Teach Children Well

My colleague, Susan Cherwinski +Susan Cherwinski  (@SJCteach) , and I created this poster to guide student-centered, engaging classroom peda...

In education, every minute matters. Effective, regular communication serves to connect and maximize our collective efforts. Ineffecti...

Inspiration for our Sound Unit End Product Prototypes I want to use what I learned from the Marble Maze Simple Machine exploration to in...

It's important to assess and evaluate your role every now and then. Looking at your role with both a broad and narrow lens helps you to ...

The end of the year brought multiple new professional challenges--challenges outside of the classroom focus, and challenges that impact my g...

Photo Credit Many advise against blogging. Why tell your story? They ask. Putting yourself out there creates disruption and invites crit...

Recent ambitious efforts to forward ideas snowballed to a less than desired effect which left me reconsidering the professional work I do ...

Positive actions and intent focus for any grade. As the result of an elementary school reconfiguration, I will change grades.  There are...

I had the great luxury of a liberal arts education. My father, who did not have the chance to go to college, advised me, "Study whateve...

I hope I can live up to the beauty of this image of me created by one of my students for Valentine's Day.