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California Teachers Summit – What a Great Experience

California Teachers Summit – What a Great Experience

I had the pleasure of attending the California Teachers Summit in Pasadena. It was a great experience. Over 15,000 teachers and school administrators attended the 33 locations where the event took place. Although there was a satellite site in my school district, I wanted to be at the main site – Pasadena. I was impressed […]

#I4TK – A New Hashtag for Teachers – It’s For The Kids.

#I4TK – A New Hashtag for Teachers – It’s For The Kids.

It’s that time of year. We’re in the middle of March, and I’m hearing about many teachers feeling a little overwhelmed. Danielle Mizuta shared in her guest post about going through the “tough time” in a year, and for many teachers, it feels like they’re in that time every day. It’s easy to feel a […]

Tutorial on Using Mail Merge – An Amazing Time-Saving Tool for Teachers

Tutorial on Using Mail Merge – An Amazing Time-Saving Tool for Teachers

I recently had to coordinate a day where 8th grade students had to go to the library to meet with the high school counselors to register for next year. There were about 500 students who had to attend. There wasn’t a lot of time allotted to meet with each counselor, so I had to make […]

Defining your WHY – Keep Yourself Inspired as a Teacher

I’ve been reading Simon Sinek’s book, Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action. After reading his second book, Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t, I was so inspired that I had to read his first book, Start With Why. Although most of the book has to do […]