Drawing on What I Know
Have any of you made a mood board? Well, I haven’t either but need to make one for one of my last assignments for grad school. It is to accompany…
Category: Teaching
Pumpkin Readiness
Tomorrow, I will conduct a lesson on pumpkins for my garden club students. It is one of my favorite lessons! Pumpkins are a great plant to utilize when explaining an…
Are Parents in the Dark by Schools Going Green?
When I was little, I remember hand carrying my report card in a sealed manila envelope home for my parents to open. Since I was a compliant and eager student,…
Slice of Life Tuesday: Advanced Educational Psychology, A Post for Educators
Over the weekend I arrived home from a brief vacation in Southern California. My sister was a DNP conference with her students. I tagged along with her, and was able…
Reaching out – Out Reach: The Last Two Weeks.
It is the height of the monarch migration season. By all reports, it has been a great year to be involved in the conservation of this species. Summer numbers are…
Bouncing Degrees & Graduation Dates
Today is Slice of Life Tuesday. This means my blog is shared with other bloggers via the forum founded by TwoWritingTeachers.org. I am proud to have been a part of…
How Can We Prepare Students to be Global Citizens When We Rarely Hire From”Outside” Our Own Communities?
Teachers, Principals, Superintendents, all with links to our community. Some of these people were students at our high school, student teachers in our classrooms, life long community members residing in…
Does New Educational Lingo Impede Progress?
Every few years, new educational buzzwords seem to surface. I remember first noticing this when we were in the third year of running a district wide Parent Support Group for…
