I love this quote. I feel like I've spent my life wandering. My teaching career started in Minnesota, then Alaska, Missouri, and finally Iowa. I've taught kindergarten through seniors in high school on a subjects from shoe tying to the... Continue Reading →
Cristina Milos @surreallyno How I want my students to be ? Mindful and playful. That would sum up everything about my teaching. #edchat This tweet from Cristina (@surreallyno) made me sit up straight yesterday morning. I'd just gotten done with a blog... Continue Reading →
I've hit it. It usually happens about this time. Jr. high basketball is winding down, winter is winding up, and our semester grades have just been turned in. I step back, take a look around my room and ask... Continue Reading →
It's our first snow day here of the year, and so why not sit down and write? 🙂 I woke up at 5:45 this morning to a little more then a dusting of snow. I'd left the night before... Continue Reading →
As educators, we deal with this on a daily, hourly, and sometimes minute by minute basis. However, I'm a coach too. Apparently I cannot get enough of frustration, so I have two places on my wall where I bang my... Continue Reading →
As we walk down the hallway today, it’s amazing as we smile at people, the smiles we get back. As we laugh, others laugh and smile with us. Today, I had a student that just didn’t listen at all, so... Continue Reading →
This semester, I'm really focusing my students on how they learn. They move from an elementary setting where they see two teachers for their core subjects to a middle school setting where the number of teachers doubles, and the time... Continue Reading →
The Life of a Conflicted Teacher 