10 Reasons Why You Should Move to Montana to Teach

11 Strategies Teachers Can Use to Deal With Difficult Adults

Wouldn’t you like to never talk to or be around certain people ever again? Your brain wants to tell your mouth so many things, but as an educator, you need to show unbelievable restraint. In the job you get to experience the joy of being able to work with some amazing people…. And unfortunately, you…

Teacher Self Care: 5 Strategies for Giving Yourself Time to Recoup… So You’re Able to Give More of Yourself

Have you heard of the saying, “Covid Fatigue?” Imagine a classroom full of students with bright eyes and happy faces. All the students are dancing in the classroom and singing a song about obtuse, acute, right, and straight angles. Their arms stretched out matching the type of triangle in which they sing as they continue…

“If not us, then who?” – 7 Reasons Why Remote Learning Options NEED to Be a Permanent Part of Public Education

“Never let a good crisis go to waste…” – Winston Churchill We can fight the idea of remote learning becoming a mainstay in public education. In fact, it’s pretty easy to pick on. We know it isn’t as strong a method of instruction as compared to learning onsite and face to face. You would…

3 + 3 = COVID19: Solutions for Remote Learning Under Stay-at-Home Orders

We need to look ahead to August….NOW! Though many of us are optimistic that students and staff will be back in the building in the fall, I worry we are not being proactive enough with our students and staff. We know what the virus can do and how it can devastate a family and disrupt…

COVID-19 REALITY: 5 Reasons Why Teachers are Working Harder Now than They Ever Have

I was absolutely appalled that there are meme’s and conversations posted about teachers not working right now. Yes, governors across the nation have issued school closures, but we are far from closed educationally! Where does this stigma come from against educators? I feel like no matter what we do, we are always under scrutiny. We…

Be Visionary: 6 Ways the Corona Virus Outbreak Offers the Perfect Opportunity to Bring Real Change to Education

This year a triple murder occurred in my community and adjacent to my school which caused a closure… we then had a district wide closure for a bomb threat… and now a closure for the Corona Virus. To say my school has been hit hard by school closures this year is an understatement. The Corona…

Leadership in Teaching: 5 Reasons to Rise

“I could never do your job,” is something I hear often. I want to quip back, “Yes, yes you can!” Leadership is not just about what you do but what you can inspire, encourage and empower others to do. - Jon Gordon After reading the Energy Bus, by Jon Gordon, I have been fascinated with…

9 Reasons to Give “THAT” Kid Some Extra Attention

You know that one student who may drive you nuts, who may test all the boundaries, and who makes you lose sleep at night? Yes, “that” kid! As a principal, my goal is for teachers to have tools to use with “that” kid in order to keep him or her in the classroom. I continually…

8 Reasons Why Blogging Can Support Your Growth as an Educator

“You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.” ― Octavia E. Butler We want our students to be good writers. We want them to be…