Nov 27, 2020

CULTIVATING POSITIVE PARENT COMMUNICATION

Parent communication - positive or negative - has a direct impact on student learning.

Are you struggling with your interactions with your student families? And does it really matter?

I would say YES! Problems with a difficult parent can directly affect your...

Nov 20, 2020

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

I have some questions for my middle school teachers out there. Are you struggling with your students’ level of engagement?

How much harder has online learning made middle school student engagement?

And then the big one: are middle schoolers truly hard to teach?

THE STRUGGLE IS REAL

If you are...

Nov 13, 2020

My Personal Brand of Chaos

There’s a reason I came up with the description of my personal brand of chaos - what I call being “Ish.” My definition (One who has humorous grace with herself when messing up or flaking out. Again.) works because I mess up (and flake out) on a regular basis.

It’s not because I...

Nov 6, 2020

STRESS, STRESS, AND DID I MENTION STRESS?

I don’t know about you guys, but this has been a week full of stress. If I never saw another political add again, I wouldn’t cry, know what I’m sayin’? Between staying up too late on election night, and now waiting on pins and needles to see what’s going to happen...