To pull back a curtain, I’ll let you know that I wrote a generic blog post a few months back to keep around in the event I was stressed or in a pinch the week I was scheduled to post
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Teacher A: “I loved what I taught today; the kids were so engaged!” Teacher B: “I’m so glad you got to see today’s lesson!” Teacher C: “Did you see my new student-created periodic table?” As a beginning teacher mentor whose
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I wonder what success we would find with students if we approached student’s behavior with the same inquiry based thinking we use for other problems we face? While I have never met a teacher who is in the field for
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Dear Parents
Dear Parents, Thank you for entrusting us with your most prized possessions, your children, our children. Thank you for trusting and believing in us. Often times we as teachers and educators spend more time with your child, our child during
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There’s an Intruder in my Classroom
Lockdown, Lockdown, Lockdown suddenly rings out over the loudspeaker, and I immediately stop teaching and navigate through the maze of desks to lock my classroom door and initiate the other lockdown procedures to secure my classroom and students. “Is this
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UGH! Someone tell me what to do!!
FLASHBACK: It’s mid-March and I am working on a National Board entry. I’m stuck. I need help! Will someone PLEASE just tell me what the National Board wants from me??? I have a mentoring session this week, so maybe I
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14th Annual TLI: Developing School Communities that Thrive
If you attended Teacher Leadership Institute last year, then you already know that you do not want to miss this annual AZK12 event. In 2018, this gathering of educators and stakeholders helped to ignite, motivate, and confirm many of the
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“I don’t want to do this anymore.”
“I don’t want to do this anymore.” In over 27,000 class periods I’d never thought those words before, but recently, I’d been thinking them before my three seventh grade math classes everyday. Our seventh grade is a singularly rich combination
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March is Theatre in Our Schools Month
Scene Opens: Home Depot, Monday, 7 am. A harried woman clutches items and calculates aloud… Employee: Can I help you, Ma’am? Woman (showing him an armful of wire): Is this the right width flexible steel wire for these pulleys? Employee:
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