Category : “Life in the Classroom”

Unexpected Student Interests

March 29, 2021Yolanda Wheelington Education, Elementary, Life in the Classroom

We have completed our first full week of in-class instruction. It has been calm and a rather easy transition since we kept the same structure as our online setup. This has been especially necessary due to half of the class

A Reset

March 24, 2021Rachel Perugini Education, Life in the Classroom

Spring break is the chance for teachers everywhere to exhale, but I know most teachers are like me and spend their week off finding a balance between relaxing and catching up. I usually spend the first days of any break

The Land of Comparison

March 9, 2021Maria Fallon Education, Life in the Classroom

Social Media- A land of grand ideas and so many talented people and a lot of comparison. Whether it be Facebook, Instagram, Pinterst, or Twitter, it can be easy to start scrolling and start comparing. In the last 3 months,

Spring Break is in the Air: Part Two

March 4, 2021Caitlin Gawlowski Elementary, Life in the Classroom

A year ago, I wrote a blog called Spring Break in the Air in the hopes of changing the discussion from the Coronavirus to something positive. I was getting stressed out and tired of hearing about this virus that was

How to Hit a Curveball

March 1, 2021Kyle Bragg Elementary, Equity, Life in the Classroom, Uncategorized

From school administrators to teachers to students, we often hear the phrase “When things go back to normal.” I am a bit tired of hearing that, but not for the reason you may think. We all want to be back

Understanding Teacher Guilt

February 25, 2021Nicole Wolff Education, Life in the Classroom, Teacher Leadership

“I’m failing” I have heard that too many times in the past week. Tears, even from those who usually don’t cry, accompany the statement. Each week I meet with grade level teams. In these collaborative team meetings we talk about

Bringing the Inside Classroom…Outside

February 24, 2021Yolanda Wheelington Current Affairs, Education, Life in the Classroom

The first two rounds of COVID immunization have been given out and all eyes are on the levels. With the governor mandating in-person testing, districts that have not returned to school will most likely return to some form of in-person

The New, New Normal

February 19, 2021Rachel Perugini Current Affairs, Life in the Classroom, Web/Tech

It has been almost a full year since our school closed for Spring Break last year and COVID quarantine began. In that time, I have mastered Zoom (most days), digitized all of my files, loaded my entire life onto Google

Re-Writing Your Story

February 3, 2021Susan Collins Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom

“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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