Bleak: charmless, dreary, cold and miserable Last week I shared my perspective on the power that teachers and parents have when communicating with our students and children. Today I’d like to address a few other messages that are being sent […]

Master Observer, Communicator & Redirector are three of my teaching superpowers. None are listed on my resume, but after today I may consider including them. By listening and observing and then communicating, I can calm a room, change a child’s […]

This week I read an article on a local mom’s facebook group that reported that Pinellas County schools will try to implement a “competency-based innovation pilot program” aka- a personalized learning program. My initial reaction: Why only in two schools […]

Today our country celebrates a man who represents more than one blog post could do justice. We celebrate a man who stood for equality. A leader who was an agent of change. An activist who chose to operate out of […]

Anyone who knows me, knows that I’m not one to do things just because of social norms. I did yoga with my class 9 years ago before it was trendy, I don’t have a Twitter or Instagram account, I stood […]

You may hear this from many teachers, “I’ve always known that I wanted to be a teacher.” While that may be true, I believe that our reasons are starkly different. If I may, a moment of honesty, (and there will […]