Over or Under Qualified? The Job Hunt.
A few months ago I posted about looking for a job. You can read my post here. I wrote it in February. It’s August. I still don’t have a job.…
Tag: Teaching
An Enrichment Post: Summer School
For over ten years – almost the entire duration of time I led the Evergreen Garden Club at one of our district’s four elementary schools, I wanted to be involved…
No longer the turning point
It’s here. The end of sophomore year in high school for my youngest son. I know, it is usually not a milestone that is marked. For our family, it has…
You say Potato, I say Potato. I say Interdisciplinary, You say Transdisciplinary. Do we understand each other?
Staff Meetings While presenting at a staff meeting the other day, I explained that in the after school club I led I used an interdisciplinary approach to my teaching. Going…
The Intangibles of an After-School Garden Club
For thirteen years I ran an after school garden club at our local elementary school. From 2004-2017, I met with students once or twice a month to delve into the…
Videotaped! A Garden Club Lesson
Yesterday, I led my new group of garden club students through a lesson in which they had to videotape me. One of my graduate courses is requiring that I be…
An Enrichment Post: Those Amazingly Awe- Inspiring Carnivorous Plants!
One of the best gifts I received this holiday season was a PBS documentary video called, “Plants Behaving Badly”, in which two types of amazing plants – orchids and carnivorous plants…
How Do You Invest?
We are at the start of a new year, but the middle of a school year, nearing the end of the first semester, or second quarter, in most places. I…
