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I’m Celaina Huckeba, an educator in Texas. I’ve been in education for 12 years and have experienced a variety of opportunities in my career. I’m currently an Instructional Coach in a suburb outside Houston and a virtual school instructor. Here are some of my experiences:

Curriculum and assessment developer for Secondary Social Studies courses
Curriculum developer for online courses (Economics, Reading, AP Human Geo, U.S.History, and Art)
Social Studies Educator, 9th-11th grade (Academic, Pre-AP, and AP)
Online instructor (Economics, World Geo, AP Human Geo)
Instructional Technology Specialist
Local, state, and national presenter:
- Irving ISD, Cy-Fair ISD, and Katy ISD
- Region X
- Region IV
- Texas Council for Social Studies
- Texas Computer Education Association
- National Council for Social Studies
- College Board Advanced Placement Annual Conference

If you are looking for more information on presentations go here: Presentations

If you are looking for the blog posts go here: Posts

Starting the School Year with Fun!

July 30, 2019July 30, 2019 by Celaina Huckeba, posted in Learning, talking, Teaching

I blogged about back to school last July here: Starting off the School Year. Since it is the end of July–it’s time for another back to school post! My blog last year was about my mistakes in reading the syllabus on the first day and not making it fun! So on that note, here are … Continue reading Starting the School Year with Fun!

Summer Learning

Featured by Celaina Huckeba, posted in Learning, reading, Teaching

Happy summer! Learning is a passion and a purpose, right? What are you reading and learning about this summer? As educators, we have a drive and passion for learning. That passion is crucial for our success as change makers! We all know that brain research on learning, our students, challenges, culture, and life are all … Continue reading Summer Learning

Improving PLTs

January 7, 2019 by Celaina Huckeba, posted in Uncategorized

If you’ve been around education, you have probably heard of DuFour and PLCs, or Professional Learning Communities. We have been working on growing the success of PLCs (we call them PLTs, for Teams) on my campus for a few years now. We started the improvement process by focusing on the Team Leaders and equipping them … Continue reading Improving PLTs

The importance of talking

November 5, 2018November 5, 2018 by Celaina Huckeba, posted in Conferences, culture, Learning, talking, Teaching

The Texas Council for Social Studies annual conference was a few weeks ago in the Houston area. It’s one I’ve attended off and on over my years as an educator in Texas. This was the first time I went with a group of other teachers as well. The conference (although in a poor location with … Continue reading The importance of talking

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