This year my school has taken up a new district-wide initiative: personalized learning. This is year one of what will … More
Category: PD
Teachers Need More TLC
Since this year marks 7 years in the classroom it’s a good time to talk about teacher burn out and … More
Class and Team Building
This past week I attended a conference about using Kagan strategies for team building and class building. I first heard … More
Integrating Differentiated Instruction
Probably the hardest facet of teaching is differentiating instruction. Now that I’ve been teaching for five years and I have a … More
Teaching as Leadership
I just finished another great read for teachers called Teaching as Leadership. I wanted to read this book because I … More
Edcamp 2016
Last week was Edcamp St. Louis. As part of the planning team, I was excited to help bring together over 800 … More
Teaching like a Pirate
Recently I finished the book “Teach Like a Pirate.” I have to say: what a fantastic reminder of why I–and … More