Category : “Parent Involvment”

A Fresh Look at Student-Led Conferences

October 24, 2016Treva Jenkins Education, Parent Involvment

As I was preparing my scholars for student-led conferences last week, I began to recall how anxious I felt when my parents went off to school for the traditional biannual parent-teacher conference. The anxiety I felt was not even rational:

Dear Experienced Teacher:

August 24, 2016Alaina Adams Education, Education Policy, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Literacy, Mathematics, Mentoring, Parent Involvment, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership

Many of my blogger colleagues have posted back-to-school letters to new teachers – and rightfully so given the often-cited exodus of those newer to the teaching profession. Our newbies certainly need some overt love and cheerleading as they embark on

Wrestling with Myself

April 26, 2016Beth Maloney Current Affairs, Education, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Parent Involvment

Marcus Aurelius said, “The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.” No time of the school year feels more like wrestling than testing season. Between analyzing benchmark results and the looming high-stakes tests, it feels like the perfect

Fundraising Frenzy

April 12, 2016Amethyst Hinton Sainz Education, Parent Involvment

A few weeks back, an energetic (slightly manic?) presenter pitched our school’s most recent fundraiser at our quarter assembly. Students would sell overpriced frozen meats, and for every 1,000 sales (or something), the company would send a family of four

Maintaining the Magic

December 18, 2015Danielle Brown Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Parent Involvment

I originally had blog posts planned, and mostly written, on topics of Prop.123 and ESSA, in the effort to remain current and connected to policy. I was ready to publish one of the above topics and realized that this

Begin With the End in Mind

November 17, 2015Jen Robinson Education, Elementary, Parent Involvment

I’ll be honest there are days and weeks that simply kick my butt. The past weeks are evident of that. The lines are blurred and Monday flows into Tuesday, into Wednesday, into Thursday and Friday. That leaves me thinking and

An Aggressive Reply to Common Core Advocates

October 14, 2015Sandy Merz Assessment, Education Policy, Parent Involvment

My opinion of the Arizona College and Career Ready Standards has followed a path from cautious support to grudging support to undecided to qualified disapproval to outright opposition. My scorn for their implementation has never varied. I’ve written that teachers who support the standards

The Pressure is On

August 4, 2015Danielle Brown Education, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, National Board Certification, Parent Involvment, Teacher Leadership

Year 6 of 7 in Kindergarten, and the PRESSURE is on. Not the pressure of change, mandates, or parents rather the pressure that consumes me, is the pressure imposed by my students. The pressure to be better than I was the

Are We Telling the Smaller Stories?

March 4, 2015John Spencer Education, Life in the Classroom, Parent Involvment

Yesterday, I went to Facebook and noticed a trend. Many of my teacher friends were vocal in their criticisms of their child’s teachers. I saw posts like, “Can you believe the ridiculous homework packet he gets?” and “My son said

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