The fruitful balance
With just about a week left on campus and then two weeks at home, it’s not long until I will be in Atlanta. Hopefully the sun will be shining and good company plentiful as we roll up our sleeves and...
View ArticleMay 8 so long ago…
As a friend pointed out this week, my last post in early May was indeed so long ago! Since then, I’ve graduated, completed induction and institute with TFA, and found a place to live here in Atlanta....
View Article7 percent…
This morning I’m full of joy and anticipation as I look to the school year in just two weeks. These past two weeks have been quite enjoyable and imperative to feeling settled for the school year....
View ArticleSome highpoints on the journey
Administrators at my placement school routinely prescribed “engaging lessons” as a remedy for nearly every classroom problem. Yet so many teachers, who were well-liked and regarded as effective,...
View ArticleEnough to be dangerous
As TFA corps members, many of us entered teaching with a great passion for education and educational equity. We cared about our kids and would attempt to do that which was in our “locus of control” to...
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