The young woman felt like royalty! A fitting for a dress that was made especially for her. On the first visit to the dressmaker’s shop, they had spent about an hour just talking. What was the occasion the date what
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Core Proposition 1: Teachers are committed to students and their learning.
Education is a profession that requires nurturing relationships: with students, families, colleagues, and communities. Developing those relationships takes time and intentionality. It is about more than knowing how a student performs academically, what is on an Individual Education Plan
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New Year, New Goals
It’s the beginning of a new school year. Will this year be better than last? I hope so! The beginning of the year causes many people to start considering what they will do differently or improve upon with a fresh
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I’ll have it all figured out when…..
I have completed the first couple of weeks of the 21-22 school year as I write this. It has been everything that the beginning of school should be: exhausting and chaotic in all of the most familiar ways. We are
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Don’t Throw Out the Baby with the Bath Water
The 2020-2021 school year is coming to a close. Just like saying goodbye to the 2020 calendar year, I don’t think 2021-2022 is going to be a silver bullet of “normalcy.” I am hoping for some things to go back
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The Number for this year is 8
8 learning models 8 first days of school 8 changes of lesson format 8 adjustments to the schedule 8 changes to the pacing guide That is what my school year has looked like. I was scheduled to report to school
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The Power of Music
“Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them – a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education
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Re-Writing Your Story
“Your overtime is not a badge of honor but a systemic problem that leads to burnout. I wish we could blame it on the craziness of pandemic teaching, but we cannot. It is a deeply ingrained narrative, and it is
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To Retake or Not Retake, THAT is the Question
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards released scores in December 2020. Maybe you saw this: Maybe you didn’t. I opened the score report email three times….all before they included fireworks. The first two started with, “We regret to
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From Survival to Action
The Election is over…..FINALLY! We have survived another cycle of the democratic process. I hope you have been able to maintain some of the friendships you had before, especially if you’re on opposite sides of a highly contested race. The
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