Do you find yourself spending a TON of money at the beginning of the school year? Me too! To help teachers ease that financial burden, the Dairy Queen® system has launched the Orange Julius® Treat for Teachers essay contest, presented by Orange Julius at DQ®, which gives teachers an opportunity to receive funding for classroom […]
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Our challenge this week was to discuss our philosophy of education…I’m going to cheat, 🙂 and offer up this quote and these two posts that I think directly reflect my opinions of what I think a school should look like. What can you do in 16 days? If… What do you think?
Philosophy of Education, Teamann-ized #SAVMP Read More »
I had never planned to be administrator. My Master’s degree isn’t in administration. It’s in Technology and Curriculum Integration, one of the very few options at the time. (In 2005, technology in the classroom wasn’t at all in demand the way it is today!) I think I’ve always Mentoring and being mentored is an
Why I lead…and why you should too! #SAVMP Read More »
During our fabulous pre conference, we had a great session from our primary ELA team. I love their sessions because they are always research based…and they work in technology! They used a back channel to ask questions during their session. It was integration at its finest. The discussion centered around read alouds and the benefits
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Remind 101 is a free service that allows you to send text messages to groups of people. You can do it from your phone or your computer. The best part (other than the ease and free-ness!) is that you can send messages and parents in your class and they won’t see YOUR phone number. Did
Remind 101 with elementary kids? You betcha! Read More »
I had a fabulous Luna Lion text me today a super cute bulletin board idea. I don’t even know if I have a bulletin board at Watson, but her text sent me on a mission to find as many “social” savvy boards as I could, JIC. We had a “Lions Love Technology” board full of
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This post is cross posted from Connected Principals. Today I had the opportunity to sit in on an MST vision planning meeting in preparation for the 2013-2014 year. I am changing campuses next year and my new campus is Watson MST. The MST stands for Math, Science, & Technology. There is a strand
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There are certain situations in life that are an automatic reaction. Red light, stop. Phone rings, answer it. Troy Aikman on TV, stop and watch. As an educator, I wish there was a way to turn off our “automatic” mode. One of the bigger moments in my back to school world as a teacher came
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This past spring I contemplated several changes to my career path. Some very similar to what I am doing now…some were very different. I mentally went back and forth with people I trust and people who know my heart. I have loved being an assistant principal at Luna. I couldn’t imagine learning how to do
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I like goals. I like lists. I especially like crossing things OFF of a list of goals. Thus far in 2013, I have marked off several that were important to me…both professionally and personally. With the upcoming start of the school year (I go back next Tuesday.) I wanted to get a second set of
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