education reform Archives

14 Jan 2019

5 BIGGEST MISTAKES I’ve Made As A Teacher

In the teacher social media space, there's been a lot of talk of how discouraging it could be as a teacher to see all these other teachers online doing amazing things in their classrooms while you feel you're just trying to make it through the day. I talk about why I think that happens but also wanted to share some of my biggest mistakes I've made as a teacher in an effort to avoid only sharing successes from the classroom. [This used to be a previous blog but thought I'd turn into a video reflection.] 1:16 - Feeling the need…

Reflecting on ‘Building A Better Teacher’

Just finished up 'Building A Better Teacher' by Elizabeth Green. I anticipated a book that would discuss teacher preparation programs in the US and how we can do better. I was surprised by how much of the book seemed to focus on the history and development of an inquiry-based approach in a math classroom (which being a math teacher, I loved). I think Green went in that direction since math education seems to be where our teachers are lacking direction the most. The latter half focused more on the developments in teacher preparation programs (triumphs and failures) as well as…