Nobody is perfect and we all make mistakes. This is a conversation that takes place at least weekly in my office, sometimes daily, and recently, multiple times in a day. As I sit thinking about the idea of apologizing when a mistake, poor judgement, or hurtful action has taken place, when and to whom to apologize is very nuanced. Some people don’t feel like they are in the wrong, some people just don’t care that they were in the wrong, and some people don’t have the words to express remorse at being wrong. And sometimes right and wrong are not…
Teacher Appreciation Shouldn’t be Once a Year!
Especially this year. Just sayin’. This has been a year that has pushed educators to the edge, from the principal’s office all the way to the custodial crew…we have all had things added to our already full educational plates. Who are we kidding…I think we traded in plates for platters becasue that’s what educators do. We make it work. We find a way. We do the work and we educate the kids. And sometimes the parents. This year, in addition to the design and delivery of instruction, assessment and data analysis, differentiated instruction and MTSS groupings, collaboration and professional development,…
Lessons From the Past, Reflections for the Future
I think as parents, our parenting is heavily influenced by our parents, just not in the ways that many people think. I’ll clarify: yes, I take many of the same parenting approaches that my mom took when raising me, from discipline to values….just as I see my children using many of those same strategies with their children. But I feel like there is a deeper undercurrent to that influence, something that speaks to the inner self of who our parents were as people and how they raised us, and the inner selves of who we are and how we raise…