy
@amccarthy1020
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Mother of boys ✨Passionate Collaborator, Advocator, Leader & Educator ✨Ed.S. Admin & Leadership ✨NBCT ✨Powered by ☕️ 🧶 📚 🍕 😂 💟
Arlington Heights, IL
Joined July 2015
Are you looking to strengthen your instructional leadership in math? This rubric from @NCTM can help you identify the habits of mind that lead to deep mathematical understanding. https://t.co/iigs9ziAYM
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The struggle is real – but in T Britt's classroom, there is always support available.
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YES! Actionable feedback!
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How are you ensuring your math classroom is welcoming to all learners? @ColorinColorado offers these tips for supporting new language learning Ss:
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Yes! They’re more than just my students, they’re individuals I had the honor to guide as they went through their learning and growth journey.
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The guides in my classroom: We couldn’t say something was easy aloud because what’s easy for one may be a difficult struggle to another. We didn’t set perfection as our goal because it’s unattainable. We set measurable, attainable goals. An Ss set his goal to participate 2xs ✅
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Mondays dinner dilemma is solved! Dine-in or order-out at the Lou Malnati’s in Mt. Prospect to support Hersey Instrumental Association.
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High Expectations - what works best in practice.
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🎲 This add on creates fun randomized dice directly inside Google Slides, which is great for quick games, warmups, and energizers. Teachers can roll the dice on the slide during class to boost engagement and make activities more interactive. It works smoothly in presentations and
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🎉 Wrapping up the school year? Check out these 20 low prep end-of-year activity ideas 🔒No prep escape rooms 🎙️Class podcast w/ @briskteaching 📚Digital yearbook w/ @BookCreatorApp 😎My Year in Emojis ➕More! All with templates, links, & resources ➡️ https://t.co/d1PDN7RdAB
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Love this! Protected by all the best 💞
May the 4th be with you, from the Brookfield Police Department! ⭐🔫🧑⚔️
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NEW BLOG 📖 Before jumping on the AI bandwagon, educators need to ask these questions to ensure this emerging technology helps, not hinders, student learning. 🤖 Who’s watching? Can you trust this AI? Does this AI fit your classroom? 🔗 https://t.co/0ucLI5TGTD
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If I had one tip for any educator at any grade level of any subject, it would be this. Incorporate success criteria into every thing you do everyday in class. Turn the learning back over to the learners. Put scaffolds in place between levels. This will change your room
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Starting with CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) in your #science class this year? Check out this roundup of CER resources to get started. https://t.co/saGZx9upEc
#scichat #stem #teachertwitter
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Talha always had a bright smile. He was such a caring person. He’d ask me about games he could play with his brother to help him learn more. Talha was so intelligent, so kind to everyone, and most of all was very protective of his family. I’m honored to have known you Talha. RIP
Friend and UIC classmate of Mohmed Talha Tailor shares memories of the finance major after he was killed in fatal crash on the Kennedy Wednesday. Tailor’s sister and her friend survived the accident. @WGNNews at 5:00
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UIC classmate remembers 20-year-old man killed in Kennedy crash https://t.co/5UonZPEsQq
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CHICAGO — Mahir Warraich grew to know Mohmedtalha Tailor over the last two years at the University of Illinois-Chicago, where the two shared classes and the same major. “I was someone who saw…
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Is your school’s instructional coaching gaining momentum? The key to lasting impact lies in the school admin’s commitment to systematizing coaching practices. https://t.co/hK82UumILl
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Guy, my toddler left his toy at an @IHGhotels while traveling. We called them, and they said they would get it in the mail for us. This morning I opened my email and had this from them: Please repost and help them get some recognition for awesome customer service!
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I remember being told that I was being lazy and not focused on any of my learning. I was determined to prove that I wasn’t lazy, that I can be successful, and that I can be passionate about something. As an adult I was diagnosed with ADHD, yet my determination was stronger
I received a package in the mail a few days before my first day of school as a brand new teacher. It was from my mother. Inside the box was a very large file that included my report cards, progress reports, papers I had written that were marked up with a lot red ink, and
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