One very unique part of my school’s history is that up until 8 years ago it was 3 separate small/rural schools. At that point the district consolidated its separate, old/run-down buildings and built one large new building for all of Read more…
Blog 8 of Spilling Ink Challenge Summer is a time to rejuvenate…this usually means that I finally catch up on professional reading that I’ve wanted to do all year long, but didn’t find the time for. Here’s my summer reading Read more…
Day 7 of blogging 30 days in June (that’s my new way to still meet the challenge…not necessarily every day, but 30 blog posts!) Later on I’ll be posting about my reflection on this past school year…what went well, what Read more…
Well, I skipped blogging yesterday…can I say that I made my own rule to not blog on Sundays? So, today is actually day 6 for me to blog. Compared to the rest of my peers on twitter, we are far Read more…
Day 5 of blogging each day in June for the “Spilling Ink” Challenge Last year was the first year that my staff voted on a school-wide theme for this year. We started out the year with the theme and decorations Read more…
Day 4 of blogging each day in June for the “Spilling Ink” Challenge I remember working in a previous district where my principal joked about us all getting to gether to hold hands and sing “Kumbaya” to build unity. I Read more…
Day 3 of posting a blog a day for Spilling Ink Challenge I had my baby on Friday, May 14th…a beautiful, perfect baby boy who looks identical to my first son. My maternity leave started that day…or did it? Well, Read more…
Day 2 of Spilling Ink Challenge…blogging every day in June. http://writenowtroup.blogspot.com/ I’m currently on maternity leave (well, kind of, but I’ll blog about that tomorrow), so why did I get myself into this challenge to blog everyday when I barely Read more…
I used our week long spring break to catch up and plan ahead for my maternity leave. What I couldn’t plan for at that time was the amount of time I would have to spend on hiring new staff. With Read more…
This has been quite an interesting and fast-paced year. I haven’t kept up to date with this blog or my PLN on twitter and other blogs, because I’ve made it a goal to get home in the evenings and have Read more…