For my "regular" (all 5) readers, this post is written in response to what I'm seeing and hearing at the Iowa United Methodist Annual Conference. Much of what I write here will be based in what I believe in education as... Continue Reading →
This is what I posed to my sixth grade students today as part of their Wednesday morning writing. I'm part of an Iowa Voxer group, and first, good grief, what a talented, passionate, intense group of educators. I wrote a... Continue Reading →
A fine good Friday morning to all of you! Last night, I had the privilege of watching my oldest daughter get inducted into the National Honor Society, something that she is extremely proud of. One of the requirements, write a... Continue Reading →
Last Sunday, we took a team of girls to a local basketball tournament. It was put on by a former player, a girl who was on the first sixth grade team that I coached here at this school. That team... Continue Reading →
Bear with me on this one, it's not starting out the way you'd expect, but I promise the happy ending! 🙂 I've written about this before, there's been a lot of change going on. A. Lot. Iowa has created a... Continue Reading →
My first blog post of the new year and what a great one to talk about! Our school district, in partnership with a couple of other district in the area, pooled resourced and managed to get Kevin Honeycutt to come and... Continue Reading →
We've been blessed with two gorgeous, intelligent daughters. They are strong willed, know what they want, and will do great things with their lives for certain. But (you knew it was coming), sometimes, they make parenting difficult! Our oldest is... Continue Reading →
Yeah, it's not Friday, I know. Who knows, maybe there will be TWO of these things put out! 🙂 I had a blog started about being positive in the face of a lot of negative stuff. It's been a hard... Continue Reading →
Now wait just a dang second.... isn't whole grade sharing the bane of small school existence? It's this a death sentence for independent districts, getting swallowed up, creating larger, less personal learning spaces? In some cases, yup. This is my... Continue Reading →
The Life of a Conflicted Teacher 