What matters?
The priorities for the year ahead include the following:
- a welcoming classroom community
- culturally responsive teaching
- a deep focus on math/science education
- a positive grade five teaching/learning routine that includes time for deep and enjoyable reading every day
- apt collaboration with the greater grade five learning team including students, families, grade-level teachers, coaches/interventionists, special educators, therapists, and specialists
Affiliations?
- Twitter PLN for ready resources, current events, inspiration, support
- MTA/WTA: Union support and affiliation to advocate for fair working conditions, salaries, and support for doing the best possible work for students
- NCTM: to support a deep focus on math education
- MA DESE: to support the good learning/teaching possible
- YouCubed Facebook page: great source of current information related to math education
- Massachusetts' Audubon Drumlin Farm: continued partnership to elevate hands-on, engaging, relevant, standards-based environmental education
- Elizabeth Warren campaign for the presidency
Time
- Daily reading/research
- Monday-Friday focus on good teaching, nurturing students' academic, social/emotional learning, and healthy activity engagement and success
- Time for family, health
- Contribution of time to Elizabeth Warren campaign for Presidency
Goals:
- Health and happiness
- Continued learning and good work
- Student happiness and academic success
- Family support and happiness
- Contribution of time, talent, and money (when possible) to people and places I believe in
