By: Shannan C. Rose Testing day, observations, curriculum plans, differentiation, team meetings, and PD’s to help you in the classroom, but are these really helping? The stressors and time management feel hopeless for most teachers. Educators have had to learn and engage students differently, let alone the learning gaps to bring students to grade level. […]
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How to Quit Teaching in 2022 (Part 2)
Part 2: Searching Smarter, Not Harder Is your 2022 new year’s resolution to quit teaching? Congratulations on making this big decision. I know personally that it’s not an easy one. Seven months into my job search, I have been hired for several contract roles as a curriculum designer and adult learning facilitator. But I’m still […]
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Communication – Simple, Respectful, Can Be the Achilles Heel for Special Needs Parents
“The pen is the tongue of the mind.” – Horace, Roman Poet The power of the pen wields so much more than just getting one’s voice into the world. And we all know how powerful the tongue is. Proverbs 18:21 puts it this way: “The tongue has the power of life and death” (Bible, New International […]
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“This Book Saves Lives!” Why You Should Teach The Stars Beneath Our Feet.
In my eighth-grade English Language Arts classroom, reading was an experience. It was an opportunity to connect, express, discuss, motivate, and debate. No book demonstrated this more than The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore. There will be NO spoilers in this piece (well nothing that you can’t find out by reading the […]
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How to Quit Teaching in 2022
Part 1: Preparing for Your Search Is quitting teaching one of your new year’s resolutions? You’re not alone. Teacher attrition has always been a problem in education. Now teachers are in the midst of a pandemic and a battle over a historically accurate, anti-racist curriculum. If you’re ready to quit teaching in 2022, I want to […]
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The Gifted Child Checklist: They Come in All Varieties
The common theory is that high achieving students are the students that need the enrichment of gifted education classes. When, in reality, gifted kids come in all varieties. First, a little background: I was a gifted education kid, my daughter is a gifted education kid, and now I’m earning my certification in gifted education. I’ve […]
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10 Books That Changed My Teaching Practice
There’s no shortage of teaching books out there, but here are 10 of my absolute must-reads. While they aren’t all strictly teaching books, that’s by design. The more I’ve learned about history, policy, and the human condition, the better teacher I’ve become. Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta Hammond Why it’s a must-read: […]
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Opinion: January 6th is Not Up for Debate
Stephen Colbert famously said, “Facts have a well-known liberal bias.” The satirical statement doesn’t feel as funny in the current era of rampant misinformation and The Big Lie. A year ago today, January 6th, a violent attack on the United States Capitol happened. It was a result of a toxic stew cooked up by Donald […]