As the summer draws to an end, students & staff across the nation are transitioning back into the classroom. School supplies, new book-bags, shoes, and clothes have all been purchased in preparation for a great academic year. Summer projects and reading logs have been completed and ready for submission. As our students are tucked in that final night of summer break, many parents are faced with suppressed thoughts and concerns for the safety of…
I remember my first year in middle school education. I truly felt like I was thrown to a pack of starving rabid wolves! I am not negating the fact that I had some wonderful students, and monumental breakthroughs with them, but it was far from easy! I entered the classroom with an undergraduate degree in Biology, a provisional teaching certificate, and a passing score on the Praxis; a teacher certification assessment. To be brutally honest, I passed the assessment by one single point!
Being an Educator is truly interesting to me! I clearly remember being a student in school, and the perspective that I had about my teachers over the years. I thought most of my teachers were super lame! To be honest, I was not the best student, and at times found myself being assigned detentions & referrals due…
“Sticks and Stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt me…” How many of us have heard, used, or shared that simple rhyme as a child? I for one, am embarrassed to say, could possibly be the root cause for a little girl having to encounter that at an early age. The origin cannot even be recalled; however, I remember calling a female…
