As August draws to a close, my teacher friends and I have spent more and more time in coffee shops, in each other’s apartments, and even by pools. What are we doing? We’re PLANNING! Planning for procedures, for units, for goals, and most importantly for students. And exciting news! I get to teach English 3,… [Read more…]
July 8, 2010
We had our very first graduating class of SBTSchool on June 21st! All of the teachers participated, and we were all all very proud of our graduates. Can you find me? Miss SBT? This is one of my favorite students – B.M. I was so proud of him for graduating. Doesn’t he look fancy in… [Read more…]
July 8, 2010
Hi All, I interrupt my summer full of A+ Credit Recover Software and watching my new Animal Planet obsession to update you lovely people on my teacher life! I’m not really being that leisurely, but I’ll wrap up the school year before I fill y’all in on the summer so far. I started this blog… [Read more…]
March 22, 2010
And for my hiatus I apologize, but just like October and November are dark teacher times, so, apparently, is February. March has been looking up, but I still feel mostly overwhelmed with work. More days than in the Fall though, I have time to read, or watch a half hour of TV, or cook. So… [Read more…]
December 21, 2009
Today is the first snow day of the year! Very exciting, actually, since I really wasn’t expecting it. We got a lot of snow – a foot, maybe a little more? – but I remembered the more recent DC school closings, ever since my high school started following the DC public schools. We NEVER had… [Read more…]
September 16, 2009
Yesterday was a little scary. Not in terms of my personal safety, but in terms of the reality check that I (and my coworkers) received, and in terms of the reminder of what our students deal with every day. A student (female) came to one of the lunchtime aides and said that another student (male)… [Read more…]
August 28, 2009
Hi All, It’s been a VERY busy week, and I apologize for the hiatus. On Monday at 10am we had our very first Staff Meeting at SBTschool. It was already about 87 degrees when I navigated my way in the car down below Washington Avenue in an area called “Grey’s Ferry,” which I hadn’t thought… [Read more…]
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