It’s humbling 😳to know that male educators may be the only father figure some students will ever know. This means we need to serve with lives that are:

✔️Positive
✔️Consistent
✔️Affirming
✔️Corrective
✔️Patient
✔️Informed
✔️And LOVING!!

Let your life teach for you! 🤓👊🏾❤️

5 more Mondays 😳🤓👊🏾!! #WeTeachLittles

Reminders for surviving 🤣 early release.

✅ Line up sooner than normal.

✅ Transitions need to be gentle and not rushed.

✅ Use the word do more than don’t.

✅ Give a verbal reminder of the schedule often.

✅ Smile a lot and show yourself some grace.

#WeTeachLittles 🤓👊🏾❤️

As an early childhood educator you’ve got to be on your “A Game” everyday! #ECSE #iTeachLittles #RealMenLovePreK 🤓❤️👊🏾

Spring Break shenanigans. Escape room and axe 🪓 throwing. #KeepingUpWithTheNolens 🤣

Today is indoor recess 😳. May the odds forever be in our favor 🤣. #ECSE #iTeachLittles 🤓👊🏾❤️ #ParaEducator

“The best way to manage the classroom environment is to create a learning atmosphere where students know that they are appreciated, where they are actively engaged in the learning, and where they can have fun in the process.” — Mike Roberts #HackingClassroomManagement 🤓👊🏾

Giving a BIG THANK YOU 🙌🏾 to Region 10 for honoring me with an opportunity to present at this year’s Now4Forever Conference. Looking forward to talking about “The Mojo of Personal Connections”. Hope to see you there 🤓👊🏾. #RISD #ECSE #iTeachLittles

My superpowers 🦸🏾‍♂️are big smiles😁 and positive words☀️. What’s your superpowers? Yes, #iTeachLittles . Just play along 🤣. #TheMojo 🤓👊🏾

I’m learning that helping a student manage their behavior is 90% relationship. The more you know them the more you can support them. #TheMojo 🤓👊🏾

Seven (7) ways to be a blessing at work:

✅ Show Up
✅ Be Positive
✅ Work Hard
✅ Help Out
✅ Take Breaks
✅ Smile A Lot
✅ Model Kindness

#ECSE #ParaEducator #iTeachLittles 🤓👊🏾❤️

When that child shows up, look them in the eye and tell them with every bit of conviction in you that they are special, they have purpose and they are loved. You just may be the only person pouring into their tiny lives today. #ArrivalRoutines 🤓👊🏾❤️ #SpeakAffirmations

5 reasons I love ❤️ using hallway songs for transitions.

✅ To teach SEL expectations.

✅ To reinforce the routine.

✅ To introduce new vocabulary words or concepts.

✅ To model speech for non-verbal students.

AND….IT’S REALLY FUN 🤣.

#iTeachLittles 🤓❤️👊🏾 #ECSE

A child who is upset in the backseat of a car because they didn’t get the happy meal toy they wanted can’t concentrate on anything else until they’ve calmed down. A student stops learning in school when they are upset which is the reason #SEL is an important part of #education .

Educators are some of the most resilient people in the world. Proud to be a part of the profession!! #ECSE #ParaEducator

I’m learning that students with short attention spans benefit from strategies that focus on:

👉🏾Practicing attentive behavior
👉🏾Adjusting routine tasks
👉🏾Minimizing distractions

Small changes can go a long way toward helping students become successful.

#FunctionalRoutines 🤓👊🏾

Bowling with my boss. #Ressa2024 #RISD