Not One Strategy Works for All Students

November 2, 2023 | Eva Beleche

Every year I work to get my students to meet the standards for 4th grade.  This year,  I focused on working with my students on writing with evidence. Their writing would let me know how well they understood...

Old Dogs Can Be Taught New Tricks

September 29, 2023 | Kevin Cushing

I began the 22-23 school year late. My first day as a new Assistant Principal at Dublin High School began two weeks after the school year started. I knew that it was going to be a year of...

Striking Balance as Department Chair

September 13, 2023 | Jennifer Hansen

I hate meetings.  This is not a secret; I’m always happy to share my feelings on the drain that meetings affect upon me.  The torture of sitting and listening after a long day.  The four o’clock fog.  The...

Explorations in Tier II Vocabulary Instruction

June 6, 2023 | Shelley Goulder

As an English Language Development teacher, I want to empower students to understand how English works. In service of this goal, my students and I embarked on a year-long prefix-based vocabulary study to increase their Tier...