As students and teachers are returning to in-person learning 5 days a week, it is clear the past 18 months have left an enduring impact on the souls of kids and adults. Emotional needs are higher than ever as teachers balance…
What’s Your Leadership Story?
ASCD recently published the article, Writing a Personal Leadership Philosophy Will Make You a Better Leader, which detailed the importance and steps of creating a Philosophy Statement to guide the journey. After leading the article, I was intrigued to start…
Vocabulary is life
I would probably cringe at the number of different methods taught for vocabulary exposure over my 17-year career. From rote memorization (yes… I did this in early years!) to word walls that looked great, but didn’t really have an impact.…
Homework: the great unequal force
Searching for the next practice
I have always bristled at the idea of “searching for best practices.” In my 17 years as an educator, I strived to provide my students the best possible lesson. To me, that was the best fit for the kids in…
COVID-19 Meets the Laws of Learning
I realized my last monthly post was February 2020. For one second, I wondered why I had stopped. Thanks, COVID. Our lives have been upended in more ways than we can list these days. As we are finally (yea!!) back…