How to preserve your favorite classroom memories
You might not think of it now, willing the minutes to crawl at a less glacial pace at the end of a long school day at the end of a long school...
You might not think of it now, willing the minutes to crawl at a less glacial pace at the end of a long school day at the end of a long school...
The move out of teaching starts to get super real when you need to heft your entire classroom library into boxes. And when you are faced with decisions like if you should...
Teachers leave the field for a variety of reasons-- it's rarely a single factor that motivates them to hand in their badge and (if they worked at a fancy school) their campus-issued...
It's halfway through May, and I've decided to round out my substitute teaching year. (There are two times a year I won't sub if I don't have to: late May and early...
Everything changed the last month of school when I finally decided to leave teaching at the end of the year. I chose to finish out my contract term, but then I'd be...
Even though I was a total ball of nerves every time I was formally observed, my last observation was my best– and dare I say, quite enjoyable. Here’s what I did:
In my last month of teaching before I nonrenewed my contract, I started a small business project with my fourth-graders. How I started teaching my students about business They were an entrepreneurial...
In this post, I give my advice for having that hard conversation with your principal or boss about leaving teaching.
Before you leave teaching behind, be sure to address these three simple areas with your human resources department.
You've made the decision to leave teaching, calculated how to financially make the move work, and set your gaze to your next adventure. It's exciting and exhausting, especially if you're still trying...
What other professionals can engage 20 five-year-olds sitting in a circle on a rug in a read aloud of a giant picture book half falling off an easel with a singsong voice...
There are so many skills great teachers possess that are valued in the workplace and marketplace. Teachers leave the field to pursue other avenues all the time, we just don't hear of...