Excited to share insights and innovations at the #LearnFwd23 Conference! Grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the collective pursuit of excellence in edu. Let's empower and inspire each other to enhance learning experiences! Colleen Schaper Vivian Aoun Laura Hankins

Thrilled to wrap up our second professional learning session for MCPS reading specialists, diving deep into effective writing instructional practices and embracing The Writing Revolution 📚🖊️Excited to see these insights transform our approach to equitable teaching and learning!

A very special happy birthday to you son. 🎊🎁🥳

Guest Reader Day was a success! From our building service to families to our police officer, & ELA supervisor!! Thank you to our community for fostering our love of reading 📚❤️! Scott Curry Charysse Taylor Scott Tanzi Melaika Brown @StaPyFly

The Gaithersburg Giants are excited to welcome Jayden Brown (Jayden Brown) a Freshman LHP/OF from Eastern Kentucky University (EKU Baseball) for the 2024 summer season! #GNQ

Love this! ❤️📚

Recap: Hear from David Lewis(David Lewis) talk with Jayden Brown(Jayden Brown) after his 3 hit night. Then Lleyton Lackey(Lleyton Lackey) after his grand slam and the first giants home run of the season. Finally Hank Lippman(Hank Lippman) after his great outing out of the bullpen. #GNQ

2 RBI single for Jayden Brown and the boys have a nice 5-0 lead. Jayden Brown

Jayden Brown with a double to score Martin. Giants lead 3-1 Jayden Brown

Excited to kickoff our summer training! Over 4000 MCPS elementary educators and leader will engage in learning focused on our new CKLA curriculum and the alignment to research! Let’s make this summer count! 📚#TeacherTraining#EdLeaders

Great visit Quincy the Cougar MCPS for Elementary ELA training and to meet the instructional leadership team at QOHS. Thank you for moving #MCPSforward

Thank you for the kind words and recognition! It’s been an incredible journey working alongside such dedicated leader, educators and support staff. Together, we’re making a lasting impact across the district, and I’m grateful to be part of this transformative work. Go Falcons! 🦅

This summer, we turned up the heat on literacy! 🔥 Over 9 weeks, we trained 4,500+ MCPS educators and leaders in 150 sessions across 34 days. Plus 19 sessions for our leaders and 6 full days for our reading specialists! Together, we're rewriting the book on reading instruction.

The impact we are already seeing in the classroom is such a testament to the hard work and commitment of our teachers and leaders. 📚Thomas Taylor

Our first PTA meeting of the year with our largest group in person and online. Thank you to our wonderful Reading Specialist, Debbie White for presenting about CKLA, our new Reading Curriculum. ⁦Melaika Brown⁩ ⁦Thomas Taylor⁩

To celebrate the end of the unit on Greek civilizations, our 2nd grade team held grade level Olympics! Each class represented a city-state. Spectacular planning for a summary of learning, 2nd grade!!! Jacqueline Mendoza Melaika Brown

🫰🫰🫰Snaps to our 4th grade team for leading their students in creating their first Poetry Slam! We are so proud of our talented poets-what a fantastic way to wrap up their CKLA unit! Tara Strain Melaika Brown Joe Rubens

Staff PD- How can we refine our WIN practices for our focus students in the red quadrant for DIBELS?

3rd grade students annotating and engaging in Close Reading of the Gravity passage in CKLA!

Little surgeons in the making. Knowledge truly is power. 📚📖