Tina visits with Centennial Elementary principal Jessica Nichols, teachers Stephanie Theim, Lacey Plfeger, Eliza Bullock and instructional coach Rhonda Goetz.  Centennial staff was able to attend the Explit Instruction training with Dr. An...

Tina meets with the Silver Ranch Elementary team to discuss their implementation of the Wit & Wisdom resource and the overall adoption of the ELA curriculum. Participating in the discussion are Principal Sarah Jordan, Instructional Coach El...

Tina visits with Kari Schneider from Great Minds (Wit & Wisdom).  Kari discusses how the Language Comprehension strands of Scarborough's Reading Rope align with the Wit & Wisdom resource.  Kari has also shared additional resou...

Tina visits with Bismarck Special Education teacher Heidi Halderman.  Heidi shares her experiences with providing modifications and accommodations to her students as they engage in the Wit & Wisdom curriculum.

Tina recently caught up with three amazing 3rd grade teachers—Taylor Wangler from Pioneer, Jill Super from Murphy, and Camille Ahlgren from Solheim. They shared their exciting journey and the incredible progress their students are making. It's ...

Tina visits with 4th Grade teachers Erika Schmidt from Centennial, Sara Bitz from Pioneer and Suzanne Ternes from Silver Ranch.  They share some insights into what they are seeing their 4th grade students do now that they are implementing ...

Tina visits with Brianna Cozzi from Miller and Emily Flach from Highland Acres.  Brianna and Emily share their experiences, surprises, learning and advice for their second grade colleagues throughout Bismarck Public Schools.

Tina visits with BPS EL Department Coordinator Lisa Symens, Multilingual Learner teachers Brianna Ahrens from Moses, Brandy Gelholf from Grimsrud and Rebecca Andvik who travels to Sunrise, Lincoln and Pioneer.  These educators share some i...

Tina visits with first grade teachers Kelly Suchy from Miller, Mandy Sioringas from Solheim, Amy Leingang from Liberty and Stephanie Leingang from Grimsrud.  Listen to the uplifting messages about the progress they are seeing with students...

 Tina meets with BPS 5th grade teachers Karly Kleinjan from Sunrise, Grayson Erling from Highland Acres, Taylor Wetzstein from Elk Ridge, and 4th grade teacher Katie Reiter from Sunrise (a former 5th grade teacher). The discussion focuses ...

Tina visits with BPS Kindergarten teachers Michelle Gust (Silver Ranch), Abby Larshus (Pioneer) and Mariya Loeffler (Elk Ridge).  This discussion centers around some of the apprehension Kindergarten teachers may feel when looking over the ...

Andrea Carson, 3rd Grade at Miller, Jodi Zimmerman, 5th Grade at Liberty and Kari Peterson, MTSS Literacy Coach share their experiences and advice for teachers beginning to implement the 95% Phonics/Word Study resource for teachers in grades 3,...

2nd Grade teacher Kristie Owens, 1st Grade teacher Heather Woll and Kindergarten teacher Hannah Chumley share their experience with implementing the UFLI phonics curriculum last year.  Each teacher highlights the benefits to both teachers ...

This episode features four Wit and Wisdom early adopters—Allyssa Merriman, Pam Baker, Tiffany Williams-Rice, and Elizabeth Waliser—sharing insights from their spring implementation and offering advice for Bismarck Public School educators. ...