Category : “Teacher Leadership”

The Requirement of Reflection

October 27, 2017Beth Maloney Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, National Board Certification, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership

My teaching assignment changed this year, about five weeks into the first quarter.  Due to a district policy of only counting “bodies in seats,” not enrolled students, our 5th-grade class sizes were huge (36 – 38 students in tiny portable

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“The Dream Catcher” or The Girl Who Championed Self Doubt

October 23, 2017Yolanda Wheelington Assessment, Education, Education Policy, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Love, Mathematics, Mentoring, Professional Development, Social Issues, Teacher Leadership, Uncategorized

I’m not sure if she was solving multiplication problems with the Checkerboard or working in Read Naturally when I called her over. I noticed she took a deep breath and had that faraway look in her eyes, but she shook

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Dream On: Stressed Students at the End of DACA

October 15, 2017Amethyst Hinton Sainz Current Affairs, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Social Issues, Teacher Leadership

Policies, local and national, shape our classroom practices, our instructional decisions and our interactions with students and colleagues.   Sometimes, that connection is hard to see, especially when policies create a culture of silence which makes it difficult to track

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Reset

October 12, 2017Jen Robinson Education, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Teacher Leadership

First quarter has drawn to a close and I am taking some time to reflect on the past ten weeks. Taking a breath and looking with open eyes and a clear mind. Wondering what is working and what needs to

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On Being a New Administrator

October 8, 2017Jaime Festa-Daigle Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Teacher Leadership

October is National Principals Month. To celebrate, I decided to interview the newest assistant principal at my high school. What a surprise for him! I have known Brady Krueger for a decade; I taught with him in the social studies

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Let’s Be Mavens

September 26, 2017Mike Vargas Books, Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Professional Development, Science, Teacher Leadership, Uncategorized

  Are you a trusted expert in your particular field who seeks to pass knowledge and truth on to others? Then you might just be a Maven.  Are you a person who networks like crazy? – Maven This past summer

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Whirlwind

September 24, 2017Jen Robinson Education, Teacher Leadership

Today a meditation app on my phone posted this quote, “Life passes us by quicker than we ever imagine. To miss even a single moment is something we will later regret. Be present in the world.” Going into this year,

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Do Politics Matter?

September 17, 2017Jaime Festa-Daigle Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Social Issues, Teacher Leadership

I taught civics for over a decade.  I took a personal vow to never disclose my political views to any student, to any staff member, or over any social medium.  It was important to me that students were able to

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My All-Star TOY School

August 28, 2017Jaime Festa-Daigle Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Teacher Leadership, Uncategorized

This past week, I sat on the interview panel for Arizona Rural Teacher of the Year.  I have worked with Teachers of the Year in the past and I know the quality of teachers they are.  In fact, I nominated

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Summer Love

July 5, 2017Amethyst Hinton Sainz Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Love, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership

I love summer. I have been wanting to write about loving summer for weeks! But I have been too busy travelling with my family to Costa Rica, shuttling my kids to swim team, water polo, and football camp, reading novels,

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