Category : “Mentoring”

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.

Teacher Prep & Title II

March 21, 2016Danielle Brown Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Mentoring

Retention, recruitment, preparation, access, and equity: all words tied to the state of education. The words transcend districts and state lines, and these words all connect to student impact. The choices being made at the very beginning of this educational

#Cakefail

February 2, 2016Amethyst Hinton Sainz Assessment, Life in the Classroom, Mentoring, Professional Development

Ever since the Bill Murray movie, Groundhog Day has become an icon for the repetitive patterns in which we find ourselves, patterns which must be improved incrementally over time, because they are so much a part of how we operate.

Rookie Moves

September 29, 2015Alaina Adams Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Mentoring, National Board Certification, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership

Now that I’ve returned to the classroom, people keep asking: “How is it going?” And my answer has been pretty consistent: it’s wonderful, but it’s also kicking my proverbial rear end! It’s not like I forgot how complicated teaching was,

From a Shell to a Home

August 7, 2015Angelia Ebner Education, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Mentoring

Have you ever been faced with the chore of moving your room year after year? It can be tedious, time consuming and difficult, but full of amazing opportunities. This is my fourth classroom move in four years. At the

Every Piece Fits Perfectly by Elizabeth Rushton

April 22, 2015Sandy Merz Assessment, Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Mentoring

Elizabeth Rusthon is an instructional specialist for the Humbolt School District in Prescott, Arizona. In that role she supports all teachers in their daily planning and assessments. She also supports data dialogues and data interpretation. Every Piece Fits Perfectly I

Mentoring Matters!

January 5, 2015Jess Ledbetter Mentoring

Welcome 2015! If you have been thinking of ways to influence the profession in the New Year, you might consider mentoring early career teachers. I believe new teachers are key to our professional future. They have knowledge, passion for teaching,

Closed Door Policy

December 21, 2014Amethyst Hinton Sainz Life in the Classroom, Mentoring, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership, Uncategorized

Most administrators tell faculty and staff that they have an open-door policy. However, it is important to remember that, besides the restrooms, there are two metaphorical doors in a school: the administrator’s office and the teacher’s classroom. Many writers about

Make It Work

September 17, 2014Donnie Dicus Education, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Mentoring, National Board Certification, Professional Development

RuPaul tells us to work it. Britney sings that we better work if we want something. However, Tim Gunn says it best. “Make it work.” He tells all his designers to take their tools, fabrics, and various odds and ends

A Red Dot and a Blank Sheet of Paper

October 20, 2013Sandy Merz Education, Life in the Classroom, Mentoring

The red dot measured eight inches in diameter. Pretty small considering it was shot from a light 3 miles away. Small town fun on a summer’s eve and the seeds of a future. Call it 1974, place it in Silver

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