If you are like me, your morning typically starts at Dunkin Donuts. Even though most times I just run in, this morning, due to the rain, I decided to go through the drive-thru. It was early and the D&D staff seemed to be moving slowly, so I found myself glancing around the inside work area […]
This past spring, I was extremely fortunate to attend a corporate leadership conference with my husband. He works for a very large Fortune 500 insurance company. Why was it fortunate for an educator to attend a corporate conference? That’s simple. As a lead learner in my classroom, I am personally responsible to guide my learners. I cannot […]
Today was a real “spark keeper”! Not only did I walk away with some fresh new ideas on how to enhance my learning environment, but I got to meet the one and only Alice Keeler @alicekeeler. If you don’t know who that is, Google her or stalk her on Twitter! You won’t be disappointed. Alice […]
Ringing in a new year always makes me stop, take pause, and reflect on the past one. Without this ritual, it is not possible for me to recognize what I did well in the past year, and what I did not so well. When I speak about doing well, it is always directly related to […]
It has taken me a week to finally process my spiritual experience from last weekend’s NJPAECET2 conference. Yes, I use the word spiritual, because eventhougth this was a professional conference, it elevated each and every soul that attended. As I review the many Twitter & blog reflections from last weekend, the resounding message seems to support […]
Recently I came across a “tweeter” named Ollie Brazier (@brazier_10) who chose the words Connect, Engage, Grow, Repeat as his backdrop to his Twitter profile. I immediately identified with these words. In fact, it struck me that this has been my summer learning pattern. Oh, what a summer of learning and sharing it has been! […]
It is at this time of year that I am forced to formally reflect on my practice as an educator. Why do I use the word forced? It is because most educators must go through some kind of summative process in the month of May or June that shows evidence of reflection. This is […]
The title of my blog post was inspired by a former colleague of mine that I do not get a chance to see very often. But when we do, our discussions always seem to revolve around how we have grown as professionals, what we know now that we didn’t know then, and our new understandings […]
Wish I took more time to blog on a weekly basis. It is an ultimate goal of mine to use blogging as a way to reflect on each week. However, I typically get caught up in other things that take priority such as work, graduate studies, and most importantly, caring for my family. This […]
“Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people … or find a different room.” Why does this quote by Michael Dell, founder of Dell corp, make so much sense to me? It should make perfect sense to all of us since it reminds us […]