Whitney Green Whitney Green is an assistant principal at Ooltewah Elementary in Hamilton County Schools, Chattanooga, TN. She currently leads the implementation of EL K-5th and is taking full advantage of utilizing Kiddom within the classrooms at Ooltewah Elementary as both have positively affected her students success this year. She is excited to share her drive and her experiences with others. In her first year at a new school, AP Whitney Green shares advice for other school leaders who are new to the job or in their first year at a new location. Leadership skills are something peop ..read more

Ann Leghorn Reading Specialist & Instructional Coach Ann teaches reading skills to high school students and coaches teachers to embed literacy strategies into classrooms in New York City. Instructional Coach Ann Leghorn walks us thought a variety of ways to bring curriculum into the digital world.  This has been the year of flexibility and adaptation for all schools. At my school, we are continuing to find ways to adapt to life in a remote classroom. As an instructional coach, I have leaned on the experiences of our teachers who had been tasked with quickly transitioning the ..read more

Whitney Green Whitney Green is an assistant principal at Ooltewah Elementary in Hamilton County Schools, Chattanooga, TN. She currently leads the implementation of EL K-5th and is taking full advantage of utilizing Kiddom within the classrooms at Ooltewah Elementary as both have positively affected her students success this year. She is excited to share her drive and her experiences with others. Digital tools can help to keep everyone organized and even enable targeted instruction. But they can also provide rich data that supercharges every step in the instructional cycle. Here are som ..read more

Whitney Green Whitney Green is an assistant principal at Ooltewah Elementary in Hamilton County Schools, Chattanooga, TN. She currently leads the implementation of EL K-5th and is taking full advantage of utilizing Kiddom within the classrooms at Ooltewah Elementary as both have positively affected her students success this year. She is excited to share her drive and her experiences with others. AP Whitney Green shares tools and tips to help teachers and admins with test prep. It's that time of year, testing season is just around the corner… use these tools and tips to keep teachers ..read more

Chelsea Asher Educator Chelsea Asher is an educator and teaching artist, living in Queens, NY. She has worked as an educator for over five years, where she has cultivated and facilitated original creative writing and visual arts curriculum for students aged three to sixty-three. This article is part of the third unit of our "Get Set, Connect, Engage!" Back to School Series for Teachers. Today we're focusing on how teachers can Engage middle school students by building fun, interactive lessons with Kiddom. You can access the other blogs in this series here: Get Set – With a Plan to Get ..read more

Chelsea Asher Educator Chelsea Asher is an educator and teaching artist, living in Queens, NY. She has worked as an educator for over five years, where she has cultivated and facilitated original creative writing and visual arts curriculum for students aged three to sixty-three. This article is part of the third unit of our "Get Set, Connect, Engage!" Back to School Series for Teachers. Today we're focusing on how teachers can Engage elementary students. You can access the other blogs in this series here: Get Set – With a Plan to Get the Most Out of 1:1 Devices This Year Connect – Tea ..read more

Whitney Green Whitney Green is an assistant principal at Ooltewah Elementary in Hamilton County Schools, Chattanooga, TN. She currently leads the implementation of EL K-5th and is taking full advantage of utilizing Kiddom within the classrooms at Ooltewah Elementary as both have positively affected her students success this year. She is excited to share her drive and her experiences with others. Choosing a math curriculum is possibly one of the most important things you can do for your learning community, and in a post-pandemic world, there are a few new considerations to add to the us ..read more

Greetings, teachers and learners! In this article, get a sneak peek of the new classroom experience in Kiddom and hear from members of Kiddom's Product and Design teams on decisions behind the rebuild. During the 2020-2021 school year, many teachers and students were catapulted into using technology for teaching and learning in new and different ways. While there were many challenges to this rapid shift to distance learning, there were also many lessons learned about how students and teachers interact with technology tools, and with each other, to facilitate learning. In response to these s ..read more

Whitney Green Whitney Green is an assistant principal at Ooltewah Elementary in Hamilton County Schools, Chattanooga, TN. She currently leads the implementation of EL K-5th and is taking full advantage of utilizing Kiddom within the classrooms at Ooltewah Elementary as both have positively affected her students success this year. She is excited to share her drive and her experiences with others. This article is the second of three in our "Get Set, Connect, Engage!" Back to School Series for School Leaders. Today we're focusing on how administrators can Connect with teachers and staff b ..read more

Jessica Orapallo Jessica is a middle school social worker working in Brooklyn, New York. This article is the first of three in our "Get Set, Connect, Engage!" Back to School Series for Teachers. Today we're focusing on how teachers can Connect during this unusual year to provide meaningful and impactful instruction; while ensuring that students' social and emotional needs are met. Get Set – With a Plan to Get the Most Out of 1:1 Devices This Year In the beginning of the pandemic, educators were tasked with the difficult job of moving teaching to online platforms. Several months late ..read more