Parents are a vital part of our students success. Parents, students, and teachers need to work together to provide the best educational opportunities possible for our children. One of our goals as educators is to improve family engagement. Although, our school offers a variety of learning activities, I wanted to challenge myself with a new project of bringing parental involvement to a…
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We tend to put self-care tactics on the back burner when we get busy. We start cutting corners to save ourselves a few minutes in our days. As the school year begins, we as teachers tend to put everything else on hold to get our classrooms up and running and take care of our students. During this pandemic, taking care…
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I started listening to these podcasts for teacherpreneurs in the morning while I got ready for work. When I retired from the classroom, I started listening to podcasts more frequently. It is what I listen to while drinking my coffee in the morning. I listen to it on a long car ride and long walks on the beach (seriously). I…
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2017 started as a great year I received the honor of Teacher of the Year for Phenix City Schools. That school year was one of my most exceptional years, and I felt like I was where I needed to be in life. On the last day of school, I missed a doctor’s office call because we were in a faculty meeting. When…
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Teachers are stressed because of the unrealistic expectations they have to meet. On top of that, we are observed and told that we have not met the unrealistic expectations. Let me share some of the things that led me to quit teaching. The observation tool was used with teachers ranging from Pre-K to 12th grade in my state. I taught first…
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