Being More than a Teacher
This year I had the opportunity to be apart of my school’s equity team and lead with some equity strategies. We were starting from scratch. Building something that we were compassionate about and wanted our colleagues to realize the importance of. To begin with, it was slow going. Start the year full only and the […]
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is not just a buzz word in the K-12 environment. In the special education field it’s been apart of the curriculum (or at least should have) for quite sometimes. Social and emotional learning is needed in schools to promote student success in an the educational setting in a variety of […]
Hybrid learning is new to many teachers but it’s something that is now part of normal education. After a year of at-home distance learning, many districts are starting to easy back into the in-classroom traditional setting. With a little over a week of hybrid teaching experience, I think I have a routine that works. Here’s […]
One of the simplest but most appreciated gift to teachers is a teacher thank you letter. When I first stepped into a classroom almost 15 years ago, I started getting drawings and letters from students. Even when I taught middle school, I would still routinely getting many notes, coloring pages, and drawings. As teachers accumulate […]
Digital learning tools. It seems to be the reoccurring theme in the teacher educator world and I don’t think that is going to change in 2021 either. Teachers are in high need of motivating, engaging digital learning tools that make their already hectic life easier. Although, I’ve been now teaching from home since March, I […]
Stress is natural and will always be apart of our daily life. But being able to manage stress well will give teachers the spirit they need to happily stay in the classroom. A little over two years ago, I was dealing with teacher burnout. I was tired, extremely overwhelmed, and felt like I needed an […]