To Retake or Not Retake, THAT is the Question
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards released scores in December 2020. Maybe you saw this: Maybe you didn’t.…
Urgency vs. Importance
We landed in Kwajalein Atoll after two weeks in quarantine. With no grading, planning, or teaching, I was tasked with…
Remote Teaching Is Not the Showstopper Challenge
Please don’t judge me… I have watched a lot of television since March. To clarify, I have watched a ridiculous…
How Can We Work Together?
Another election season has come and gone, and it was another season of vitriol and divisiveness pitting one group against…
Sending Up Flares: Teachers Are Calling For Help
“Is anyone else feeling like they are just hanging on by their fingernails?” This question, asked by a middle school…
What Do You Need and How Can I Help?
What color are you? If you ask this question of anyone who’s been in education for a while, they’ll…
Reflection and Refinement in Remote Teaching
Are you constantly reflecting and refining your teaching practice? So many teachers have not gotten the support they need to…
NBCT vs. COVID-19
We are all facing the challenges of COVID-19. Social distancing, face masks, staying at home, and online instruction. So…. is…
Unfinished Business
For months I knew what the topic of my May blog would be. When I left my school for spring…
Reflections of a Teacher Saying Goodbye
As my twenty-year classroom teaching career draws to a close, I feel the need to share my reflections and important…
