After teaching for sixteen years, I know teaching is both an art and a science. I practiced the art of teaching this past week leading up to winter break as I kept my students learning and focused with long-anticipated events
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True Teacher Confession #1: Sometimes I wear pajamas to work.
To clarify, my students earned pajama day by making a school fundraiser goal. Did I set up the goals? You bet! I love pajama day! But not just pj day… Occasionally, I wear my “Teacher by day, Jedi by night”
Read MoreMatriculation and Metaphor: The Mother of All Core Skills
I had a lovely Mother's Day, thank you. A word root for "mother" is embedded in much language surrounding education: matrix, matriculation, alma mater. To begin to reflect on this phenomenon, one must retreat into a bit of metaphorical thinking.
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Out of My Mind?
Sometimes as teachers, factors in our lives converge to provide a valuable epiphany about what we really need.
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