Good teachers don’t get the recognition they deserve but what if we also celebrated and recognized things like the lessons or units of the year? In other words, what if we recognized the specific… Read More →
Guest Blogger Stella Baker is an English Language Arts teacher at Owsley County Middle School. She has been teaching in Kentucky schools for 29 years. … Read More →
I’m all about a good thinking prompt, so I decided to put my head to end of the year reflective questions that could stir teacher … Read More →
I was reading the article Seven Reasons to “Go to the Tape” in ASCD and I decided to blog about how I positively changed my … Read More →
Conducting classroom walkthroughs is a useful strategy for gaining an overall picture of instruction in the building. While brief in nature, walkthrough visits yield patterns … Read More →
It seems to me we have two forces shaping educational policy: one is the call to innovate, reflected in the USDOE’s Investing in Innovation (i3) … Read More →
The end of the school year is a whirlwind of activity. As a high school principal, these things were uppermost in my mind during the … Read More →
It’s May in Kentucky and we are all hoping the rainy season is over. The Ohio River is finally easing back from flood stage. This … Read More →
Teachers view themselves as actioners, people who implement things and actions to have influence on and impact their clients, students. Those of us who teach … Read More →