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Dr. India White - TEDxSpeaker (Grit), Savvas Author! @drindiagrit.bsky.social · 2d

🌟 Exciting announcement! We are thrilled to be speaking at NCTM!

Don't miss John SanGiovanni and I’s session: 📅 Topic: The Power of Grit During Productive Struggle
🕒 Time: Thursday, 2:30 PM
📍 Location: Sydney Marcus Room

We can't wait to see you there! #NCTM #Education #Grit #drindiawhite

Dr. India White - TEDxSpeaker (Grit), Savvas Author! @drindiagrit.bsky.social · 2d

🌟 We are thrilled to be speaking at NCTM!

📅 Date: Thursday, October 16th
🕗 Time: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
🗣️ Topic: Building Grit Through Culturally Relevant Teaching and Mathematics
📍 Location: Georgia World Congress Center, Room A406

We can't wait to see you there! #NCTM #Grit #drindiawhite

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Dee Crescitelli @dcrescitelli.bsky.social · 5d

This was my affirmstion today… I immediately thought of you, @drindiagrit.bsky.social!

The text ‘I rise stronger after every setback.’ in black print on a pink background with branches of green leaves in the top left and bottom right corners.

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Dr. India White - TEDxSpeaker (Grit), Savvas Author! @drindiagrit.bsky.social · 2d

🌟 I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be speaking at @MathEdLeaders ! 🎉 Join me
📚 402 How to Build a Gritty Thinking Classroom
🗓️ Tuesday, October 14, 2025
⏰ 12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

📖 403 Equity Counts:
🗓️ Monday, October 13, 2025
⏰ 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
#drindiawhite @mathedleaders.bsky.social

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Dr. India White - TEDxSpeaker (Grit), Savvas Author! @drindiagrit.bsky.social · 6d

#Elemmathchat thank you!

Dr. India White - TEDxSpeaker (Grit), Savvas Author! @drindiagrit.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks rockstars! Visit www.india-white.com to continue this conversation on how we can help parents. Thanks @elemmathchat.bsky.social for the wonderful time. Stay gritty and check out my tedx talk, The Power of Grit!🥰😎🥳🤩

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Melynee Naegele @mnmmath.bsky.social · 6d

Mandy Jansen @mandymathed.bsky.social asked about how to help parents on FB earlier. Good discussion! www.facebook.com/mandy.jansen #ElemMathChat

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Dr. India White - TEDxSpeaker (Grit), Savvas Author! @drindiagrit.bsky.social · 6d

Well rockstars! What can we conclude about grit? I think there’s lots of work to be done but together we can make great and gritty things happen for our families. @elemmathchat.bsky.social thanks for joining us! Visit www.india-white.com for more! #elemmathchat #nctm #drindiawhite

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Dr. India White - TEDxSpeaker (Grit), Savvas Author! @drindiagrit.bsky.social · 6d

How can we encourage better time management for parents!
@elemmathchat.bsky.social #drindiawhite #elemmathchat

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Dr. India White - TEDxSpeaker (Grit), Savvas Author! @drindiagrit.bsky.social · 6d

Love this and I totally agree! Parents need love and support too!🥰

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Dr. India White - TEDxSpeaker (Grit), Savvas Author! @drindiagrit.bsky.social · 6d

What about the idea of having Grit game nights with families? How would you see this working in your schools? @elemmathchat.bsky.social #drindiawhite #elemmathchat #grit #families #nctm

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Dr. India White - TEDxSpeaker (Grit), Savvas Author! @drindiagrit.bsky.social · 6d

@elemmathchat.bsky.social let’s talk about self-efficacy of our parents. How can we help them build confidence in helping their children succeed in school and in life? #elemmathchat #nctm #drindiawhite #grit #families

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Dr. India White - TEDxSpeaker (Grit), Savvas Author! @drindiagrit.bsky.social · 6d

Oooookkkkkkkaaayyyy…let’s talk about the grit assessment! 🤩How would you think your parents are in the category of having a growth mindset? What about resilience? @elemmathchat.bsky.social #elemmathchat #drindiawhite #growthmindset

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Jennifer Lagrange @jjdlagrange.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, I have been working on my messaging to both teachers and families about the higher expectations for math that include reasoning , problem solving and communicating - in short, math practices. #ElemMathChat

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Dr. India White - TEDxSpeaker (Grit), Savvas Author! @drindiagrit.bsky.social · 6d

So here are some tools to help us help our parents and community @elemmathchat.bsky.social . Which one would you choose first and why? #elemmathchat #nctm #ncsm #drindiawhite #tedx

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Melynee Naegele @mnmmath.bsky.social · 6d

2/2 a troubling reality both within & outside OK ; thousands of educators are entering classrooms without sufficient preparation in pedagogy. Being underprepared for classroom instruction also fuels burnout and later teacher attrition, perpetuating a cycle. How do we help? #ElemMathChat

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Dee Crescitelli @dcrescitelli.bsky.social · 6d

I think we can work together with families to understand what real numeracy looks like… and give the important work of the primary grades the time it needs. Some folks rush to get to what they see as more important- the algorithms. That is not the way. #ElemMathChat

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Dr. India White - TEDxSpeaker (Grit), Savvas Author! @drindiagrit.bsky.social · 6d

@elemmathchat.bsky.social www.india-white.com/grit-assessm...
How can we use this to support our families and the community?

#elemmathchat

www.india-white.com

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Dr. India White - TEDxSpeaker (Grit), Savvas Author! @drindiagrit.bsky.social · 6d

@elemmathchat.bsky.social take a moment and take the assessment. Tell us how could you use this to support your parents www.india-white.com/grit-assessm...

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Melynee Naegele @mnmmath.bsky.social · 6d

1/2 We have record setting number of adjunt teachers in OK. Emergency teacher certifications have increased dramatically over the past five years in OK, underscoring the depth of the challenge, from 2,791 in the 2020-2021 academic year and increasing to 4,511 in 2024-2025 #ElemMathChat

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Dr. India White - TEDxSpeaker (Grit), Savvas Author! @drindiagrit.bsky.social · 6d

Ok @elemmathchat.bsky.social let’s get spicy! Take a look at the grit assessment parents! Take it and then tell us how you could use this with parents in your community!

www.india-white.com/grit-assessm...

Dr. India White - TEDxSpeaker (Grit), Savvas Author! @drindiagrit.bsky.social · 6d

Love that idea of math workshops! Working parents love that with pizza 😎

Dr. India White - TEDxSpeaker (Grit), Savvas Author! @drindiagrit.bsky.social · 6d

Numeracy is key! Agreed! It really is the direction we need to take education in every way!!💯💯💯

Dr. India White - TEDxSpeaker (Grit), Savvas Author! @drindiagrit.bsky.social · 6d

@elemmathchat.bsky.social how can we use each step to help communities win with grit? #elemathchat #grit #nctm #ncsm #drindiawhite

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Melynee Naegele @mnmmath.bsky.social · 6d

I am in rural OK, and I am seeing this a lot! I love that one of my 1st grade teachers noticed this right away. She realizes that if she gives too much time on a task students effort decreases. They have learned low expectations! #ElemMathChat

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