CJ McDermott
@cmcdermott625.bsky.social
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•M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction
•Social Studies Teacher, Instructional Coach, and Native American Education Coordinator
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•M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction
•Social Studies Teacher, Instructional Coach, and Native American Education Coordinator
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CJ McDermott
@cmcdermott625.bsky.social
· Nov 16
#EduSky
🗓️ Years: 4
🎒 Subject: 6-7 Social Studies
✅ Currently: Social Studies Teacher, Instructional Coach, and Native American Education Coordinator
❤️ Passion: Equity, Curriculum Development,Teacher Support!
🗓️ Years: 4
🎒 Subject: 6-7 Social Studies
✅ Currently: Social Studies Teacher, Instructional Coach, and Native American Education Coordinator
❤️ Passion: Equity, Curriculum Development,Teacher Support!
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funniest highlights of the philly police scanner, a thread
February 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
funniest highlights of the philly police scanner, a thread
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Fox Bleeps Out Entire Kendrick Lamar Performance theonion.com/fox-ble...
February 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Fox Bleeps Out Entire Kendrick Lamar Performance theonion.com/fox-ble...
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racists hate, more than anything else, having to share their favorite hobby with black people
February 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
racists hate, more than anything else, having to share their favorite hobby with black people
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Today is a win for everybody. And by everybody I mean specifically Eagles and Kendrick Lamar fans.
February 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Today is a win for everybody. And by everybody I mean specifically Eagles and Kendrick Lamar fans.
This is a challenge! I work with my team how to balance the pain and sorrow that comes with studying our discipline to focus on the joy that still existed. Humans have always had joy within the fight for justice - and hopefully, by showing this in our classrooms, students take that into their lives!
Honestly this is such a running joke in my history department. We were asked by an instructional coach once if there was something "nice" from the period we were teaching we could hang an SEL lesson on and we just stared blankly for a moment before shaking our heads.
Not Saeed's main point, but I wonder how much of U.S. cultural resistance to doing the reading/homework and getting smarter in general (note: not resistance to good grades—those are 2 diff. things) is a response to the pain it brings. Humans have done some bad things, and it hurts to learn about it.
November 27, 2024 at 2:11 AM
This is a challenge! I work with my team how to balance the pain and sorrow that comes with studying our discipline to focus on the joy that still existed. Humans have always had joy within the fight for justice - and hopefully, by showing this in our classrooms, students take that into their lives!
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I’m convinced the “do audiobooks count as reading?” argument all derives from those mid-90s summer reading pizza challenges.
Folks - we’re all in our 30s and 40s now. It’s no longer a competition.
Go buy your favorite pie with your adult money and let people enjoy books however they want.
Folks - we’re all in our 30s and 40s now. It’s no longer a competition.
Go buy your favorite pie with your adult money and let people enjoy books however they want.
November 24, 2024 at 2:42 PM
I’m convinced the “do audiobooks count as reading?” argument all derives from those mid-90s summer reading pizza challenges.
Folks - we’re all in our 30s and 40s now. It’s no longer a competition.
Go buy your favorite pie with your adult money and let people enjoy books however they want.
Folks - we’re all in our 30s and 40s now. It’s no longer a competition.
Go buy your favorite pie with your adult money and let people enjoy books however they want.
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A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
November 23, 2024 at 2:09 AM
A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
Coaching win today:
A teacher wanted to increase engagement and classroom community. We created a plan to increase the use of turn and talks to give students time to “chew” on content.
Observed today and the classroom was ELECTRIC with discussion, community, and laughter! #EduCoach
A teacher wanted to increase engagement and classroom community. We created a plan to increase the use of turn and talks to give students time to “chew” on content.
Observed today and the classroom was ELECTRIC with discussion, community, and laughter! #EduCoach
November 21, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Coaching win today:
A teacher wanted to increase engagement and classroom community. We created a plan to increase the use of turn and talks to give students time to “chew” on content.
Observed today and the classroom was ELECTRIC with discussion, community, and laughter! #EduCoach
A teacher wanted to increase engagement and classroom community. We created a plan to increase the use of turn and talks to give students time to “chew” on content.
Observed today and the classroom was ELECTRIC with discussion, community, and laughter! #EduCoach
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I love teaching.
AND
I am so ready for Thanksgiving Break!
AND
I am so ready for Thanksgiving Break!
November 19, 2024 at 3:43 AM
I love teaching.
AND
I am so ready for Thanksgiving Break!
AND
I am so ready for Thanksgiving Break!
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our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.
November 19, 2024 at 1:25 PM
our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.
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If we were re-designing the education system from scratch, one thing I’d love to see is the destruction of the linear career ladder out of the classroom.
Cyclical would be better, I think.
Out-of-classroom positions, such as building leaders? Temporary. Then back into the classroom for a stretch.
Cyclical would be better, I think.
Out-of-classroom positions, such as building leaders? Temporary. Then back into the classroom for a stretch.
November 18, 2024 at 2:20 AM
If we were re-designing the education system from scratch, one thing I’d love to see is the destruction of the linear career ladder out of the classroom.
Cyclical would be better, I think.
Out-of-classroom positions, such as building leaders? Temporary. Then back into the classroom for a stretch.
Cyclical would be better, I think.
Out-of-classroom positions, such as building leaders? Temporary. Then back into the classroom for a stretch.
One of the dogs loves to curl up in the laundry baskets. Of clean clothes. Good thing he’s a cutie! #dogsofbluesky
November 17, 2024 at 4:19 AM
One of the dogs loves to curl up in the laundry baskets. Of clean clothes. Good thing he’s a cutie! #dogsofbluesky
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This won’t be a safe space for long. Those same agitators we’re fleeing in that other place NEED our outrage & engagement to be impactful. They’ll arrive soon. Block immediately and never engage with anyone who slips thru. It’s gonna be on us to maintain whatever peace can be found on a social app.
November 16, 2024 at 3:55 PM
This won’t be a safe space for long. Those same agitators we’re fleeing in that other place NEED our outrage & engagement to be impactful. They’ll arrive soon. Block immediately and never engage with anyone who slips thru. It’s gonna be on us to maintain whatever peace can be found on a social app.
#EduSky
🗓️ Years: 4
🎒 Subject: 6-7 Social Studies
✅ Currently: Social Studies Teacher, Instructional Coach, and Native American Education Coordinator
❤️ Passion: Equity, Curriculum Development,Teacher Support!
🗓️ Years: 4
🎒 Subject: 6-7 Social Studies
✅ Currently: Social Studies Teacher, Instructional Coach, and Native American Education Coordinator
❤️ Passion: Equity, Curriculum Development,Teacher Support!
November 16, 2024 at 10:45 PM
#EduSky
🗓️ Years: 4
🎒 Subject: 6-7 Social Studies
✅ Currently: Social Studies Teacher, Instructional Coach, and Native American Education Coordinator
❤️ Passion: Equity, Curriculum Development,Teacher Support!
🗓️ Years: 4
🎒 Subject: 6-7 Social Studies
✅ Currently: Social Studies Teacher, Instructional Coach, and Native American Education Coordinator
❤️ Passion: Equity, Curriculum Development,Teacher Support!