Being More than a Teacher
Teachers, it’s time to start updating your ultimate Amazon teacher wish list for Amazon Prime Day! I know, it’s still early summer, but you know we like to always be one step ahead with planning and being prepared. Before you know it, the first day of in-service professional development will be just around the corner. […]
When I was 7 years old, I remember my first encounter with racism. It was at my elementary school. A boy who was in a grade level ahead of me would tell me I needed to get down on the floor (while pointing down) and clean his shoes because I was Black. However, he wouldn’t […]
Teaching your students how to identify and appropriately express their feelings are social/emotional lessons that can easily be weaved into daily classroom lessons. It is helpful for classroom management and for your own teacher self-care. After years of teaching social/emotional learning and working with teachers on how to deal with students that have emotional behavior […]
The teaching profession 79% white. I know what it feels like to be the “first” or the “only” in various scenarios in districts that I worked in – except in my classroom. With being the minority in my profession, I learned how to adapt and assimilate to work with the majority. But as I taught […]
Struggling to get your child to do chores? I know it’s hard to stay on track when all routines went out the window in March. But now with summer just around the corner, how can we get kids to continue with their chore responsibilities? When our state decided to go into shut-down mode because of […]
One of the biggest concerns that I hear from with parents is hard is to get their child to read. As a parent and a teacher, of a son, who self-proclaims they hate reading. It’s a problem for many of us. Especially since I loved reading as a child and even now. Reading is was […]