Main Student-Centerd Learning: From the Core 25 Oct 202525 Oct 2025 Student-centered learning. That has such a nice ring to it. It sounds so good that if you mention it in educational circles, people will nod and smile. But while it…
Atomic Teaching Habits… The Atomic Teaching Habits 10-Pack: Small Shifts. Big Impact. 1 Jul 20251 Jul 2025 We’ve completed 10 Atomic Habits, small, powerful shifts that stack into a big impact. None of them are revolutionary. But they’re the kind of things that are forgotten if we’re…
Main Joy in Journey:Why Educators Must Lead with Heart in Challenging Times 29 Jun 2025 It’s Not Business as Usual in Education It’s a difficult time to be an educator. The entire world seems to be dealing with emotional issues, and as society works through…
Atomic Teaching Habits… Atomic Teaching Habit #10: Be Authentic in Your Classroom 24 Jun 2025 “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson That First Classroom Feeling When I was hired…
Atomic Teaching Habits… Atomic Teaching Habit #9: Reflect Often — The 5-Minute Practice That Transforms Your Teaching 15 Jun 202514 Jun 2025 “We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience.”— John Dewey My son, Mac, just turned 10 the other day. I can’t believe I’m even typing that…
Atomic Teaching Habits… Atomic Teaching Habit #8: Transform Your Classroom with Goal Setting 14 Jun 202514 Jun 2025 “Begin with the end in mind.” – Stephen Covey Road Trips and Teaching Have One Thing in Common: A Destination I'm planning a summer family road trip that will begin…
Atomic Teaching Habits… Atomic Teaching Habit #7: Talk Less, Teach More:How to Build a Student-Centered Classroom 10 Jun 202510 Jun 2025 "The person doing the talking is the person doing the learning." I love to present. I really enjoy the opportunity to speak to a group of people. I also love…
Main 40 book challenge: Why Kids Hate Reading And How The Book Whisperer Inspires Change 9 Jun 20259 Jun 2025 I was 14 years old in 9th grade when they slapped Great Expectations down in front of me and said I was going to have to read it. I didn't…
Atomic Teaching Habits… Atomic Habit #6: Let Go and Let Students Create 8 Jun 2025 “You can’t discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – André Gide I have three children, and we like to go out to…
Atomic Teaching Habits… Atomic Habit #5: Transform Your Classroom by Doing the Opposite 7 Jun 2025 “There are some things one can only achieve by a deliberate leap in the opposite direction.” — Franz Kafka The Magnetic Pull of Traditional Schooling The other day, I arrived…