Accomplished teacher leaders tell stories of how policy decisions impact learning and teaching in their classrooms in order to spark constructive dialogue across the education community.
One of my favorite “new year” writing activities to do with students was inspired by this tweet from #disrupttexts co-founder Tricia Ebarvia. We read the poems together and then I ask them to quickwrite about five things they would metaphorically
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“To teachers and ed support professionals: I see you, I respect you & I will always stand up for you.” -Katie Hobbs, State of the State Speech 2023 For the first time in 14 years an Arizona governor prioritized public
Read MoreI had the opportunity to attend Arizona’s State of the State address and opening senate ceremonies this past week, and you can be sure I jumped on that chance! As a citizen, it was pretty cool to witness. As an
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Since 2020, our country has been hit with a wave of teacher resignations that don’t seem to be subsiding anytime soon. Social media and the news are full of reasons why teachers shouldn’t stay in the profession. Instead of focusing
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Tell me if you have heard this one…“I would love to be a teacher so I can only work when the kids are at school and have all of those breaks and summers off!” I have been a teacher for
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I find myself sitting on my couch during one of the last nights of winter break, and I honestly don’t know how I feel. This break has been a wonderful time spent with family and friends. I’ve done some winter
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“The team with the most StuBens at the end of 45 minutes wins!” the instructor said. So naturally, I wanted to win the game and started right away to get as many StuBens as possible. This was a simulation I
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“What are we looking at?” “Data” “What are we going to do with it?” “Analyze, plan, teach, assess, intervene, repeat” Does this sound familiar? In my last post, I talked about all of the assessments that are being given at
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GOOOOLLLLLLLLL! ARGENTINA ES CAMPEON DEL MUNDO! Yesterday, the Fifa World Cup ended. It’s been an exciting ride these past few weeks. Game after game, I have been loving the conversations that I have been having with my students. I asked
Read MoreLast week I made an announcement to my class: “Soon we start district testing. You know what that means; desks in rows, dividers on your desks and updating our goals!”. Despite a few groans, I heard many cheers when the
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