As a teacher, I love what I do and I do what I love. Like all jobs, I have good days and bad, days where I'm behind the ball from the beginning or days where things are firing on all... Continue Reading →
In our grade level, the group reward system we use is based on compliments. It was put into place many years ago, before I taught here. It's works on the premise that after a certain number of compliments earned by... Continue Reading →
A few days ago, I was challenged by Cristina Milos (@surreallyno) to continue a "meme" about the five things I'd like my teacher to know about me (here's her post about this topic). This meme was started by Allanah King (@allanahk) and... Continue Reading →
Education is messy, period. I've written and rewritten this, going one direction and another, poor attitude and good, gumpy and happy. My mind is going in a thousand directions, working on too many different problems and solutions, which I guess... Continue Reading →
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 →
The Life of a Conflicted Teacher 