Every Summer, I write one thing on a sticky note as a reflection of the year behind me. This year it says, “More Teaching. Less Managing.” As I reflect on last year, I’m realizing behavior is only part of the story. Underneath behavior lies a foundation of skills that make learning possible.
One day we’re standing in front of our students going over an assignment, quietly waking up a sleeping child, expertly using our “teacher stare” to stop a student who is dangerously close to falling back in his teetering chair. The next day we’re standing in Target wondering if we actually need those cute bins for …
With everything going on during the school year, especially the beginning of the year, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Add to that communicating with parents. We do stay pretty busy with the students, after all. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve written a note to send home and either forgot to send …
Hey teacher friends! I hope you were able to catch my session during this summers e2e Teacher Summer Reboot Conference. If you did, I hope you were able to download the templates I included. If not, you will be able to grab them here. Didn’t make it to the conference this year, here is a …
I’m so glad you’re here! This is my very first blog post so I will keep it short! I love my job and I love supporting teachers, so I created this space to do just that! It’s been a goal of mine for a very long time to have my own website to share “all …
