Turned on 105.5-no more holiday music. Checked out the ABC Family listings for the day, holiday movies-gone. In the blink of an eye people are packing up the decorations and I find the whole thing a little sad. Not because […]
Last week I shared that it broke my heart (again) hearing from one of my former students about their lackluster year and how it doesn’t have to be that way. As the days leading up to our holiday break went […]
I ran into a former student and her mother yesterday. Her smile always beams and her mother is a doll. But the words that came out of her mouth after we caught up and I asked her how her year […]
This week at Indi-ED we were very busy but we had lots of fun. We took some awesome Christmas pictures. Also, we did lots of decorating. The younger group was spreading some joy, (as a part of their daily acts […]
Here in Florida, our students have the entire week of Thanksgiving off. I spent this break far differently than my past 10 years. I won’t pretend like I don’t have more on my plate this year or that I’m not […]
While our students focus on gratitude daily, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season and gives our community a way to get involved in one common purpose: to celebrate and encourage giving. Real talk, you don’t have to wait for a […]
Indi-ED is different, good different. As I’m happily tearing apart our plans and redesigning our next set of units for my students, another way that we’re “good different” is glaring me in the face. We can always PIVOT as necessary […]
As I was writing our blog post last week, I realized that the issues that we were discussing linked to an idea that was simply articulated a few months prior, but was now actually happening. This week I see a […]
Teachers will tell you that there’s a point in the year when it just starts clicking. For today, we’ll call this moment, you guessed it – the turn. When the kids understand and respect your boundaries and expectations. When the […]
With Hurricane Matthew and a professional development day, we only had 3 days this past week to introduce some new ideas but I think you’ll see a trend. After our first showcase evening, we marked the beginning of a new […]