Prologue: When I got hired, my site had just gone through WASC and a part of the expectations were PLCs or Professional Learning Communities. I’m not sure why, but they said it was “…imperative that the site explore [PLCs]”. I wasn’t here before WASC, but it could be that the site was not growing asContinue reading “Classroom Upgrade”
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It’s been a long week
Prologue: I only intended to write once this week. And make a post about it. But this week was hell. I know there has been worse. Especially in January. But I think there was so much going on. I think this reflected the epitome of what normalizing work within a pandemic is like. It’s aContinue reading “It’s been a long week”
Common Essay Mistakes 2019 v. 2020
These are common essay mistakes after the first semester of the respective school year. In 2019, I taught 9th & 10th grade and noticed that they more or less had the same types of mistakes. If they were not a high achieving student, their essay was missing a lot of components. It was really clearContinue reading “Common Essay Mistakes 2019 v. 2020”
10 Guiding Precepts
Prologue: I’m here revisiting an old draft. Like many of the things I write, they got lost or never shared. Whether that’s because of my own insecurity or it remains locked away in my notes, a journal, or the drafts. It’s been over two years since I started this space. I think it’s become lessContinue reading “10 Guiding Precepts”
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