Parent teacher conference week always offers up some good thoughts for blog topics, so thank you for bearing with another blog. It seems that so many times topic are lightening bolts that are there and gone in a flash. Conferences... Continue Reading →
Sorry, it's a Wednesday, I was at school by 6:30 AM the last three days, leaving school last night at 8:15 because of conferences and maybe I'm writing because I'm a bit sleep deprived. I got here this morning and... Continue Reading →
This one is a hard one for me to write because there's just a lot of stuff going on all around me and it's really jumbled in my head. If it comes out that way here, I apologize. This week,... Continue Reading →
Whoa, two blogs in two days! You might think I enjoy this writing stuff! Why being human? I messaged with a friend a couple of days ago, and it just struck me that here we are, both in our 40's,... Continue Reading →
Usually this is a pretty positive Friday post, and maybe it will turn out that way, I'm not totally sure right now! 🙂 This week, Sunday through today, has been an absolute mess of activities and all sorts of happenings.... Continue Reading →
A couple of weeks ago my superintendent, @duanewillhite, began following me. Â It's a scary thing, have both of your bosses following you, but I've gained a new respect for both Mr. Whillhite and my principal, Mr. Gearhart (@nfvgearhart) as they... Continue Reading →
Tonight is a bit of a throw back for me as I'm driving my oldest daughter to swim practice. Â The last two years, when practices have switched from 4:00 PM to 6:45 PM, my job was driver. Â I got to... Continue Reading →
Today, for those of you didn't know, is #DotDay, a day based around Peter Reynolds' book The Dot. It's an awesome book where a little girl named Vashti, who claims she can't draw, is challenged to "just make your mark and... Continue Reading →
Sometimes, it just takes that. Today, we had an IEP meeting for a student, and afterwards, the special education teacher said that about what was happening in the our reading classroom he gets to be in with a number of... Continue Reading →
The Life of a Conflicted Teacher 