Too Many Options
Students today have no idea how good they have it. They have access to more knowledge, more content, more material, more instructors, m...
Teaching in an AI World
ChatGPT came out in the fall of 2022 and undoubtedly change the world. Now there is a public AI for almost any niche. Teachers, adminis...
Mastering Parent Communication
When you study education in college, they tell you how important communicating with parents and engaging the community is.
As a wide...
Pay Attention!
The 2009-2010 school year was a rough one for me. It was my second year teaching. Usually the first year is the worst. Fortunately, my ...
Learning to Fail and Failing to Learn
There are several professions where failure is catastrophic. They're fairly obvious, but for the sake of argument, I've made a short li...
How I Structured My Class
This may or may not work for you, but it worked extremely well for me my last two years in the classroom.
In the summer of 2020, I j...
Teaching is a Tough Profession
Let’s face it. Teaching is a TOUGH profession. Capital T Tough. Critics may say you only work 9 months out of the year and you end your...
The Struggles of Underpaid, Under Resourced Teachers
In a world prioritizes fame, fortune, influencers, and flashy careers, we often overlook the everyday heroes who shape society’s future...
You just changed my life!
During the summer of 2020 I had the chance to train teachers on our school district’s new learning management system. It was full-on pa...
Teachers Need Their Time Back
Fall of 2017 I switched to a new (to me) school. I was part of a highly anticipated pilot program. An old school from the 50’s that had...