Category : “Teacher Leadership”

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Observations regarding the 2012 MetLife Survey of the American Teacher

February 24, 2013Sandy Merz Current Affairs, Teacher Leadership

The annual MetLife Survey of the American Teacher, based on surveys of teachers and principals conducted between October and November, 2012, has just been released. Comparing its contents with last year’s report, media coverage, and the Society for Human Resource

“I Discovered Something Crazy!”

February 17, 2013Sandy Merz Books, Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Teacher Leadership

I went treasure hunting. I sought the definitive metaphor to contrast the power of all that is wrong in education with the power of all that is right. Yin Yang? Nah. A transformative professional development doesn’t need to be balanced

Hoarders

August 29, 2012Amethyst Hinton Sainz Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership

Supply hoarding becomes a metaphor for something else stashed in our classrooms.

The Roller Coaster Part 2

June 26, 2012Jen Robinson Education, Teacher Leadership

So I had a decision to make: Stay where I was as an instructional coach? Pursue other opportunities in the district to acquire administrative skills? Or re-apply for the principal position? Re-apply. Click, click, click, the roller coaster begins the

The Roller Coaster

June 11, 2012Jen Robinson Education, Teacher Leadership

I am not a throw your hands in the air, eyes wide-open roller coaster rider. I am more of a “death” grip on the safety bar, feet wedged to the floor, eyes closed kind of rider. Earlier this spring my

Swan Song

May 16, 2012Alaina Adams Education, Education Policy, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Literacy, Mentoring, National Board Certification, Parent Involvment, Professional Development, Social Issues, Teacher Leadership

Every year, during Teacher Appreciation week (last week), one of our Spanish teachers invites students to write a thank-you letter in Spanish (with an English translation) to give to one teacher. Every year, I get a few of these letters

Leaving.

April 16, 2012Alaina Adams Education, Education Policy, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Mentoring, National Board Certification, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership

On January 24th of last year, I wrote a blog in which I wondered when teacher-leaders like me might know when it’s time to leave the classroom. I even used the word “sacriligious” when contemplating the idea… And then, almost

Teacher Eval: Hunger Games Style

April 2, 2012Alaina Adams Assessment, Education, Elementary, Games, Life in the Classroom, Literacy, Mathematics, Mentoring, National Board Certification, Parent Involvment, Professional Development, Social Issues, Sports, Teacher Leadership

Yes, the geeky-English teacher that I am has jumped all over The Hunger Games craze. Yes, I’ve coerced all of my students into buying the book to use in class, most of us have seen the movie, plan to blog

The Road Not Taken

February 7, 2012Jen Robinson Education, National Board Certification, Teacher Leadership

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the

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