This month I finished my 20th year as a teacher. A few years into my career, I almost left it behind. I had finished my fourth year, and it was particularly bad for both professional and personal reasons. I had a really hard time finding a job. I finally found one about October””teaching preschool. The…
As E. T. Bell says, “Time makes fools of us all.” Months have gone by, and I haven’t written anything on this blog, but it doesn’t mean I haven’t been writing. I have actually taken up letter-writing again, and I have been trying to send letters somewhat regularly to my grandfather, who just turned 92…
I’ve been thinking about this blog post for a couple of months. I have also had several conversations in that time that led me to believe the issue of what we decide we have time for is an important issue to explore. A lot of people ask me how I have time to do the…
I never have enough time to teach everything I want to teach — at least not the way I want to teach it. I have found myself frustrated this year after writing some very good UbD units, only to find I have to cut out parts in order to finish the work in the amount…
