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Hi Everyone! I'm Jan Yost (she/her), NHASCD Executive Director. I've been a member of ASCD for over 30 years! Phew..time flies!! I live on the Seacoast of NH with my husband. I'm really excited by the possibilities of this platform. I'm curious if we, as an educational system, will seize this opportunity to reinvent what public education looks like and shift the paradigm on how schooling addresses the needs of our students.
Welcome, Jan! We look forward to working with you and @NHASCD on the ASCD Professional Learning Community platform!2 -
Hello Everyone! Nice to meet you all. I am Shaunna Harringotn (she/her). I am the president for the Massachusetts ASCD affiliate and a Teaching Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Northeastern University. I am curious about how we can re-imagine teaching, learning, schooling and community in the post-pandemic world.5
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Hello Everyone! Nice to meet you all. I am Shaunna Harrington (she/her). I am the president for the Massachusetts ASCD affiliate and a Teaching Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Northeastern University. I am curious about how we can re-imagine teaching, learning, schooling and community in the post-pandemic world.
Welcome Shaunna! Your enthusiasm and curiosity will serve all of us well as we embark on this new venture in education! We are thrilled to have Massachusetts ASCD join us on the platform! Looking forward to working together in the days to come!
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Hi everyone. I'm Starr Sackstein (she/her), ASCD author, education consultant and former English educator. I live in Oceanside, NY but have enjoyed zooming with teacher teams from all over this country this year helping teachers, help students stay engaged. I've seen many things changing for the better and I'm curious and hopeful that the opportunities we saw offering themselves become mainstays in our educational system. For example, many folks have shifted assessment practices and have provided grace for their students because of exposed equity issues.4
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Hello All! My name is Kelly Brown (she/her). I am currently an assistant professor of Educational Leadership in the Doctoral program at Lamar University it Texas. Recently, I have been curious about how to create sustainable change in various school communities and cultures. Curious about how we all can create a vibrant community on this platform. Ready for the journey!4
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Greetings and Salutations to All! I am Steven W. Anderson, currently working working to make schools happy, healthy, and safe learning environments for all students. I am from North Carolina although I am never there as I travel nearly 300 days a year. I have 2 daughters (yes they still remember me) and to answer your question about my beard, I have been growing it for 3 years. I am glad ASCD is bringing back the Communities. I was a big fan and supporter of EDGE and it's wonderful to have a space like that again!5
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Hello all! Good to see some familiar faces!
I'm Tammy Musiowsky-Borneman, coach and consultant with a focus on productivity and efficiency for teachers, so they can focus on ... teaching, and not all the other things that bog us all down! I also host webinars and workshops on teaching strategies and whole child education for a couple of companies and ASCD affiliates. I was excited to the first President of ELASCD, and continue be an active EL in all sorts of ways. First ASCD publication is coming out this summer - so excited to have co-authored it my a former colleague and wonderful friend that I met when teaching in Singapore. I also taught elementary in NYC and Edmonton. Excited to have these communities zhuzhed up and looking awesome!6 -
Hello, I am Anne Mucci, Executive Director of NJASCD. I am looking forward to completing the learning modules for the new platform.4
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Welcome Anne2
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Jeffrey Benson (he, him, his) here--long time school leader and teacher; author of 3 ASCD books, including one that just came out this week, and one with Corwin (Teaching the Whole Teen). I'm in the Boston area, and my website is JeffreyBenson.org. My long term work has been helping schools be more successful with more students, which allows me many entry points into school practices, cultures, and expectations. I'm curious about how and whether school leaders and their teams will use the full re-opening in September to implement changes they always wanted to make, or instead will they invest in replicating what they had before; I am starting to get requests to help on re-openings.4
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This thread sure is growing and that is making my heart smile! Welcome everyone!
Hiiiii @Tamera Musiowsky-Borneman so good to see you here!
@Starr Sackstein looking forward to your session at Annual Conference!
@Jeffrey Benson welcome! Nice to see an ASCD author on board!
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@Jeffrey Benson So nice to have you here in the community. I too am hoping schools use the re-opening to make necessary changes that support not only the whole child, but the whole educator as well.3
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I agree with @Jéri L. Ogden, I'm so excited to meet all who have joined our Community! I look forward to working and growing with you all.
How do you plan to "wind down" this summer?2 -
Hi all, I'm Tom Hoerr (pronounced her as in him and..), and have been an ASCD member since Educational Leadership was written on parchment paper. I am a fierce advocate for multiple intelligences and lead the MI network. I am excited to see how we can use the Covid experience, terrible as it was, as a learning opportunity.2
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Hello! I'm Nancy White (she/her), CO ASCD Executive Director. I've been part of the Colorado board since 2013, but am new in the ED role. I live in beautiful Colorado Springs, where spring has finally arrived and summer is right around the corner! I am curious to see how we can best pump some energy into this community space with questions and discussions that can get us all thinking and combining our brainpower to have a real impact on improving teaching and learning.3
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@Jeffrey Benson welcome to the platform and congrats on your latest pulbication.2
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@Nancy_White and @Starr Sackstein I agree... ready to change the narrative and charge ahead. Welcome to the platform.2
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Hello everyone, I am Kim currently working with the National ASCD team. I am super excited to join you all in robust conversations about moving the needle for students and educators around the country.2
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Hello everyone!
Andrew Miller here (he/him). I'm currently the Director of Teaching and Learning at Singapore American School in yes, Singapore. Currently, I'm working on my dissertation, about a year to go, and I'm interested in Culturally Responsive Leadership (Muhammad Khalifa) and how to apply it to my and our school's practice. I'm currently an ASCD Faculty member and Emerging Leader '16.7 -
Aloha everyone! I'm Jensen Ball, President of Hawaii ASCD, Manager in the Hawaii State Department of Education and a consultant in Honolulu Hawaii. Can't wait to see whats in store for the future of education. Looking forward to connecting with other educators on this platform too!7
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Hi everyone! My name is Elyse Hahne (she/her) and I am an EL from the class of 2019. I am in Grapevine, Texas and currently a Life Skills/SEL teacher in a PK-5 building. I am also in my Masters program for Educational Leadership. I am not ready to leave the classroom yet but want to have the option when an opportunity arises. I am incredibly curious about how our educational system will shift in the coming years after working through a pandemic and providing equitable experiences for all learners while overcoming challenges along the way.4
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Welcome to all of our new comers! It's so exciting to see so many affiliate leaders and emerging leaders gathered here. I'm looking forward to seeing how ASCD can help you change the world of education and nurture the voices of tomorrow!2
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Welcome @Elyse Hahne, @Jensen Ball and @Andrew Miller it's great to have you with us! We are just getting ready to launch Affiliate and Emerging Leader groups. Please request to join the appropriate group and help us to kick things off with a BANG! 2
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@Walter McKenzie & @Meltonya Wakefield Thank you for the warm welcomes! This is definitely a new learning curve and I am grateful for the chance to learn with you all.4
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Fancy seeing you here @Jensen Ball !1
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@Eydie Schilling welcome to the ASCD Professional learning Community!1
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Hi there - My name is Ellen Smith, and I'm a principal in Arlington Public Schools in Arlington Virginia. I'm a huge fan of ASCD and have been a member for a long time - I love Ed Leadership and read every magazine that comes out. Communities of practice have become an interest of mine as I seek to continue to learn and grow as an educator.3
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Welcome @Ellen Smith! Dive right in and make the most of our inaugural launch of the ASCD Professional Learning Community!
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Hello! I'm Kim Reed (she/her), Assistant Superintendent of Education Services in the Lakeside School District, located just east of San Diego. I'm interested in the transfer of learning and the increased influence of party politics in education.3
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Hello! I'm Cathy Gassenheimer, EVP for the Alabama Best Practices Center, part of the A+ Education Partnership. We manage professional learning networks of educators across Alabama. My wonder is how to sustain a platform like this: keep folks coming back and contributing in meaningful ways. Looking forward to learning from and with you!4
