Tonya Gilchrist
@tonyagilchrist.bsky.social
Educational consultant and learning strategist | Author | Passionate about amplifying inquiry and honoring agency | #just4you #pypchat
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We talk a lot about what to add to teaching.
But real growth? It’s just as much about what we’re willing to unlearn.
Sometimes, letting go IS the learning. 🌊
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #Education #TeacherAgency #UDL #IBSchools #ReflectivePractice
But real growth? It’s just as much about what we’re willing to unlearn.
Sometimes, letting go IS the learning. 🌊
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #Education #TeacherAgency #UDL #IBSchools #ReflectivePractice
🎧 Listening is leadership.
Because trust—the soil where agency grows—starts when people feel heard, not managed.
🎥 Tiny Shift No. 13: Listening as Leadership
Filmed while working on a puzzle 🧩 because that’s how the pieces come together.
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #Leadership #TeacherAgency
Because trust—the soil where agency grows—starts when people feel heard, not managed.
🎥 Tiny Shift No. 13: Listening as Leadership
Filmed while working on a puzzle 🧩 because that’s how the pieces come together.
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #Leadership #TeacherAgency
November 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🎧 Listening is leadership.
Because trust—the soil where agency grows—starts when people feel heard, not managed.
🎥 Tiny Shift No. 13: Listening as Leadership
Filmed while working on a puzzle 🧩 because that’s how the pieces come together.
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #Leadership #TeacherAgency
Because trust—the soil where agency grows—starts when people feel heard, not managed.
🎥 Tiny Shift No. 13: Listening as Leadership
Filmed while working on a puzzle 🧩 because that’s how the pieces come together.
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #Leadership #TeacherAgency
W/ incredible leaders at IS Älmhult—testing the Evidence-to-Action Framework in action.
Tiny shift, big impact: Ts stopped chasing levels & started asking, “What might this student need next?”
The framework makes that simple. Download here: www.tonyagilchrist.com/evidence-to-...
#just4you #EDUsky
Tiny shift, big impact: Ts stopped chasing levels & started asking, “What might this student need next?”
The framework makes that simple. Download here: www.tonyagilchrist.com/evidence-to-...
#just4you #EDUsky
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
W/ incredible leaders at IS Älmhult—testing the Evidence-to-Action Framework in action.
Tiny shift, big impact: Ts stopped chasing levels & started asking, “What might this student need next?”
The framework makes that simple. Download here: www.tonyagilchrist.com/evidence-to-...
#just4you #EDUsky
Tiny shift, big impact: Ts stopped chasing levels & started asking, “What might this student need next?”
The framework makes that simple. Download here: www.tonyagilchrist.com/evidence-to-...
#just4you #EDUsky
We talk a lot about what to add to teaching.
But real growth? It’s just as much about what we’re willing to unlearn.
Sometimes, letting go IS the learning. 🌊
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #Education #TeacherAgency #UDL #IBSchools #ReflectivePractice
But real growth? It’s just as much about what we’re willing to unlearn.
Sometimes, letting go IS the learning. 🌊
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #Education #TeacherAgency #UDL #IBSchools #ReflectivePractice
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
We talk a lot about what to add to teaching.
But real growth? It’s just as much about what we’re willing to unlearn.
Sometimes, letting go IS the learning. 🌊
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #Education #TeacherAgency #UDL #IBSchools #ReflectivePractice
But real growth? It’s just as much about what we’re willing to unlearn.
Sometimes, letting go IS the learning. 🌊
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #Education #TeacherAgency #UDL #IBSchools #ReflectivePractice
I loved closing the loop w/ Radford College’s IB PYP specialists this week—after a year of building assessment-capable learners together! 🌿
I'm grateful for leaders who invest in specialist-specific PL & in growth over time, not one-off learning.
#just4you #EDUsky #IBPYP #assessmentcapablelearners
I'm grateful for leaders who invest in specialist-specific PL & in growth over time, not one-off learning.
#just4you #EDUsky #IBPYP #assessmentcapablelearners
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I loved closing the loop w/ Radford College’s IB PYP specialists this week—after a year of building assessment-capable learners together! 🌿
I'm grateful for leaders who invest in specialist-specific PL & in growth over time, not one-off learning.
#just4you #EDUsky #IBPYP #assessmentcapablelearners
I'm grateful for leaders who invest in specialist-specific PL & in growth over time, not one-off learning.
#just4you #EDUsky #IBPYP #assessmentcapablelearners
With AISG’s G5 team this morning, we explored a few tiny shifts that help students reason and problem-solve more deeply in mathematics (and beyond!)
Wait. Revoice. Compare. Connect.
When students can say their thinking, they can grow their thinking.
#just4you #EDUsky #tinyshifts #MathDiscourse
Wait. Revoice. Compare. Connect.
When students can say their thinking, they can grow their thinking.
#just4you #EDUsky #tinyshifts #MathDiscourse
October 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
With AISG’s G5 team this morning, we explored a few tiny shifts that help students reason and problem-solve more deeply in mathematics (and beyond!)
Wait. Revoice. Compare. Connect.
When students can say their thinking, they can grow their thinking.
#just4you #EDUsky #tinyshifts #MathDiscourse
Wait. Revoice. Compare. Connect.
When students can say their thinking, they can grow their thinking.
#just4you #EDUsky #tinyshifts #MathDiscourse
I ❤️ working w/ G3 at AISG!
We explored how healthy scaffolds can keep expectations high while opening access for plurilingual readers & writers.
Sometimes it’s the tiny shifts—a sentence stem, a sketch, a multilingual partner talk—that raise participation for everyone.
#just4you #TinyShifts #UDL
We explored how healthy scaffolds can keep expectations high while opening access for plurilingual readers & writers.
Sometimes it’s the tiny shifts—a sentence stem, a sketch, a multilingual partner talk—that raise participation for everyone.
#just4you #TinyShifts #UDL
October 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I ❤️ working w/ G3 at AISG!
We explored how healthy scaffolds can keep expectations high while opening access for plurilingual readers & writers.
Sometimes it’s the tiny shifts—a sentence stem, a sketch, a multilingual partner talk—that raise participation for everyone.
#just4you #TinyShifts #UDL
We explored how healthy scaffolds can keep expectations high while opening access for plurilingual readers & writers.
Sometimes it’s the tiny shifts—a sentence stem, a sketch, a multilingual partner talk—that raise participation for everyone.
#just4you #TinyShifts #UDL
The best professional learning doesn’t fade—it lives.
Tiny Shift No. 11: See learning not as an event, but as a way of being.
When we LIVE what we learn—through our language, our choices, our planning—it sticks.
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #ProfessionalLearning #TeacherAgency #UDL
Tiny Shift No. 11: See learning not as an event, but as a way of being.
When we LIVE what we learn—through our language, our choices, our planning—it sticks.
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #ProfessionalLearning #TeacherAgency #UDL
October 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The best professional learning doesn’t fade—it lives.
Tiny Shift No. 11: See learning not as an event, but as a way of being.
When we LIVE what we learn—through our language, our choices, our planning—it sticks.
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #ProfessionalLearning #TeacherAgency #UDL
Tiny Shift No. 11: See learning not as an event, but as a way of being.
When we LIVE what we learn—through our language, our choices, our planning—it sticks.
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #ProfessionalLearning #TeacherAgency #UDL
A great lit coach in Seoul shared this: Tiny Shift 6 in the teachers’ restroom!
“...We need to see literacy not as a subject, but as the current that flows through everything we teach.”
I love that this message is literally part of the daily current of school life.🌊😉
#just4you #TinyShifts #EDUsky
“...We need to see literacy not as a subject, but as the current that flows through everything we teach.”
I love that this message is literally part of the daily current of school life.🌊😉
#just4you #TinyShifts #EDUsky
October 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A great lit coach in Seoul shared this: Tiny Shift 6 in the teachers’ restroom!
“...We need to see literacy not as a subject, but as the current that flows through everything we teach.”
I love that this message is literally part of the daily current of school life.🌊😉
#just4you #TinyShifts #EDUsky
“...We need to see literacy not as a subject, but as the current that flows through everything we teach.”
I love that this message is literally part of the daily current of school life.🌊😉
#just4you #TinyShifts #EDUsky
Within an hour of our Conferring for Every Reader session ending, I spotted this on the G1 planning table—created by a G1 teacher for teammates who couldn’t attend.💛
That’s the kind of community you’ll find at IS Kenya: reflective, collaborative, & committed to growing together.🌿📚
#just4you #EDUsky
That’s the kind of community you’ll find at IS Kenya: reflective, collaborative, & committed to growing together.🌿📚
#just4you #EDUsky
October 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I'm excited to spend the week at the International School of Kenya! 🇰🇪
All week, we're exploring The Reading We Need—how reading + UDL nurture agency, access, and deep learning for every child. 💛📚
#just4you #TheReadingWeNeed #UDL #Agency #EDUsky
All week, we're exploring The Reading We Need—how reading + UDL nurture agency, access, and deep learning for every child. 💛📚
#just4you #TheReadingWeNeed #UDL #Agency #EDUsky
October 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I'm excited to spend the week at the International School of Kenya! 🇰🇪
All week, we're exploring The Reading We Need—how reading + UDL nurture agency, access, and deep learning for every child. 💛📚
#just4you #TheReadingWeNeed #UDL #Agency #EDUsky
All week, we're exploring The Reading We Need—how reading + UDL nurture agency, access, and deep learning for every child. 💛📚
#just4you #TheReadingWeNeed #UDL #Agency #EDUsky
#WordStudy doesn’t need to be complicated.
With AISG’s G5 team, we explored tiny shifts that make Word Study both more equitable & more sustainable.
One shift: short, 5-minute Word Study routines that spark curiosity, build shared language, & connect across reading & writing.💡
#just4you #EDUsky
With AISG’s G5 team, we explored tiny shifts that make Word Study both more equitable & more sustainable.
One shift: short, 5-minute Word Study routines that spark curiosity, build shared language, & connect across reading & writing.💡
#just4you #EDUsky
October 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
#WordStudy doesn’t need to be complicated.
With AISG’s G5 team, we explored tiny shifts that make Word Study both more equitable & more sustainable.
One shift: short, 5-minute Word Study routines that spark curiosity, build shared language, & connect across reading & writing.💡
#just4you #EDUsky
With AISG’s G5 team, we explored tiny shifts that make Word Study both more equitable & more sustainable.
One shift: short, 5-minute Word Study routines that spark curiosity, build shared language, & connect across reading & writing.💡
#just4you #EDUsky
Thinking is powerful.
But when students have agency in HOW they think—that’s transformative.
A tiny shift w/ a big impact: use positive presuppositions in your talk.
“Can you explain?”→simply tests.
“What led you to that idea?”→assumes capability.💗
I ❤️ed exploring this w/ AISG!
#just4you #EDUsky
But when students have agency in HOW they think—that’s transformative.
A tiny shift w/ a big impact: use positive presuppositions in your talk.
“Can you explain?”→simply tests.
“What led you to that idea?”→assumes capability.💗
I ❤️ed exploring this w/ AISG!
#just4you #EDUsky
October 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Reposted by Tonya Gilchrist
Beautiful!
Labels flatten learners.
Evidence reveals them.
Tiny shift: less labeling, more listening, noticing, and responding.
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #ReadingInstruction #Literacy
Evidence reveals them.
Tiny shift: less labeling, more listening, noticing, and responding.
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #ReadingInstruction #Literacy
October 5, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Beautiful!
Labels flatten learners.
Evidence reveals them.
Tiny shift: less labeling, more listening, noticing, and responding.
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #ReadingInstruction #Literacy
Evidence reveals them.
Tiny shift: less labeling, more listening, noticing, and responding.
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #ReadingInstruction #Literacy
October 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Labels flatten learners.
Evidence reveals them.
Tiny shift: less labeling, more listening, noticing, and responding.
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #ReadingInstruction #Literacy
Evidence reveals them.
Tiny shift: less labeling, more listening, noticing, and responding.
#just4you #EDUsky #TinyShifts #ReadingInstruction #Literacy
Sometimes the most powerful teaching move isn’t what we say, but the silence we hold.
When we pause, we give students space to think, process, and find their own words.
That’s where learning sparks. ✨
#just4you #EDUsky #Teaching #Education #AgencyInLearning #TinyShifts
When we pause, we give students space to think, process, and find their own words.
That’s where learning sparks. ✨
#just4you #EDUsky #Teaching #Education #AgencyInLearning #TinyShifts
September 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Sometimes the most powerful teaching move isn’t what we say, but the silence we hold.
When we pause, we give students space to think, process, and find their own words.
That’s where learning sparks. ✨
#just4you #EDUsky #Teaching #Education #AgencyInLearning #TinyShifts
When we pause, we give students space to think, process, and find their own words.
That’s where learning sparks. ✨
#just4you #EDUsky #Teaching #Education #AgencyInLearning #TinyShifts
Teachers at IS Billund co-created what UDL, differentiation, & responsive teaching mean in their context. 🌱
From Early Years through the IB MYP, we built a shared vision. I can’t wait to keep going when I’m onsite in November!
#just4you #EDUsky #UDL #Differentiation #StudentAgency
From Early Years through the IB MYP, we built a shared vision. I can’t wait to keep going when I’m onsite in November!
#just4you #EDUsky #UDL #Differentiation #StudentAgency
September 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Teachers at IS Billund co-created what UDL, differentiation, & responsive teaching mean in their context. 🌱
From Early Years through the IB MYP, we built a shared vision. I can’t wait to keep going when I’m onsite in November!
#just4you #EDUsky #UDL #Differentiation #StudentAgency
From Early Years through the IB MYP, we built a shared vision. I can’t wait to keep going when I’m onsite in November!
#just4you #EDUsky #UDL #Differentiation #StudentAgency
Just wrapped 3 days at SMIC Private School, diving into UDL + differentiation.
Elementary: Workshop approach to maximize both
Secondary: Differentiation across disciplines + teacher choice sessions
Featured in Tiny Shift #7: Warm Demander stance 👇
youtube.com/shorts/iO2n5...
#just4you #EDUsky
Elementary: Workshop approach to maximize both
Secondary: Differentiation across disciplines + teacher choice sessions
Featured in Tiny Shift #7: Warm Demander stance 👇
youtube.com/shorts/iO2n5...
#just4you #EDUsky
September 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Just wrapped 3 days at SMIC Private School, diving into UDL + differentiation.
Elementary: Workshop approach to maximize both
Secondary: Differentiation across disciplines + teacher choice sessions
Featured in Tiny Shift #7: Warm Demander stance 👇
youtube.com/shorts/iO2n5...
#just4you #EDUsky
Elementary: Workshop approach to maximize both
Secondary: Differentiation across disciplines + teacher choice sessions
Featured in Tiny Shift #7: Warm Demander stance 👇
youtube.com/shorts/iO2n5...
#just4you #EDUsky
This week at SMIC Private School in Shanghai, one tiny shift stood out: the stance of a warm demander.
✔️ Hold expectations high
✔️ Ensure access + support
✔️ Believe every student can rise
Equity doesn’t mean easier.
It means possible.
#just4you #EDUsky #UDL #Differentiation #WarmDemander
✔️ Hold expectations high
✔️ Ensure access + support
✔️ Believe every student can rise
Equity doesn’t mean easier.
It means possible.
#just4you #EDUsky #UDL #Differentiation #WarmDemander
September 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This week at SMIC Private School in Shanghai, one tiny shift stood out: the stance of a warm demander.
✔️ Hold expectations high
✔️ Ensure access + support
✔️ Believe every student can rise
Equity doesn’t mean easier.
It means possible.
#just4you #EDUsky #UDL #Differentiation #WarmDemander
✔️ Hold expectations high
✔️ Ensure access + support
✔️ Believe every student can rise
Equity doesn’t mean easier.
It means possible.
#just4you #EDUsky #UDL #Differentiation #WarmDemander
🌻 My first day at SMIC Private School in Shanghai: We opened with “Sunflower Time” 🌻
→ Co-creating shared definitions of UDL + differentiation
→ Anchoring in student agency as our “big why”
Next: 3 days of labsites + workshops to put it into practice!
#just4you #UDL #EDUsky
→ Co-creating shared definitions of UDL + differentiation
→ Anchoring in student agency as our “big why”
Next: 3 days of labsites + workshops to put it into practice!
#just4you #UDL #EDUsky
September 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Here’s the thing about language & literacy: they don’t live in silos. They flow.
At The Anglo in Bogotá, teachers leaned into this truth: Literacy isn’t separate from the disciplines—it’s how we think within them.
That’s this week’s #TinyShift: youtube.com/shorts/xA1U9...
#just4you #EDUsky #IBPYP
At The Anglo in Bogotá, teachers leaned into this truth: Literacy isn’t separate from the disciplines—it’s how we think within them.
That’s this week’s #TinyShift: youtube.com/shorts/xA1U9...
#just4you #EDUsky #IBPYP
📚 Tiny Shift #6: Why Language and Literacy Flow Across Every Subject
YouTube video by Tonya Gilchrist
youtube.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Here’s the thing about language & literacy: they don’t live in silos. They flow.
At The Anglo in Bogotá, teachers leaned into this truth: Literacy isn’t separate from the disciplines—it’s how we think within them.
That’s this week’s #TinyShift: youtube.com/shorts/xA1U9...
#just4you #EDUsky #IBPYP
At The Anglo in Bogotá, teachers leaned into this truth: Literacy isn’t separate from the disciplines—it’s how we think within them.
That’s this week’s #TinyShift: youtube.com/shorts/xA1U9...
#just4you #EDUsky #IBPYP
🌻 At the International School of Kenya, we created Sunflower Time—all teachers turning toward the same vision.
Together, we co-constructed understanding around:
✔ Agency
✔ Workshop
✔ UDL
✔ Active View of Reading
In Oct, we’ll bring theory → practice. Can't wait!
#just4you #EDUsky
Together, we co-constructed understanding around:
✔ Agency
✔ Workshop
✔ UDL
✔ Active View of Reading
In Oct, we’ll bring theory → practice. Can't wait!
#just4you #EDUsky
September 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Tiny Shift #5 💡
At EuroSur in Monterrey, I named again something simple but profound:
Rituals + routines aren’t about control. They’re about freedom.
When routines scaffold for agency, students don’t just follow…they own their learning.
#just4you #tinyshifts #studentagency #edchat #EDUsky
At EuroSur in Monterrey, I named again something simple but profound:
Rituals + routines aren’t about control. They’re about freedom.
When routines scaffold for agency, students don’t just follow…they own their learning.
#just4you #tinyshifts #studentagency #edchat #EDUsky
September 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Tiny Shift #5 💡
At EuroSur in Monterrey, I named again something simple but profound:
Rituals + routines aren’t about control. They’re about freedom.
When routines scaffold for agency, students don’t just follow…they own their learning.
#just4you #tinyshifts #studentagency #edchat #EDUsky
At EuroSur in Monterrey, I named again something simple but profound:
Rituals + routines aren’t about control. They’re about freedom.
When routines scaffold for agency, students don’t just follow…they own their learning.
#just4you #tinyshifts #studentagency #edchat #EDUsky
Taking flight with the sunrise for a week with EuroSur in Monterrey!🌅
This week:
📚 Build a culture of literacy & agency
📖 Explore Letterland, Fishtank ELA, CommonLit360 w/ integrity
👩🏫 Demo lessons + teacher collab.
Here’s to new beginnings & learning!
#just4you #EDUsky #AgencyInAction #BackToSchool
This week:
📚 Build a culture of literacy & agency
📖 Explore Letterland, Fishtank ELA, CommonLit360 w/ integrity
👩🏫 Demo lessons + teacher collab.
Here’s to new beginnings & learning!
#just4you #EDUsky #AgencyInAction #BackToSchool
September 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Taking flight with the sunrise for a week with EuroSur in Monterrey!🌅
This week:
📚 Build a culture of literacy & agency
📖 Explore Letterland, Fishtank ELA, CommonLit360 w/ integrity
👩🏫 Demo lessons + teacher collab.
Here’s to new beginnings & learning!
#just4you #EDUsky #AgencyInAction #BackToSchool
This week:
📚 Build a culture of literacy & agency
📖 Explore Letterland, Fishtank ELA, CommonLit360 w/ integrity
👩🏫 Demo lessons + teacher collab.
Here’s to new beginnings & learning!
#just4you #EDUsky #AgencyInAction #BackToSchool
When teachers have agency, students do too. Here’s why it matters now more than ever.
#just4you #EDUsky #TeacherAgency #Education #Teaching #tinyshifts
#just4you #EDUsky #TeacherAgency #Education #Teaching #tinyshifts
August 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
When teachers have agency, students do too. Here’s why it matters now more than ever.
#just4you #EDUsky #TeacherAgency #Education #Teaching #tinyshifts
#just4you #EDUsky #TeacherAgency #Education #Teaching #tinyshifts
This week’s Tiny Shift → one question that stops teachers in their tracks:
“What are you allowed to care deeply about here?”
I’d love to hear your take.
What are you allowed to care about in your school?
What do you wish you were allowed to?
#just4you #EDUsky #tinyshifts #teacheragency
“What are you allowed to care deeply about here?”
I’d love to hear your take.
What are you allowed to care about in your school?
What do you wish you were allowed to?
#just4you #EDUsky #tinyshifts #teacheragency
August 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This week’s Tiny Shift → one question that stops teachers in their tracks:
“What are you allowed to care deeply about here?”
I’d love to hear your take.
What are you allowed to care about in your school?
What do you wish you were allowed to?
#just4you #EDUsky #tinyshifts #teacheragency
“What are you allowed to care deeply about here?”
I’d love to hear your take.
What are you allowed to care about in your school?
What do you wish you were allowed to?
#just4you #EDUsky #tinyshifts #teacheragency