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Revising What Self-Care Looks Like and Means to Me
On March 19th, Making MY Plan: Self-Care During School Closings was posted. I knew that my educating and caregiving instincts were...

The Connection Conference
As a consultant, my daily work life consists of learning with teachers and being a side-by-side thinking partner. We study, experiment,...

Staying Busy- Beyond School and Academics
Katie Egan Cunningham was one of the first people to post sample home schedules to help us maintain some semblance of structure and...

What Can Coaches Do During School Closures?
Instructional coaches thrive on supporting colleagues, students, and community members. As schools transition to online learning and home...

Making MY Plan: Self-Care During School Closings
Like many others, my mind has been preoccupied with thoughts of the children in my home, my extended family, students near and far,...

Take the Great Middle School Challenge
I am constantly amazed by how people view middle schoolers. When I meet people and it comes up that I am a teacher, the response often...

Informal Leadership: Starting Small to Bring About Big Change
My grade level colleague Becca and I huddled around a student’s desk during our lunch period. As we planned learning experiences to...

Teach On, Read On, Write On, Search On
Like so many novice teachers, I recall spending hours before and after school in my second grade classroom while communing with Liz and...

Shifting Our Lens: Focusing Attention on What’s in Place (Students)
A·ware·ness əˈwernəs/ Noun knowledge or perception of a situation The start of each school year is like a first crush: highly...