After An Educator's Journey

Out of the classroom & into the universe

Once upon a time, I taught 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders. Now I’m retired and working on new ventures.

I taught second, third and fourth graders. Teaching was my passion and joy for 30 years. And it didn’t hurt that they called me “mom” sometimes.

Tag: back-to-school

Scheduling (I’m dancing as fast as I can)

August 9, 2014

How do you start planning for a new school year? I begin with thinking about my daily schedule. At the beginning of my career, this was more problematic because teachers weren’t given all the contributing factors (like lunch, recess, and special schedules) until the day before the kids came. That made for a long night…
August

August 3, 2012

Some people watch for the Back-to-School advertisements to gauge how near we are to the end of summer break. I use crickets. When I can hear the crickets, I know it’s time to give some extra attention to planning for the Fall. It’s a bittersweet sound for me; the mornings where I can linger over…