Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

Secondary Instruction Specialist for Madison City Schools Joined December 2015

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

3 weeks ago

New secondary teachers learned about some of the instructional goals in the district with our New Teacher PD! This session focused on Strategic Teaching and Classroom Management! By equipping Ts with research-based strategies, we can #empowerALLstudents

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

2 months ago

We had a great district professional development day to kick off the year! So grateful to our teachers, administrators, and community partners for sharing their passions, insights, and strategies to all secondary teachers today!

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

3 months ago

Thanks @BlakeBusbin for visiting in-service centers across the state to help teachers dig into the new social studies standards. Also thankful to our awesome Madison City Teachers for taking time out of their summer to grow and learn!

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

6 months ago

Fantastic last professional learning at @DMSPanthers1 today led by a great team at DMS! Ts shared successful strategies from their classroom that aligned to the PD focus for the year using the fish bowl strategy! These teachers are so amazing and creative!

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

7 months ago

Diving into the new Social Studies standards with @BlakeBusbin! Great seeing the K-12 overview and intentionality behind the new standards that will support Ss as knowledgeable and responsible citizens!

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

7 months ago

Health Science CTE Teachers from each secondary school dove into their new standards today! The whole day was planned and facilitated by Tammy Brooks, who is shared between @DMSPanthers1 and @journeyjaguars! What a great day of learning and collaboration!

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

7 months ago

Got my signed copy from @effortfuleduktr today! Excited to dive into this book to learn more about learning! Very cool for our local bookstore, Blue Apple Books, to support and promote Mr. Harvard and his new book!

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

8 months ago

So much excitement and fun in Ms. Veizer’s 7th grade math class at @LIONSLMS! Squid games inspired activity to introduce conditional probability!

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

8 months ago

Had an amazing day of learning with @BlakeBusbin leading our middle school Social Studies teachers through best practices in writing!

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

8 months ago

Spring District PD today for all secondary new teachers! Our learning focused on Quality Questioning and Differentiation. Very appreciative to our district behavior specialists, federal programs specialist @JaneWHerndon, and admin sharing their expertise!

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

8 months ago

Awesome embedded professional development today at @BobJonesHigh and @journeyjaguars! Exciting to see the new Bob Jones IP, Mrs. Staples, jump right in by leading her first training and making connections with the faculty!

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

10 months ago

To continue celebrating #CSEdWeek, industry professionals in CS came to @BobJonesHigh to speak to students in CS classes about their experiences! We are so fortunate to have such great community partners investing in our students!

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

10 months ago

Kicking off #CSEdWeek with students from @James_Clemens leading coding lessons with students at @hrznes 5th graders! Thanks, @regibbs_mcs, for setting up these cool learning experiences across the district!

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

10 months ago

Mrs. K and the DMS leadership always do a phenomenal job with professional learning! The stations on retrieval practice strategies were awesome!

Discovery Middle @DMSPanthers1

10 months ago

Mrs. K and the DMS leadership always do a phenomenal job with professional learning! The stations on retrieval practice strategies were awesome!

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

12 months ago

A great day of learning with district, school, and teacher leaders in Madison City Schools focusing on school culture! @al_bpc

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

a year ago

Learning walks today at @James_Clemens! Some of the best PD is teachers learning from other teachers! Lots of great cognitive interest cues happening to activate prior knowledge and make learning relevant! @KristiCombs15

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

a year ago

Middle school social studies teachers had a great day of collaboration with a focus on writing! Thanks, @BlakeBusbin, for the support and phenomenal resources!

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

a year ago

Congrats, Dr. Evans, on this accomplishment and thanks for all you do for the teachers and students at @BobJonesHigh and Madison City Schools!

Sylvia Lambert @slambert_sylvia

a year ago

Congrats, Dr. Evans, on this accomplishment and thanks for all you do for the teachers and students at @BobJonesHigh and Madison City Schools!

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

a year ago

Embedded PD today at @DMSPanthers1 and @James_Clemens led by their fantastic instructional partners! Looking at research-based cognitive interest cues to prime students for learning! Based on The New Classroom Instruction that Works @bryanrgoodwin

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Russel Johnson @johnson_mcs

a year ago

Tonight we celebrated our first Transformative Teaching cohort in Madison City: Teachers with a passion for technology who completed a program focused on increasing student achievement through instr. tech. It was a joy and honor co-leading this group!