Deciphering District-Speak
This 3-letter acronym stands for the team-based meeting framework where teachers collaborate on data and lesson planning.
What is a PLC (Professional Learning Community)?
It is the universal, unwritten law stating this mechanical failure will only happen when you have exactly 4 minutes before 1st period starts.
What is a paper jam?
Giving someone the space to do something they are good at or to see where their wild idea is going
What is "cooking"? Let him/her cook.
The classic response given to a student who asks, "Did I miss anything yesterday while I was out?"
What is "No, we just sat here and waited for you"?
I won herdsmanship at the Washington County Fair when I was 9 years old. My jersey was named Chicky
Who is Dawn Slater
It’s the legal document that outlines specific classroom accommodations for a student with disabilities.
What is an IEP (Individualized Education Program)?
The dangerous gamble of eating unlabeled food left in this specific appliance for more than 48 hours.
What is the staff lounge refrigerator?
Over-complimenting someone or kissing up to them to get on their good side.
What is glazing?
The reminder given to students who bolt toward the doorway the exact second the timer buzzes.
What is "The bell doesn't dismiss you, I do"?
I attended Woodstock II
Who is Brenda Saunders
This five letter acronym is used for the the protection of students privacy rights
What is FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
The specific piece of metal office supply that mysteriously vanishes from the workroom exactly when midterms need to be bound.
What is a stapler (or staples)?
A student who claims they have lost all of their "aura" after dropping their lunch tray means they lost this social currency.
What is coolness, prestige, or status?
The question asked to a student staring blankly at a test paper with absolutely no writing utensil in sight.
What is "Where is your pencil?"
I went skydiving on my 18th birthday...I also got a tattoo for my 18th birthday... which was horrible and I had covered up years later
Who is Becky Catlin
This system categorizes classroom interventions into three distinct tiers of support.
What is MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Supports)?
This specific colored lever or handle inside the copy machine is the only one you are legally allowed to clear a jam with.
What is the green handle?
This adjective is used to describe something incredibly awkward or embarrassing.
What is cringe?
A good response to a student that persistenly blurts out answers and/or interrupts other students when they offer an answer
What is "You have been placed in silent mode for the next five minutes"?
I won the demolition derby at the Fair.
Who is Jessica Lourie
It's the standard term for students who are actively developing English proficiency alongside core academics.
What is ELL (English Language Learner)?
This four-digit code is guarded more fiercely than the nuclear launch codes.
What is the copier print code?
A universal exclamation used to express disbelief, disappointment.
Bruh
The phrase used to interrupt a student who begins a sentence with, "Well, in my other class, that teacher lets us..."
What is "I am not your other teacher"
The wrestler Ric Flair bought me lunch
Who is Quentin Jensen