In a little less than 48 hours, I'll be off to my first conference of the year.  I've had the opportunity to attend several summer t...

One of my favorite parts about the post-DEN event bliss is the rejuvenated, optimistic, joyful attitude I have toward teaching.   Today we...

Since it's October 31st, I should probably revisit my { October goals } that I set earlier this month. 1)  For the love of all thi...

As I { previously shared }, I got through about half of my { September } goals...and that's okay. Let's do some goal setting for O...

Last evening, I had the distinct pleasure of attending another DEN event.  I wasn't quite a presenter, but I wasn't quite a regular ...

In the fall of 2012, I was sent to yet another professional development training.  I prepped for a sub and showed up at Chaparral High Schoo...

Day 21: Favorite Quote As a teacher, I often look for inspirational quotes when I'm having one of those days.  Those days, when the te...

I was talking with another member of my DEN tribe about his first day of teaching fifth grade.  Mr. C, you'll be great! Don't sweat ...

One of the break out sessions from DENSI 2015 was on doodling as a strategy for note taking and I had the opportunity to try it out yesterda...

My last few days of summer are here and honestly, I'm quite okay with it. I had an amazing summer and will return to work feeling re...

This sketch has been all over my newsfeed this morning.  Thank you DEN tribe for sharing. Just spreading some teacher love as we all ...

After much reflection (and reading others' blogs), here are some of my take-aways from DENSI 2015: 1) People matter.   One of m...