I am confident in saying that most educators remember their first year of teaching, or at least remember parts of it in the blur that it...

One of the most common questions I get in regards to the way that educators may disengage or the topics on educator mental health that I...

I swore when I left the classroom that I would not forget what it was like to be a teacher. It’s one of the main complaints I hear about...

When I first started teaching “meet them where they’re at” was becoming more and more of a common phrase as workshops and differentiation...

When I was younger I would fall in and out of “love” easily. A new relationship was fun and exciting and the adrenaline from the newness...

Because it’s the beginning of the new year I have been watching everyone put out tweets and posts about New Year’s resolutions and...

I recently came across this quote: Life happens on the edges. We can’t find the next place on our journey until we discover the edge...

One of the most powerful professional decisions I ever made was to develop relationships with mentors. I have a few different mentors to...

I’ve gone back into therapy. I’m not embarrassed. If my arm was broken I’d go to the doctor. I’m proud that I make decisions that get me...

I was asked to work on a new project where I was to design and develop a resource website for a school district’s technology department....

One of my favorite Ted Talks of all time is titled Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator by Tim Urban. Being a master procrastinator...

One of the characteristics that people pick out most often about me is my level of resilience. Some mix it up with tenacity and they do...

I have been unhappy lately and I don’t know why. I know I often discuss my depression and anxiety openly but this is not that. It is a...

I really believe that in education one of the most fundamental feelings we need to have is efficacy; the need to feel like we make a...

I am a firm believer in blogging to organize my thoughts and create brainspace when I have 1000 ideas and a million thoughts all crowded...

Growing your PLN is one of the most powerful things you can do for your own professional learning. Period. But, I find that people don’t...

When I taught I used to joke about how I wished I would have kept a book all along about putting together words that I never thought I’d...

We are beginning to recognize the value of balance in education. Finally, people are starting to understand that handing yourself over...

I often get asked how I re-engaged back into loving education. And I do love it. Like everyone, I have difficult weeks. Loving what you...

I have been paying special attention lately to what I need to do to be a good leader and in order to do that, I need to reflect on the...