Category Archives: Face 2 Face Sessions

Not All Students “POP” at the Same Time

  I saw this picture on Twitter about a year ago and it’s been on my mind ever since. It was displayed outside of a Kindergarten classroom during a parent night. For the first four years of his life, I … Continue reading

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Today I’m GRATEFUL for…

  So I tried something new this year. Every morning, I’ve taken a few seconds (sometimes minutes) to reflect on what I am grateful for that day, and I’ve been writing it on the board in my classroom for my … Continue reading

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How Much Homework is Enough?

The thing that’s been pedagogically “stuck in my craw” recently is my students’ daily homework, specifically, how much math homework is enough? Our math department’s current homework model is shown below. We have every section’s homework broken down into the … Continue reading

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Keep Calm and Cohort On: 10 Tips for Cohort Newbies

Hello new Cohort 21 members and welcome to your new life-long professional family! You are about to embark on a professional development journey that will excite you, challenge you, at times overwhelm you, and ultimately, improve you as an educator. … Continue reading

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My Head is Spinning… And I Love It!

Is it Saturday yet? I need some of that “Cohort 21 Face-to-Face” magic. Since the last F2F, I feel like my head hasn’t stopped spinning. Aside from Cohort 21, I’ve got 4 preps (never experienced this before), I’m trying to … Continue reading

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