Let’s Connect and Share! I Choose to Use @remindHQ

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I love to learn and connect with others to do it! It’s a part of who I am and how I was made, and I want to encourage others to do the same.

In May of 2010 the  New Teacher Chat mentoring message started as a weekly chat on Twitter. The chat was designed to be practitioner focused to support new and pre-service educators world wide to receive resources and mentoring to grow in their practice. But it’s also SO much more.

In September of 2014, I took the chat to a new level to allow accessibility to resources and connections more than just once a week; I launched a “New Teacher Chat” class on Remind. We are still growing strong and I’d love to have you join us for fun Summer PD tips and More!

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Remind is most often used by teachers to connect with students and parents. With my #ntchat class, teachers are invited to join our “New Teacher Chat” class on Remind to receive messages connected to #ntchat about 3x a week. These are in the form of resources, voice clips, reminders, and updates to support new and pre-service teachers to feel connected.

Things to know about Remind:

  • Remind helps teachers connect instantly with students and parents.
  • Remind makes communication simpler and more efficient through mobile, and improves how teachers, students and parents connect with one another.
  • Remind is free and easy: Sign up in 15 seconds.
  • Personal phone numbers are kept private, and messages are broadcast-only.
  • Remind can send or schedule reminders, documents or motivational messages directly to students’ and parents’ phones, with no reply-back.
  • With Remind, you can get instant feedback from your class with Stamps.
  • With Remind, you can record and send short Voice Clips.
  • With Remind you can choose to chat with 1 or multiple members of your class. (New!)

To join “New Teacher Chat” on Remind, follow these instructions:

  1. Download the Remind app for iOS (iPhone) or Android as a student or a parent.
  2. On the app, you can subscribe to multiple classes and keep messages in one place.
  3. Search for our class by tapping the “+” next to “subscribed classes.”
  4. Enter @ntchat and sign up.
  5. No smart phone? From the US and Canada only text @ntchat to 562-320-8415 and follow instructions.
  6. You can also visit www.remind.com/join/ntchat and enter in your phone number to sign up. (US & Canada only. International users enter your email)
  7. Note: We will never see your personal contact information and it will be kept secure.
  8. You can learn more about Remind and different ways to use it on their site.

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Now that you have all the info, I hope you will join me and invite your friends to do the same!

I look forward to growing the #ntchat message that New and Pre-service teachers deserve to receive mentoring and support that meets them where they are.

I believe that Remind is a great way to make that happen!

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LISA DABBS

Wife. Mom. Educator. Author. She started her career as an elementary school teacher in Southern California. In this role as teacher, she assisted with a grant project and became the Project Director of a Language and Literacy program. Read more

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