Over the years, my thought process has changed significantly in terms of the system of education I support. I have gone from believing in the critical need for private Christian education to protect from theContinue reading
Category: education
Education and Race
It should come as no surprise to anyone that education holds a special place in my heart. From my youngest years, I knew I wanted to become a teacher. That journey took quite a fewContinue reading
The End
I never imagined that the year would end like this. On Monday, April 20th, the governor announced that in-person classes would not resume this school year. When they first announced the then temporary closure, IContinue reading
Thinking About the Next Steps
When you reflect on your teaching practice with the goal of becoming the best educator you can be, you learn to look at the whole child, to see their needs and their strengths. You learn how to help them and hold them accountable. If done right, you cannot help but become intricately invested in these amazing human beings.
Teach Every Student
In every school you find them, those teachers who appear to hate or at the very least dislike kids, the ones who most frequently complain yet demand appreciation from everyone for their daily sacrifices, theContinue reading
Full but not Overwhelmed
I knew that once school started, I would have a lot on my plate. I had normal everyday school obligations plus the ones I have taken on voluntarily. Last week and the week before IContinue reading
Thirst for Knowledge and Challenge
I have discussed this before but as I sat in a full day of grad classes for my school leadership degree, I believed that I should revisit the topic. It is something consuming a largeContinue reading
Saying Goodbye
In two days, I will walk out the doors of my school as an employee for the last time. I knew that this day might come but always hoped that it would not. Even withContinue reading
Relationship Building and Field Trips
When this post goes live, I will be somewhere in the nation’s capital, guiding 29 seventh graders through history, opening their eyes, hopefully, to things they have never seen before. This trip marks the fifthContinue reading
Politics and Education
Over the past couple years, a protest movement has spread across the country, driven primarily by classroom teachers. Some well-known protests and strikes took place in the following states and cities. In Oklahoma, teachers leftContinue reading