The Deskless Classroom

In my house, summer is a verb. To summer means... Sitting on the front porch at sunset drinking chilled white wine (or jalapeño ma...

Last year, I decided to put a bunch of time into what I called The Great Organizational Project. My idea was that I needed a systematic way ...

On sharing a classroom:       I share my deskless classroom with a desk-full classroom teacher.      I never in a million years thought i...

Many elementary teachers know that some kids truly need supports to learn.  These supports are frequently written into IEPs and 504 plans.  ...

BTS nights are pretty challenging, I think. This year, when I was at the school for 14 hours, certainly was! The way we do it at our scho...

Quick post between meetings because something REALLY COOL just happened: Several of my Spanish 2 kids had to leave for a cross country mee...

 My goal to write once a week has fallen desperately by the wayside.  Progress reports, parent-teacher conferences, 7th grade 3-day snowshoe...

When I started at my current job, I was surprised that little attempt had been made by previous teachers (or teachers of younger grades) to...

Today, after yesterday's frustrations, I sat down with two of my most motivated, unafraid-to fail at anything classes and asked: What d...

My gut reaction is YES!  Especially those who are "high" academically.  And I'll tell you why: I have a class of "faster...

Thorns: last night after school I had 3 pins that were holding some wrist ligaments together removed. It was an outpatient, fairly minor p...

This afternoon, in lieu of a staff meeting, our faculty, board, and some parents screened the movie Most Likely to Succeed . The movie has ...