Lover of: learning, words, humanity. 30 years doing what I have loved. Retired.
San Antonio, TX
Joined May 2014
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Alma Gonzalez retweeted
If your "reopening" plans don't include a robust, intentional, and well-funded effort to help students who are dealing with the loss of family members, neighbors, coaches, teachers, bus drivers, etc, then your "for the kids" mantra is hard for me to take seriously.
DeCarlos Perkins- 36, Died Jan 20. FB Coach, Park Crossing HS, Montgomery, AL.
Posted pic w/ his Mom saying she was his b-day twin. No b-day for her will ever be the same.
He is 5th MPS employee posted and 3rd who died same week.
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Alma Gonzalez retweeted
Except for @kseliger, @DanPatrick’s #txlege Senate R’s have penny-pinched #txed, pushed vouchers, promoted charters, piled on tests, and punished our schools with A-F.
Now they want us to ignore their privatization project? Their votes are on record.
Ours will be too in 2020.
Alma Gonzalez retweeted
We are looking for a few members to join our coaching team @AHISD FB/TR, FB/BB, Asst Swim contact @AHISDAthletics for more information – at San Antonio, TX
Alma Gonzalez retweeted
Only @DanPatrick can take a fine #HB3 school funding policy—unanimously passed, beautifully shepherded, joyously celebrated in the #txlege House— and blow it to pieces with provisions teachers abhor.
The Senate is demoralized, depressed.
Broken.
And our children suffer it.
Alma Gonzalez retweeted
Texas senate, stop playing games. Remove additional testing, merit pay, outcomes funding from school finance bill. #NoSTAARonHB3 #solidarity #blockvote
Alma Gonzalez retweeted
BrainPOP Subscribing Teachers, Have you explored @BrainPOP 101? Check out all those other icons: #primarysources, #assessment, #creative tools... take the short course and share your favorite! brainpop.com/brainpop101/
Alma Gonzalez retweeted
Personalized learning is critical but it has to be secondary to the conversation about different outcomes. We have to first know where we are going and why. @toddrose #LCInnovation #whyLCE – at Washington, DC
Alma Gonzalez retweeted
“On my way to HS, I passed the gates to Fordham University. In October 1992, right outside those gates, I was robbed at gunpoint. Rather than finding security on campus, I felt I didn’t belong there, so I took the long run home to tell my parents.” @Carlos_Moreno06 #whyLCE
Alma Gonzalez retweeted
“If I was a learner at Fordham, I would have had all the resources. Instead, I had to act like nothing happened and get right back in the classroom. For 100s of thousands of learners across the country, this is their reality. Living with trauma with no support.” #whyLCE
Alma Gonzalez retweeted
To help kids learn & grow, spend less time teaching self-esteem and more time teaching self-compassion.
Self-compassion (treating yourself he supportive way you'd treat a friend) leads to:
- greater resilience
- deeper learning
- less fear of failure.
kqed.org/mindshift/52854/how…
Alma Gonzalez retweeted
Lack of education leads to lack of income. 31% of young adults without a high school diploma currently live in #poverty.
#Bridging2Resilience is coming FAST!
Are YOU registered?
resilience.essdack.org #b2r19
#resilience #traumainformed
Alma Gonzalez retweeted
Saw this posted by @CTCLColleges elsewhere. Great article to share for #students who may be been deferred/denied.
@AHHSmules @AHISD @cafecollege @WeGoPublic #resilience #redirect #college #admissions #education #ItGetsBetter #highschool #ClassOf2019
bit.ly/2ErPRrR – at San Antonio, TX
Alma Gonzalez retweeted
Historically, mispronouncing or renaming people is a tool of oppression. Not learning to say someone’s name *correctly* might feel convenient or even be a joke for you.
It’s not. It’s a bad thing. Learn people’s names.
Alma Gonzalez retweeted
Is it better to solve problems in isolation or by collaborating with others?
Harvard research says . . . neither.
The best solutions come from "intermittent collaboration" -- group work punctuated by breaks to think & work by ourselves.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/sto…
Alma Gonzalez retweeted
You’re 8 years old.
Your 3rd grade class orders chinese food & your father delivers it. You are so excited to see your pops in school. He’s your hero. But apparently other kids don’t think he’s so cool. They laugh at him and mimic his accent. You don’t want to be Chinese anymore.
Alma Gonzalez retweeted
🎶 “Every time we’re down, you can make it right and that makes you larger than life.”🎶 #BackstreetBoys4Life and now available for lip sync battles on GoNoodle! gndle.me/2JtLUlm
Alma Gonzalez retweeted
Charter schools are a more expensive, lower performing option to community ISD’s. Charter schools receive $1000 more per student than CFISD. Charters pick the students and board members they want. CFISD takes all students and is democratically governed. I believe in democracy!
Alma Gonzalez retweeted
Outstanding learning is built on...
1. Strong relationships (be warm)
2. High expectations (be demanding)
3. Great experiences (engage and empower)
#edchat #FutureDriven
