#ThankfulThursday

 by maryhadley8

In Birdville ISD, I am thankful for our forward-thinking district vision. In our mission statement, three key terms are used to define the desired culture: integrity, innovative, and responsive. When one stops to think about these words, they describe a strategic intent, a preferred future, something that we aspire to become. @eclark1980 @dsolley1 @PedagogyOfficer. Our leaders are dedicated to creating a culture of collaboration and trust. They are leading an intentional shift from a Teaching Platform to a Learning Platform. I am thankful for their purposeful decisions that reflect this effort like adopting a student-centered coaching model to support campus teachers and ultimately increase student learning. I am thankful to be an academic coach and have a role in this transformation. I am thankful for my campus admin team @kpek5 @tjfib04, faculty, staff, parents and students @SMSRaiderNation! Looking forward to an AMAZING 2015-2016 school year! I am thankful for our recent leadership conference where we learned with @E_Sheninger. I have many new tools to support my work this year! I am thankful for our digital learning team @birdville_DL; I think they had a part in getting Eric Sheninger here. I am thankful for my Twitter PLN.