It has been an incredible week so far! I've been honored to co-coach this year's AAP cohort for #GBSI2022 Collaborating with @fcpsaap staff was amazing and #FCPS has some unbelievably talented and enthusiastic incoming educators! The future holds great things for our students.

It was amazing to work with FHES teachers to engage in AAP curriculum today as part of our work around opportunity and access. We had fun!

Our #fhesfoxes were excited to stop by school this afternoon and find out who their teachers are.

Was so much fun to meet the new AARTs and connect with fellow mentors again! So excited for all the amazing work that is going to happen this year!

One of the best parts of being a teacher is getting to be part if your students' lives outside of school. A former student invited me to a concert today and I even got to see another former Fort Hunt Fox perform!

I was so excited to get to deliver small group instruction concurrently! We got to explain our thinking around a math task.

It was great to be a part of this! It's been amazing welcoming our K students into the building for the first time this week.

I had SUCH a great time teaching @mrsloewenberg's 4th graders this morning! We got to work through reading skills using mythology in Jacob's Ladder, explore some creative writing, AND think critically about the role that location played in Jamestown's history. Absolute rockstars!

After a great morning with 6th grade #fhesfoxes my faithful teaching companion and I are off for Walking Wednesday and a screen break during lunch time. #Walktober @FortHuntES

A LOT of reflection on learning and time to plan is on the agenda for the next few days. I have a million thoughts and ideas from @FCPSEquity's #FCPSCall2Action and now I need to put it together into something solid as I look at the upcoming school year. Amazing 2 days!

One of my fav things about #FCPSCall2Action is that all of the presenters also recognize this is a journey. I've been in sessions learning alongside so many who are presenting at other sessions. This is a lifelong process and we can ALL learn and grow.

This was such a powerful push and change to my thinking.

Looking forward to my next session with @katie_eustis! I've heard such good things #FCPSCall2Action

Doing a lot of thinking about how I can leverage distance learning this fall and change my practices to create more opportunities for our ELs and help to change barriers to AAP identification into opportunities #FCPSCall2Action

Q10: There's a lot on my heart and mind this morning, but mostly looking for how I can center the voices of, and advocate for, our marginalized students. (And looking forward to learning from @LoriBedsole2 first thing this morning!) #FCPSCall2Action

Q9: I'm committing to bring the lens of anti-racist curriculum to the CLTs I interact with and strive to include it in every unit I plan and teach. It's a journey and I know I'll have mixed success, but I look forward to growing. #FCPSCall2Action

Q8: Yesterday's sessions really pushed my thinking in a lot of ways. One was thinking about just how white centered even "diverse" books and curriculum are. We need to look at how we can center, not just include, other voices. #FCPSCall2Action

Alright - all set up with coffee for Day 2 of amazing learning with @FCPSEquity! Getting ready to catch up with Twitter questions and thoughts from peers who have shared some inspiring insight! #FCPSCall2Action