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Melanie Sanders

@DrSandersESE

Mom. Wife. Educator. Traveler. Former School Principal. Director of ESE. Dr of Education. Adjunct @ UNF. Lifelong Learner. Lover of Leadership. #LeadLoveLearn

 Florida, USA
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Joined August 2018
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Jonathan Haidt
@JonHaidt18 Jun 2025
"Parents regret the technologies they gave, not the technologies they withheld." Almost no parents think they waited too long to give their kids smartphones and social media. From our latest survey with @HarrisPoll nytimes.com/2025/06/18/opini…
Opinion | We Don’t Have to Give In to the Smartphones (Published 2025)

Opinion | We Don’t Have to Give In to the Smartphones (Published 2025)

They haven’t defeated us. Yet.

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TeacherGoals
@teachergoals4 May 2025
Get the book: teachergoals.com/inclusion. Learn how to best serve students with IEPs in all classrooms! 🧡
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Lee Ann Jung, PhD
@leeannjung31 Jan 2025
🔜 We can't improve inclusive efforts by just adding strategies and experts; the division of educators needs to shift from "general" and "special" to complementary roles in serving all students. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #EduSky
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ALT A dark blue brick wall background with two levels of white text. The smaller text at the top reads, "Inclusive efforts aren’t improved by adding strategies & experts." Below, large bold white text states, "The division of roles needs to shift from 'general' and 'special' to complementary roles in serving all students." The "lead inclusion." logo is positioned in the bottom left corner.

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TeacherGoals
@teachergoals27 Apr 2025
Get the book: teachergoals.com/inclusion. Learn how to best serve students with IEPs in all classrooms! 🧡
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Katie Novak@KatieNovakUDL13 Mar 2025
Debunkig 6 Myths About Universal Design for Learning (UDL): ❌ UDL is just for special education ❌ UDL = DI ❌ UDL is just "good teaching" ❌ UDL = Personalized Learning ❌ UDL is all fun ❌ UDL is anti-explicit instruction ✅ Download the infographic hubs.la/Q03bgrqj0
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Read that 👇🏼 Now read it again 🔄
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@DrBradJohnson7 Mar 2025
Relational Intelligence.
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Lee Ann Jung, PhD
@leeannjung4 Mar 2025
🏢 To implement UDL well, classroom teachers and special educators need scheduled time to identify barriers and co-plan. This investment pays off significantly for every student. #LeadInclusion #EduSky #UDL #InclusiveEd
Three female teachers talking. Text reads classroom teachers and special educators need time to identify barriers and plan together.

ALT Three female teachers talking. Text reads classroom teachers and special educators need time to identify barriers and plan together.

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“Understanding the role of working memory in learning, and knowing that some students in every class may struggle with directions, distractions and complex tasks, should prompt teachers to think about how they’re presenting material and information to students”
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@karenvaites3 Mar 2025
“Working memory can process both visual and auditory information simultaneously, but is limited in the number of items it can hold at one time. Individual differences can vary greatly, but scientists estimate that most young adults can hold three to five meaningful items or “chunks” of information in their working memory at once. When working memory is overloaded with more than five or six items, learning stops.” Great @tes piece by @HKorbey. Featuring @hruizmartin @DTWillingham. (Link follows)
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Listening can be just as important as formal assessment 👂
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@PrincipalProj4 Mar 2025
"When the opportunity presents itself, talk to a kid. Ask how they’re doing. Ask what’s going well for them. Ask if there’s anything they need. Ask if there’s something you can do to help. Just listen and listen some more. We can learn so much when we are present with our kids." —Principal Megan Marino

ALT "When the opportunity presents itself, talk to a kid. Ask how they’re doing. Ask what’s going well for them. Ask if there’s anything they need. Ask if there’s something you can do to help. Just listen and listen some more. We can learn so much when we are present with our kids." —Principal Megan Marino

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The power of mindset. We have the opportunity each morning to choose our #mindset and #attitude.
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A key take-away from #LDACON : Retrieval practice is a powerful learning strategy that is often under utilized.
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3 things you can do RIGHT NOW to strengthen students’ oral language skills 🛑 Inspired by our conversation with researcher and professor, Sonia Cabell, here are 3 steps you can take.
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I loved presenting with @TheJenSpin at @LearningForward about building coherence in a professional learning system. It was great having conversations with educators from all over the country and beyond! #Learnfwd24
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"What are the laundry and dishes of education, and what are the art and writing of education? What is the human part we need?" @ajjuliani, closing keynote speaker at #LearnFwdTLP
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The below chart shows when we elevate teaching practices across a building --- so many more kids will benefit... But none of this matters if you don’t first relate or connect with your kids. Our expectations matter! From @dougfisher @NancyFrey #LearnFwd24
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Pre-conference session with Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey Responsive Curriculum Design: Clarity, Coherence, and Challenge @LearningForward #learnfwd24
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I hope you GET to do work that you love!
Jon Gordon (@JonGordon11) profile pictureJon Gordon
@JonGordon1111 Nov 2024
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Enjoyed learning more about UDL and how it can accelerate inclusionary practices at @casecec “Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.” @CAST_UDL 🧠
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Our students are NOT a problem to be fixed.
Lee Ann Jung, PhD (@leeannjung) profile pictureLee Ann Jung, PhD
@leeannjung8 Nov 2024
🚧 The barrier to #inclusion isn't #disability. The true barrier is mindset. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL
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