Beginning a new year naturally brings excitement and anxiety among staff and students. Teachers have new initiatives and mandates for which they are required to implement. There is never enough time to plan and prepare before the kids return on
Read MoreAnd I’m baaaaccckkkk!!!!
After a year long "vacation,' I am back in the classroom and I can honestly say that now I know I am right where I belong. But to get to this point of self-awareness, I had to go on quite
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Saying Goodbye to Heroes
My eight year stint as principal is coming to an end this month, and I’m finding it hard to say goodbye to my colleagues. To my friends. I am often reticent to use military analogies. Terms like “heroes” and “warriors,”
Read MoreIt’s Harder to Speak Up When It’s Local
I am bothered by certain things in my district. I think it's irresponsible to spend half a million dollars a year on the digital worksheet program Success Maker. I think we lose too many days to testing and we misuse
Read MoreWhat If? First Week Stories and The Time to Read Them
What if teachers had time set aside early in the year to truly analyze their pre-assessments? The first week of school is invigorating or exhausting, depending on how you look at it. There is so much to take care of:
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Institutional Mindsets and Whether We Stay in Education
Let’s see, there are one, two, three, four, hmm…, five, six, hmmm…, oh right, seven, eight,…, nine colleagues, at least, including me, who have changed their professional context in this last year. I’m not counting those who have had their professional context
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