If you're here from social media, then you already know the news. I have officially resigned from my current teaching position for a new job outside of the district I was in. I have worked as a teacher within Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) for the last five years. It was my first job out of … Continue reading End of a Chapter
Change is scary. Trying new things is scary. But those scary moments help us grow and they help us become better. In educational psychology, there's an idea called the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). ZPD is the ideal moment between work that is too easy and work that is too challenging. If the work is … Continue reading Do What Scares You
I think it's interesting how, even as a professional, I still find myself in training. Training is not a bad thing. It helps me to become better in different aspects of my life. I start training tomorrow for my next school year. I have two days of district training and two days of school training … Continue reading Training
I was reminded this past weekend of just how many people I have around me. Many of these are people who want me to succeed and do well. I am so thankful that I have them to support and encourage me. My brain likes to tell me that I have to do it all by … Continue reading Support System
It's Teacher Appreciation Week! It's the time of year where you buy little trinkets for your students teachers that they don't really need! I'm just kidding. As a teacher myself, I love receiving gifts from students or admin to show that they care. But more than the gift itself, it's the thought that counts. I … Continue reading Appreciating Teachers
So often, I feel like I am living life at full speed. I have goals, progress, and changes I am working towards. I am in the last stretch of my current school year, and I am eagerly looking towards summer and all the things I will be able to do with more time. I also … Continue reading One Day at a Time
This is a term I've come up with for myself, and it's something I'm starting to really love. As I was researching in making sure this wasn't anything else to avoid confusion, I came across the 75 Hard and the 75 Soft. Those refer to following certain health plans for 75 days to help your … Continue reading Soft Days
Here in America, it is the week of the Super Bowl. This is the culmination of the professional football season. I want to provide a history lesson of how we got to this point ahead of the game itself. As I've talked about before, games and sports have an incredibly long history. People have been … Continue reading History of the Super Bowl
Because I'm a teacher, about 85% of my job is relationships. I need to have good relationships with my students and good relationships with my administration. Thus year has unfolded very differently than I anticipated, some of it good and some of it bad. But a lot of it boils down to the relationships I … Continue reading Building Professional Relationships
I've been rolling this idea in my head for a while, and I think now I'm finally ready to write it. This is a little different than some of the other posts I've written recently. But, as always, I believe in sharing what is on my mind. I was talking to a coworker the other … Continue reading Cost
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