My family and I arrived home from a great two days away as I attended a day working with our Teachers’ Association President and then we decided that it would be nice to just spend another day away. We arrived home tired but happy from two days of just being away. This morning we were…
School has been back for 4 days. We started three days before the long weekend and now today. Thus far it’s been a great start to the year. Now, I was hoping to do all kinds of reading and blogging this summer but, alas, the best laid plans of crickets and men. (We have a…
Schools are beginning to reawaken after a summer siesta – in North America and parts of Europe anyways. I’m still three weeks out from starting day and in the midst of a major house reno so I’m not really thinking too much about school although it has drifted across my vision a few times. The…
I’ve just enjoyed a fresh glass of lemonade. The summer has been a very hectic one. I’m doing way more work building houses that I thought I would be and this has really cut into the time I was expecting to be doing other things. I have not been keeping up with my reading or…
This past week has been very busy as I have been working in construction/painting fields, something I did before I turned to the profession of education. There have been some really long days which, combined with working in some warm temperatures, have left me with little energy for any type of work except reading. I…
The true symbol of being a teacher? Your daily planner. I still remember getting my first planner. It was exciting! It symbolized that I had arrived and was truly a teacher! I remember being some upset when I made a mistake in numbering the days (I was always planning ahead!). So I found some whiteout…
Human relations are so important as an educator. Each day we are required to interact with many different people in a variety of different ways. As an administrator, I’ve learned that what I say is not always what the other person hears and, I am responsible for what it is I have said/written. If I…