That's My #MTBoS

In an effort to show gratitude, on Wednesday night we, the #MTBoS, were encouraged to shout out people we were thankful for.

I've been on Twitter since 2009 and these people literally created and continue to shape who I am as a teacher.

@samjshah You were my gateway drug into #mtbos! Followed by @k8nowak @ddmeyer @druinok @pamjwilson @approx_normal @j_lanier @cheesemonkeysf

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

Thanks to @pamjwilson and @druinok for all the book studies and blog prompts #MTBoS

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

@tomderosargv My first blog commenter! I got a lot of ideas from his I Want To Teach Forever blog #MTBoS

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

@k8nowak Thank you for practical activities I could download and also breaking down teacher moves and strategies and lesson planning

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

Thanks to @ddmeyer for introducing me to standards based grading before it was cool and always pushing the envelope. Always. #MTBoS

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

Thank you @rdkpickle for literally being able to speak into my soul so casually as if we have always known each other #MTBoS

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

@sophgermain Thanks for posting about topics I've never or didn't want to think about. You've made me more welcoming {I hope!}  #mtbos

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

@cheesemonkeysf Thanks for all the favorites/likes over the years, encouraging me,and being like the wisest teacher I've ever known/heard

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

Thanks to @mgolding for teaching me (indirectly) about CWP and IFTT! #MTBoS

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

Thanks @Fouss for teaching me how to embed a https://t.co/GOKFLTJ0ZJ widget on my blog posts to share all my goodies

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

Thanks @mathequalslove for all the foldables and INB ideas and all the things I've stolen from your blog

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

@msrubinteach Thanks for some of my favorite ISN pages and activities and syllabus and lovely fonts

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

Thanks to @rawrdimus for making my Instagram icons for my super cute board and answering all my math questions and etc #MTBoS pic.twitter.com/fhzrNdMyLg

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

@mathymeg07 Thank you for designing my whole Trig class and helping me teach it and of course #fitbos17 and being a positive Polly #MTBoS

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

@sqrt_1 Thank you for your blog- pretty sure I stole everything!! And letting me be in the department when y'all come to TMC. #MTBoS

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

@gwaddellnvhs Thank you for being the videographer, archivist, email reminder, high-fiver, greeter, encourager and more for the whole #MTBoS

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

@MrsNewellsMath You must be my most repeat blog commenter!! Thanks for all the feedback, compliments, and support. #MTBoS

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

@fawnpnguyen Thanks for the life lessons in the best keynote of my life and graciously 'fangirling' over ME. And visual patterns. #MTBoS

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

@MaryBourassa Thanks for WODB which I love forever, inviting me to dinner, and being so calm and thoughtful and intentional w/ your teaching

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

@mr_stadel Thanks for https://t.co/KfpIrrHbtg I really appreciate you adding new photos, especially holiday/seasonal ones #MTBoS

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

@samjshah Thank you for your virtual filing cabinet, my favorite tweets, and so much more. You hold a special place in my heart. #MTBoS

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

@SweenWSweens Thanks for all the musical genius you've shared with the #MTBoS including my personal favorite, the slope song

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

Thank you @Borschtwithanna for the depth you add to any project you tackle and your thoughtful and intentional teaching/planning #MTBoS

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

Thanks @TypeAMathLand for box method everything! You are such a go-getter and that really comes through in your presentations. #MTBoS

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

Thank you @RebeckaMozdeh who is like my teaching idol for her positive, compassionate grace and love for her students and #1goodthing posts

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 3, 2017

Twenty-five.

Twenty-five different people who have affected my teaching. Some who knew it, some who didn't.

You don't even know all of the things you need to know yet.

You don't know the people you need yet.

So whatever excuses you have...be selfish for a minute. You need these people. You need to grow in ways you don't know. You need to get to places you can't get to on your own.

I  'praised' 25 people and got 9 responses. But that makes sense to me because I have been taking from these people for almost a decade- so I have the most to give. Sow before you reap. Give first. Whether that is in the form of asking questions, writing blog posts, liking tweets, etc.

You are worth the investment.

One thing I know for sure about #mtbos is: Whoever shows up is EXACTLY the right people. So show up.

— CheesemonkeySF (@cheesemonkeysf) August 4, 2017

Show up. Shout out. Participate. Give. Steal.

It should not be taken lightly how ENERGIZING it is to be surrounded by colleagues who love this profession and compliment and affirm you +

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 1, 2017

while simultaneously admitting, bravely & boldly, that they don't have it all together & are willing to do that work w/ u on a daily basis +

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 1, 2017

I feel like I could leap tall buildings in a single bound and I will carry that feeling with me every day to students you will never meet. pic.twitter.com/JUkzYwoscy

— Elissa Miller (@misscalcul8) August 1, 2017

If you have any interest in improving your craft, in being more than you are, in having a renewed energy for your profession, you are in. You belong.

You are needed.

You are necessary.

And I am grateful for you...because neither of us know right now how we will change each other.

And if I could explain #MTBoS and the #TMC experience and blogging and community...I couldn't. But luckily, someone else did a pretty good job.

That's my #MTBoS.