Tonight and through the next week I will be writing daily about the week in videos, content, developments in curriculum, assessment tools, data collection, connection, soccer games, bowling and how I am trying to grab 20+ hours of work in less time than that.
read more »In my current position as a teacher I strive to motivate and promote the creativity of my students and colleagues with my level of commitment and positive attitude. I have always believed in collaboration; and, I work hard to combine many different ideas into one feasible model with achievement and consistency always acting as the…
read more »As you may know, Apple donated iPads to all current Teach For America Corps Members… pretty amazing, I know! I’m really excited to pick mine up on Sunday and play around with it. However, while I can think of about a million Apps I’ll immediately want to download for my own personal enjoyment, I don’t…
read more »This weekend is the first time I’ve felt a tinge of relief that I am not yet in the classroom. I will be teaching 3 and 4 year-olds. How do you explain to small children who have only ever known what it is to live in this post-9/11 world how their city, their country, their…
read more »That’s the transition to expect from Institute to the first weeks of school. Seriously, unreal. I feel that even with the insane hours of work and stress and no sleep this summer, I was still not prepared for the chaos of my first solo flight as a first grade teacher. I cry every day. Sometimes…
read more »Teaching, Education Policy, Progress, Practice, Futures
read more »Here are some photos of the bulletin board my co-teachers and I made for our students this summer. The whole thing was actually even better: as part of our theme, every student had a car that was used for attendance, but also represented the rewards they were getting for putting in strong effort in the…
read more »And by “excerpt,” I mean the majority of the e-mail. After writing it, I realised it’s pretty much everything I would want to tell people to give them an overview of where I am right now. I’ll be working in the South Bronx, in a largely Hispanic and African immigrant community. I’m really excited about…
read more »Things during Institute got crazy, and it was hard to write… hard to know what to say. Then, after Institute, I just couldn’t bring myself to write. However, I’m back now, and better than ever. The last few weeks have been a rollercoaster. Between worrying about placement and the impending start of grad school classes,…
read more »Teaching is like giving a gift, every day, to a ton of people. So I guess it’s more like giving a lot of gifts, every day. These gifts don’t cost much money, only time, energy, and love. For me, I will be giving gifts every day to a bunch of 3- and 4-year-olds, and what…
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