Teaching is a Team Sport
Teaching is a team sport. I think that, sometimes, we forget this. We have a lot on our plates, our students and our families and our...
Refugee Reflection
Last week, I was able to give my students an awesome opportunity thanks to a walk-through by one of my administrators. While we were...
"I Am" Poems Meet iMovie
Typically, the beginning of the school year is peppered with get-to-know you activities and ice breakers educators use to begin to...
How to help adults become more divergent in brainstorming...
In my quest to discover more about the importance of creativity in our classrooms, I've continued to explore how to help more adults...
Divergent Teachers
As an ELA educator, the first thing that comes to mind when I begin to think about the word Divergent is the series of novels by Veronica...
Back to School Night with QR Codes
Over the last couple of years, the traditional back-to-school night of 'set and get' presentations to parents has slowly started to fade....
To Label or Listen to Negativity?
I wanted to quit teaching. I wanted to quit teaching probably for the first full five years I taught (entering year 13 next year... for...
Long Terming the Short Term - Reflecting on 'Unending'
In Ari Wallach's "Three Ways to Plan for the (Very) Long Term," he differentiates between short-termism and the idea of the longpath,...
Change
Recently, I had someone write me a letter of recommendation that remarked that I had taught at Bermudian Springs School District for over...
ISTE standards different for Administrators and Coaches?
As an educator, I am familiar with ISTE standards for teachers and students. Meeting those standards professionally and helping my...
