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“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.” ― Robert Frost I love this quote…are we as educators really called to the field for a reason which we could not begin to comprehend in this 3rd dimensional...
View ArticleTeachers BE Life Long Learners
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” ~Henry Ford When I experienced this AHA! moment in the summer of 2009, I was witness to a...
View ArticleAnything is Possible~Do YOU Believe?
“Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me… Anything can happen, child. Anything can...
View ArticleHappy Teachers KNOW this…
“Every educator deserves to feel the fulfillment of the passion which called them into teaching–and it’s so possible! Every student deserves to be in the presence of an educator who is aligned with...
View ArticleGREAT TEACHING IDEAS from the Inside Out!
The BEST teaching ideas seem to come to us during the oddest times, would you agree? Never on the spot when we are needing or wanting something brilliant to use, but usually great teaching ideas come...
View ArticleEternality in the Classroom Rejuvenates Educators
Have you noticed the angst which begins to set in almost immediately August 1st of each summer? If you take time each day to observe the thoughts which begin inundating the mind, you will soon discover...
View ArticleTeacher, You MUST Be Getting This by Now
Your kids love me… They can’t quite put their finger on the why They think it’s that I’m nice I assure you there is something greater happening here. You must have noticed by now… Sitting in a student...
View Article“Teachers, Don’t Smile until Winter Break”…unless
When it was the only tool I knew, I went with it. Be a hard-ass and give the evil eye…that will get you through on classroom management, at least until Winter Break. Then, get the Countdown Calendars...
View ArticleWhen Students Don’t Care What You’re Teaching Them
Oftentimes, I am a Guest Teacher for absent Special Education, ESL teachers, and the like. In other words, I ‘push in’ to other classrooms to assist the regular education teacher with smaller groups of...
View ArticleTeacher BE-ing… the Continuum
When I was a student teacher, my college prof/mentor warned me one day—after observing my very jaded cooperating teacher—to be sure to “notice that it’s time to leave teaching once the passion begins...
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