Category : “Education”

Growing Your Own: Fostering a Viable Mentoring Program

September 6, 2016Treva Jenkins Education, Education Policy, Mentoring

When I left the military, I immediately pursued a career in teaching. When I first began my teaching journey, I did not have a mentor teacher, and even before attending pre-service training, I started working at an alternative charter school

The Promise of a New Year

August 26, 2016Danielle Brown Current Affairs, Education, Life in the Classroom, Teacher Leadership, Uncategorized

Recently, I listened to one of my favorite educational podcasts, Kids Deserve It! I love these podcasts because they speak to the positivity, innovation, and solutions for the work that is done by educators, from the building administration to the

Dear Experienced Teacher:

August 24, 2016Alaina Adams Education, Education Policy, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Literacy, Mathematics, Mentoring, Parent Involvment, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership

Many of my blogger colleagues have posted back-to-school letters to new teachers – and rightfully so given the often-cited exodus of those newer to the teaching profession. Our newbies certainly need some overt love and cheerleading as they embark on

Back to Schools

August 17, 2016Amethyst Hinton Sainz Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Elementary

The #NowItStarts hashtag in May was intended to be a reminder to all stakeholders in Arizona that Prop 123 was only a beginning to the process of properly funding Arizona schools. Part of the consensus on Proposition 123, with the

Dear New Teacher

August 15, 2016Beth Maloney Education, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Mentoring, Teacher Leadership

Dear New Teacher, Welcome to the profession! You may be looking around your first classroom and thinking, “When did I become a grown up?” I was 20 years old when I was handed my first classroom keys and 24 five-year-olds.

Dear First-Year Teacher: You are My Hero

August 9, 2016Treva Jenkins Education, Life in the Classroom

I am so proud of you!! You did it. By the time you read this, you would have completed your first day or even first week of school. Much has changed since I completed my pre-service training in 2000. You

I Wish You Knew…

May 6, 2016Jen Robinson Education, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Love

Earlier this spring you may have seen the post, “Students share what they wish their teachers knew.” This article hit at just the time we were losing energy and struggling to keep our momentum moving forward. So we flipped the

Wrestling with Myself

April 26, 2016Beth Maloney Current Affairs, Education, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Parent Involvment

Marcus Aurelius said, “The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.” No time of the school year feels more like wrestling than testing season. Between analyzing benchmark results and the looming high-stakes tests, it feels like the perfect

Fundraising Frenzy

April 12, 2016Amethyst Hinton Sainz Education, Parent Involvment

A few weeks back, an energetic (slightly manic?) presenter pitched our school’s most recent fundraiser at our quarter assembly. Students would sell overpriced frozen meats, and for every 1,000 sales (or something), the company would send a family of four

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