Tag : “professional”

Why I Chose to Maintain my National Board Certification During a Pandemic

January 31, 2021Amethyst Hinton Sainz National Board Certification

I try to remember to look at the small pupil of the laptop camera instead of the grid of faceless names before me as I smile, wave and say hello. I am collaborating with a colleague to teach Hamlet to

Summer Love

July 5, 2017Amethyst Hinton Sainz Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Love, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership

I love summer. I have been wanting to write about loving summer for weeks! But I have been too busy travelling with my family to Costa Rica, shuttling my kids to swim team, water polo, and football camp, reading novels,

#Cakefail

February 2, 2016Amethyst Hinton Sainz Assessment, Life in the Classroom, Mentoring, Professional Development

Ever since the Bill Murray movie, Groundhog Day has become an icon for the repetitive patterns in which we find ourselves, patterns which must be improved incrementally over time, because they are so much a part of how we operate.

You Must Write Your Teacher Life

May 20, 2013Amethyst Hinton Sainz Education, Education Policy, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership, Weblogs

Why every teacher should be a writer.