Category : “Professional Development”

Renewal or Bust

April 17, 2013Jen Robinson National Board Certification, Professional Development

This weekend I was home alone. This was it, my chance to settle in with my National Board renewal process and knock it out. My goal was to revise component one on Friday night, then write component two and three

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What If? (#3) OR Why My Teacher Website is So Ugly

March 22, 2013Amethyst Hinton Sainz Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Literacy, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Teachers and students working in the classroom often know the tech tools we need, and we can learn them an implement them if the systems in our schools are responsive enough to meet our needs quickly.

Spontaneous Professional Development

March 3, 2013Sandy Merz Professional Development

Teachers rank adequate opportunities for professional development as a reason for job satisfaction. Most of us, I bet, have experienced PDs that transformed our practice forever. As often as that, I bet, we’ve experienced mandatory PDs that numbed the mind,

A Proper Thank You Note

January 25, 2013Amethyst Hinton Sainz Education, Education Policy, Mentoring, National Board Certification, Professional Development

I publicly thank our district for the level of support they gave our cohort throughout the National Board process. I hope that by doing this publicly, other districts might have a template they could follow in providing support to NBC candidates.

Out of My Mind?

September 20, 2012Amethyst Hinton Sainz Education, Education Policy, Professional Development, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Sometimes as teachers, factors in our lives converge to provide a valuable epiphany about what we really need.

Hoarders

August 29, 2012Amethyst Hinton Sainz Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership

Supply hoarding becomes a metaphor for something else stashed in our classrooms.

Who are We Protecting?

August 10, 2012Amethyst Hinton Sainz Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Professional Development, Social Issues

I explore what happens to individual teachers and students when even the best policies are not given the resources they need to function as intended, using the example of mandatory reporting laws.

Swan Song

May 16, 2012Alaina Adams Education, Education Policy, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Literacy, Mentoring, National Board Certification, Parent Involvment, Professional Development, Social Issues, Teacher Leadership

Every year, during Teacher Appreciation week (last week), one of our Spanish teachers invites students to write a thank-you letter in Spanish (with an English translation) to give to one teacher. Every year, I get a few of these letters

Leaving.

April 16, 2012Alaina Adams Education, Education Policy, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Mentoring, National Board Certification, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership

On January 24th of last year, I wrote a blog in which I wondered when teacher-leaders like me might know when it’s time to leave the classroom. I even used the word “sacriligious” when contemplating the idea… And then, almost

Clueless? I Hope Not…

April 7, 2012Mike Lee Assessment, Current Affairs, Education, Professional Development

So, this week, I’ve been thinking about my district as we move ahead with Common Core. I have a feeling some of these questions are being asked around the country. Are they being asked in your district?

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