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As I was sitting at my daughter’s dance class last week I overheard a few other moms talking about how many days off school the students were having recently. There was a day off for parent conferences at the end of the first quarter, Election Day, Veteran’s Day, a 2 hour early release for professional
Ok, I said it. Many times professional development… well it is less than engaging. Raise your hand if you’ve ever gone into a professional development session / meeting / activity / day and thought “Ughhhh. This is going to be a TOTAL waste of my time.” I see you there. I see your hand up.
I was volunteering in my daughter’s first grade classroom today and ended up being left alone in the room for a while when the class went to the computer lab. In the silence of their classroom, I could hear the teacher next door through the wall. I kid you not when I say that EVERY.SINGLE.WORD
Recently I’ve heard more and more teachers share stories of stress, anxiety, depression and just plain exhaustion. I know for me, I became burnt out during my first year in the classroom. MY FIRST YEAR! I switched from elementary teaching to middle school, hoping it would relieve some of the stress. While the extra planning
When I was in the classroom, I had Special Education Inclusion students in just about every class. Sometimes I felt a little overwhelmed trying to meet the needs of these students as well as the general education students. When Susan reached out to me to do a guest blog post about working with inclusion students,
