Teaching, my friends, is not just a job; it’s a delicate dance, an art that weaves through the fabric of students’ lives. In this blog post, let’s explore the idea that teaching is like painting on the canvas of our students’ experiences—a vibrant masterpiece in the making. The Canvas of Learning:Think of a classroom as […]
It’s a book of BLANK pages! Yes! The pages are BLANK! Ask any amazing teacher. You can’t have amazing classroom management without making time to build positive relationships with your students. This is actually a real book. As I speak to new and soon-to-be teachers, one of the main […]
I was speaking with a teacher last week about her students. This was a teacher who was feeling a little defeated, because this year, many of her students are struggling and making poor decisions. Every year, we all have one or two students who, for one reason or another, are just extra work for the […]
I was given the opportunity to attend an AVID conference last week in Palm Desert, CA. It was being held in a nice hotel, about 2 hours away from where I lived. I had never been there, so I was going to need directions. In the past, I would pull out a map or look […]