Something I pride myself in is building strong relationships with my students. Do they love all of the content they engage with? Probably not. Do they like math more than when we first started working together? I hope so. Do they engage with me in meaningful conversation about this, that…

It is final exams week, which normally is a celebratory time of the year because of the opportunities to spent time with family and friends. But I sit here in reflection and cannot help but think about something that a student told me last school year. A little backstory: like…

Take a moment to think about the purpose of grades. What comes to mind? Historically speaking, grades were verbal reports from the teacher to parents about what students knew and could do, as well as areas in which they could improve (Brookhardt et al). …

Scary, right? Well, that’s what I look like in my classroom. Sometimes I pretend I am a ghost. As a ghost, I am invisible, float around, and just listen. …

It has been quite a while since I last wrote about grades. In that time, I have tried a bunch of things, received feedback from many (students, parents/guardians, staff), revised my practices, and also learned a few fun facts along the way. A few months ago, my principal sent out…

Mindset. ICYMI: it has been one of the most trendy things in education over the past few years thanks to Carol Dweck’s book of the same name. But something that I have noticed and heard from peers is that teaching students how to growth mindset is quite a challenge. But based…

A little over twenty years ago, His Royal Airness Michael Jeffrey Jordan, aka the GOAT, released the following statement:

I have made it to my fifth year of teaching, and I do not have the urge to leave the profession. It is weird for me to say this because data shows that approximately 17% of new teachers leave the profession within their first five years of teaching (s/o to…

One lovely Wednesday evening while on the Twitter (many moons ago), some folks in my PLN and I were exchanging tweets during #sblchat. Always a great conversation, an idea started brewing…. Next year, I think it would be neat to engage students and parents in an activity to show how…