Donate Now As I journey towards being a fully credentialed teacher in California, I am required to be enrolled in a credentialing program and pass certain tests to prove that I can, indeed, teach. My credentialing program is called Alliant “University“. Basically, the entirety of the Bay Area corps enrolls with this program because they…

Donate Now Nothing frustrates me more than when I’m entering in the data for our goal quizzes and the class average goes down to 79% at the last possible moment. We shoot for 80% mastery to meet our Big Goal, and tonight I graded a quiz on measurement. All but 5 of the kids got…

Ok, I’ll admit it. I was wrong about the 100 Book Challenge. Well, perhaps wrong is not the right word. Misinformed is more accurate. It turns out that I was pulled out of my classroom on Wednesday for something actually worthwhile (shocker!) I think that the 100 Book Challenge will turn out to be a…

After 6 days back in the classroom after break, I simply can’t decide if I’m feeling renewed or burnt. I’m certainly working much harder and more purposefully than I was before break. I have solid plans, and a solid vision. I feel like a teacher now (as opposed to feeling like a “teacher.”) These things…

I returned to my classroom this week after the craziest travel ordeal of my life. I won’t go into the messy details, but basically I am never flying on United again. Unless I need a good dose of surliness and headache. Then I’ll be sure to look them up. On Monday, M walked into my…

It is weird to think how much can change in a year. A year ago, Denver was still buried under 2 feet of snow and I was still thinking that I would be going to graduate school in psychology. Now, I live in San Jose, CA and I teach a bunch of second graders how…