One of the reasons that I did NOT want to pursue administration was that I LOVED teaching so much. I’ll skip the whole story of how I became a principal to how I now LOVE my job as a principal and still keep active in teaching. When I did become a principal, I told myself … [Read more…]
If you don’t know what’s going on in Wisconsin right now, then you should probably pay attention. Governor Walker is trying to pass a bill to address the state deficit that includes taking away collective bargaining rights from unions of state employees. How will that help the deficit? I have yet to learn how it … [Read more…]
Last year I had a second grade teacher come to me at the start of the year to ask my permission to change her literacy block to implement The Daily Five that she had read about over the summer. I had never heard about The Daily Five, but asked her to tell me how it … [Read more…]
Blog #3 of 14inFebruary Challenge Today I attended a convention that I had been looking forward to for months. Our district paid for 10 of us to attend it to see “The Sisters” because we are going to be implementing the Daily 5 reading structure in all grade levels next year (we already have 9 … [Read more…]
*blog #2 of the February 14 Challenge Blogging is not on the top of my priority list. In fact if you look through my previous blog posts, I’m not even sure if I can call myself a blogger, because it’s certainly not a part of my regular practice (but it should be….see my prevues post … [Read more…]
I first began blogging almost 2 years ago, when I just wanted an “official” way to reflect. I started out my principalship with the intentions of journaling and only filled in 3 pages of my notebook by the end of the year. As a new principal in a rural district, I was craving dialogue with … [Read more…]