Category : “Mentoring”

Reflecting on an old blog

February 1, 2013Jen Robinson Education, Mentoring, Sports

Are You a Difference Maker? With the Super Bowl just a few days away I have been reflecting on my year. Wondering if I have been a difference maker for students, teachers, staff and parents. Several years ago I posted

A Proper Thank You Note

January 25, 2013Amethyst Hinton Sainz Education, Education Policy, Mentoring, National Board Certification, Professional Development

I publicly thank our district for the level of support they gave our cohort throughout the National Board process. I hope that by doing this publicly, other districts might have a template they could follow in providing support to NBC candidates.

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

Teacher Whisperers Wanted

November 17, 2011Alaina Adams Assessment, Books, Education, Education Policy, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Mentoring, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership

To dramatically improve teaching and learning nationwide, structural changes and out-of-the-box thinking are needed. The most quality solutions will involve new layers of teacher support and leadership. I think the chart below speaks for itself. I mean, if horses have

Protecting the Teacher AllSpark

October 17, 2011Alaina Adams Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Mentoring, National Board Certification, Parent Involvment, Professional Development, Social Issues, Teacher Leadership, Web/Tech, Weblogs

I read Bill Ferriter’s blog this week about the story of Mitchell 20, a movie about 20 Phoenix elementary teachers who chose to pursue National Board certification as a way to take control of the one thing they could control:

Sink or Swim?

October 3, 2011Alaina Adams Books, Education, Life in the Classroom, Mentoring, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership

Each year, I host teaching interns or student teachers (or both) as they move through teacher-preparation programs through local universities. During this process I am able to “pay things forward” by coaching other inspired people to be the best teachers

You Want to See Me Do What?!

September 6, 2011Donnie Dicus Education, Education Policy, Elementary, Mentoring

Some days, I feel like I have a lot in common with Justin Bieber. There are always thousands of people who want to watch me perform at my job. Well, maybe not thousands but sometimes it seems that there are too

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