Help Me Understand- Dr. Riina Hirsch

Riina and I discuss her work to build schools and systems into sustainable places to serve students. She is an ELA teacher with 16 years experience teaching grades 7-12, but 9th has always been her sweet spot. She is passionate about professional development, instructional coaching and curriculum. Currently, she works for MEERS/Goodwill Missouri as the Coordinator of Professional Development, Curriculum, and Instruction serving four adult high schools on a year round accelerated program that awards a traditional diploma to students who dropped out and are now 21 or older. As a side gig, she serves as the Operations Manager for the Teacher Self-Care conference series (http://teacherselfcare.org/) and writes for both The Educator's Room and The Instructional Coach Academy (https://theeducatorsroom.com/). She also facilitates professional development sessions for teachers focused on professionalism as self-care with specific concrete strategies that help teachers cultivate intentional positivity so they can control their thinking and take charge of their classroom practice. I can be reached via email at [email protected], via Twitter @dr_riina, via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-riina-hirsch or via Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Dr.Riina

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