Celebrating our Successes & Professional Growth by Kristin Hershey

jennifergodwin1 — 2025-05-07 21:39:52 UTC

Explaining my thinking process during lessons

2025-05-07 21:39:55 UTC

Jen and Kristin run beautiful PD's. Thanks Jen and Kristin.

2025-05-07 21:40:43 UTC

Detailed checklists :)

2025-05-07 21:40:44 UTC

The recent PD on podcasting was useful. A great way to engage students. The district needs more PD's like this.

Horton

elizabethhorton2 — 2025-05-07 21:40:53 UTC

Including students in the conversation about state standards and expectations of them.

2025-05-07 21:41:05 UTC

I love getting time to collaborate with colleagues!

list

2025-05-07 21:41:10 UTC

Having a list of learning targets and success criteria for the students is helpful for me and for the students, as well.

Diligence

2025-05-07 21:41:17 UTC

I really appreciate the diligence of Jen and Kristin. I appreciate the variety of approaches to PD.

andrealancaster — 2025-05-07 21:41:19 UTC

connecting the standards with our learning targets; breaking down success criteria

Incorporating and sharing LTs, Relevance, and SCs with students during lessons.

2025-05-07 21:41:21 UTC

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More whole group community building

Rubrics

2025-05-07 21:41:25 UTC

Giving students extra time to think. I was giving them time but after Clarity training it clicked that some students are as fast at thinking. I saw better answers and results.

2025-05-07 21:41:28 UTC

pteran

2025-05-07 21:41:43 UTC

Conducted a zoom poll on the effectiveness of my teacher clarity and received favorable responses from our students.

Canva podcast

2025-05-07 21:41:54 UTC

Students love doing the recordings. We do weekly weather podcasts. Two of the students are such hams I am laughing everytime.

K-12

elizabethhorton2 — 2025-05-07 21:41:55 UTC

It has been interesting and I have learned a lot from everyone :)

Clear expectations for student success (for students and teachers)

daniaapodacamarrufo — 2025-05-07 21:41:55 UTC

Adobe Express

2025-05-07 21:42:07 UTC

My favorite PD was on using adobe express to edit PDFs. I didn't know we had access to it and it is very easy to use!

2025-05-07 21:42:09 UTC

Working with great and supportive staff during testing.

John Batchelor

2025-05-07 21:42:14 UTC

Helping student understand the why, as well as the when they know they got it

2025-05-07 21:42:15 UTC

collaboration time with colleagues has been beneficial

Greatness

2025-05-07 21:42:22 UTC

Our team enjoys talking about how to make our team great

One-Point Grading Rubrics

2025-05-07 21:42:31 UTC

Easier to write, accepted by this new method we are using, time-saving.

2025-05-07 21:42:37 UTC

I have enjoyed putting a closer focus on my instruction

amberlara — 2025-05-07 21:43:03 UTC

It's been great being able to connect weekly!

Clear expectations for students success.

sallyjohnsen — 2025-05-07 21:43:04 UTC

2025-05-07 21:43:07 UTC

Don't get me wrong, I love our PD's, but ONLY 1 MORE LEFT!!!!

Improving Technology Use

dianatolton1 — 2025-05-07 21:43:08 UTC

Finding out what works and what doesn't with the apps and technology and improving it so easier to use.

2025-05-07 21:43:15 UTC

Assignment links on the schedule has made things easier than them looking in their assignment tab.

Integrate transcripts from videos to create custom Quizziz

2025-05-07 21:43:17 UTC

Thinking back on the PD sessions

2025-05-07 21:43:21 UTC

I've facilitated this year, I'm so appreciative of my colleagues. Their sweet and encouraging words always helped calm my nerves, and their active participation made each session meaningful. It's inspiring to work alongside such a dedicated and supportive group! 💙

paigejackson1 — 2025-05-07 21:43:24 UTC

I agree the time to collaborate with colleagues is very valuable. After four years, there is a lot of wisdom about virtual teaching here.

bonding

2025-05-07 21:43:25 UTC

I have bonded with my colleagues this year- time to work and talk together has been nice.

Shared Spaces

2025-05-07 21:43:40 UTC

Thank you all for the creativity and care you’ve brought to our shared spaces this year—your contributions have made them meaningful reflections of our professional growth.

2025-05-07 21:43:41 UTC

SEL! All so informative and introspective

P.E. Learning Targets

2025-05-07 21:44:04 UTC

We had a TUVA Olympics!

2025-05-07 21:44:10 UTC

Students like being picked to share the timer in the class during break time.

awhatarewedoing — 2025-05-07 21:44:14 UTC

Collaborating with teachers during professional development enabled me to bring many new activities into my classroom.

Including rubrics so expectations are very clear.

laurenosorio — 2025-05-07 21:44:26 UTC

laurenrudy — 2025-05-07 21:44:30 UTC

Teacher clarity has helped me be more intentional with not just what I'm teaching but with what I expect my students to get out of each learning day.

Canvas instructions

2025-05-07 21:44:33 UTC

I want to be sure that my Canvas instructions are really clear in my assignments.

2025-05-07 21:44:33 UTC

Time to connect with my peers.

Building Blocks

2025-05-07 21:44:51 UTC

Learning targets and success criteria being slowly built on the school year. Big concepts digested easier :)

Sharing Time with My friends

2025-05-07 21:44:57 UTC

I like to share and hangout with my k-4!° friends on a breakout room, being able to talk, share, get frustrated and happy together 😀

Observing Peers

dianatolton1 — 2025-05-07 21:45:02 UTC

I appreciate being able to observe others that teach online and learn their methods that work

Ha ha

elizabethhorton2 — 2025-05-07 21:45:08 UTC

Being able to work from home!! All the teachers in their classrooms like ugh. And I am over here chillin like aaaah.

Creating weekly reflection projects for students to look back on the week, "what is something they learned (in any class), what is something you want to learn more about, what are your goals?"

2025-05-07 21:45:15 UTC

2025-05-07 21:45:44 UTC

Nominated for Economics Teacher of the Year! :)

Wellness

2025-05-07 21:46:08 UTC

I love the wellness PDs and challenges- I hope something like this continues with our new insurance company next year.

laurenrudy — 2025-05-07 21:46:25 UTC

I appreciated the opportunities to collaborate with other grade level teachers and continue to be inspired by my colleagues.

joiciaalvin — 2025-05-07 21:46:58 UTC

Team teaching with colleagues as virtual field trips for the students. The students love them!

art

2025-05-07 21:47:00 UTC

I really like talking to the other art/elective teachers! We understand each other!

2025-05-07 21:47:04 UTC

alexbeder — 2025-05-07 21:47:55 UTC

Like working with my cohort and discussing Josh Allen highlights...

2025-05-07 21:47:57 UTC

Learning targets helped me by giving clear direction for each lesson—both for myself and my students. They kept my teaching focused, made it easier to check for understanding, and helped students know exactly what they were expected to learn.

2025-05-07 21:48:37 UTC

Canvas video comments and screen record comments are helping students fix work and be engaged.

2025-05-07 21:49:02 UTC

I got to work with a great group of 5th and 6th grade teachers!

2025-05-07 21:49:14 UTC

SUNO! Creating songs for my students about them and their academic work.

2025-05-07 22:29:09 UTC

I think we should work on offering TUVA activities "outside" of the "classroom." But they are poorly attended (like, the park for HS). So, I'm not sure how that looks.