Several years ago, I was walking down the primary grade hallway and popped my head into a kindergarten classroom. A group of about 5 kindergartners was actively moving around gathering materials while the rest of their classmates were...
After the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year it was REALLY easy to find yourself and your team in a reactive stance – after all we had spent almost two years having to constantly pivot and respond to new...
An Uncertain Return Summer readings for professional development always appear exciting at first — there is so much hope and promise for change and innovation in that nascent stage of planning. And throughout our extended year of distance...
When the 2021-2022 school year began, there seemed a palpable sense of cautious optimism that the new school year would remain challenging yet it would be “better” and more “normal” than the previous one disrupted by a global...
I remember sitting at my desk before the first bell of the 2021-2022 school year rang and just looking at my classroom. I waited for the excitement to kick in. It didn’t. Instead, I felt a sense of...
At the beginning of another unprecedented year, the 2021-22 school year, for educators riddled with extreme changes and new guidance, it is a daunting task to lead capable and dedicated educators as an Expanded Learning Program Manager for...
Leadership seems to be constantly thrust upon me, often by others seeing something in me that I didn’t quite see in myself. As I progressed through my teaching career I would avoid leadership roles because I didn’t believe...
Entering De Anza High School, I had only known the hardened inner city educational environments of Philadelphia and Baltimore. The specific schools I had taught in approached educators similar to an assembly line at UPS or any other...
Expecting teachers to collaborate in Professional Learning Communities, or PLCs, has become a nearly ubiquitous practice in schools across the nation. While site leaders create schedules that allow for teachers to meet regularly...
A brave soul cuts through the terse and awkward attempt at discussion that is a high school English Zoom class: “Maya Angelou has a conversational style with all those words that sound just like the people she heard...
