Today was 8th grade promotion parade and I didn’t take a single picture. I did, however, snag a screenshot of a friend’s video for this blog post after the day was over. My district does promotion parades for all the
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An Impromptu Conversation – Part 1
There are few enjoyable moments during testing as a teacher. But I find sometimes magic moments come out of it. This year as I was proctoring the AASA test to the English as a Second Language students, I had a
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Vacation Homework- 10 Lessons Parents can Teach on Vacation
“Hi Mrs. Mora, we’re going out of town next week and I wanted to see if you could gather my child’s work before we leave to have him do while we are on the trip. Thanks!” Have you gotten this
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CommunityShare: The Human Library
“Sara! I am so inspired!” That is what I heard each month when my colleague, Rebecca Oravec, would call me after her CommunityShare Fellowship meetings a few years ago. Our principal sent out an invite to participate in a monthly
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SEL Lessons From the World Cup
GOOOOLLLLLLLLL! ARGENTINA ES CAMPEON DEL MUNDO! Yesterday, the Fifa World Cup ended. It’s been an exciting ride these past few weeks. Game after game, I have been loving the conversations that I have been having with my students. I asked
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Pack Your Conference Bags!
Today I didn’t follow my usual routine of driving to school with my son. Instead, I dropped him off and headed to the airport. I’m going to Las Vegas for a teacher conference! Specifically, I’m headed to the ACTE Visions
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Now Hiring!
Where have all the people gone? I hear murmurings in many different industries about the shortage of workers. A friend of mine works in the news industry and agreed that they have been short for quite some time. Over the
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What is CTE anyways?
As September comes to a close, it’s hard to believe that my district has already completed 8 weeks of school. It’s a wonderful and bittersweet time in my middle school Career and Technical Education (CTE) classroom. My students have grown
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