This week we began sending out Welcome Packets to our new families for next year. As I added the personal touches that will hopefully provide some relief and reassurance for the students, it made me appreciate our Founding Families from […]
This week alone… The Tampa Bay Times published a story that reveals the bleak reality of the drastic decline in teacher preparation programs. 40% for one of our local universities. Within a thread discussing education, I saw veteran teachers sharing […]
A few days ago I saw a photo posted in an education group that made me furious. I wrote a response. I deleted it. Then I repeated the pattern until I thought it was best to sit on it before […]
Most teachers pack it up for the summer. By the last day, work is away, walls are covered up, and in some cases-copies are already even prepared for the following year. That did not happen for us this year for […]
Teachers-Were you counting down the days to freedom? Were you praying that you wouldn’t have any behavior issues? Were you utterly exhausted? Students-Were you counting down the days to freedom? Were you praying for a fun activity-finally? Were you utterly […]
If you have been following Indi-ED for a while, you may understand that we do a lot differently-intentionally. How and why our students are aligned are one of those differences. Our cohorts are compromised of 5-7 like-minded students. Abilities and […]
As this school year comes to a close, we are not asking our students to sit back and count down the days in an attempt to hurry through undesired time together. Actually, it’s quite the opposite. Our students are sad. […]
We only have 30 student days left this year and I’m truthfully a little bummed. (Bummed because I’m actually enjoying my job and because I’ll miss my students and their families. Only a little bummed because I know that they’ll […]
Thanks to our ridiculously kind and genuinely supportive Indi-ED families, on Saturday, they put on one heck of a fundraising event for our students. We laughed until our cheeks hurt as nationally renowned comedians generously shared their talents on our […]
Indi-ED’s way of work dictates that we strive for MORE. Every day. From the way that we actually design our curriculum around our students. Yes, our spring break was spent redesigning our curriculum (again) based on our students’ interests and […]