I have had two times in my life I felt like a first year teacher. The first time was my first year out of college and I was teaching middle school. The second time was after 11 years of teaching middle school, I went to first grade. That was such a large jump in grades that I felt like a new ... View Post
New Year’s Goals for 2017
It's so tempting to make new goals at the beginning of every year. It just feels like the right time for a renewal, a new beginning. I'm not really the type to make new year's resolutions because I've read that in many cases they are empty dreams. How can we get those dreams to become a reality? ... View Post
Teaching with the Blues: How to Cope with Stress, Anxiety and Depression
Anxiety and depression in the teaching profession isn't something that is talked about openly. Teachers don't want others to think that they don't have control or to jump to the conclusion that teaching wasn't cut out for them. Teachers wear so many hats and forget that they need to take care of ... View Post
