For those of us in the field of education, we’ve never thought of our jobs as Sales. Yet, I believe that’s exactly what our job is each and every day. You see, our product is education – in the form of lessons, units, projects, and initiatives. Our customers are the Read more…
When I think back over my professional journey this last year, I am reminded of one of my favorite movie lines compliments of Ferris Bueller: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around for a while, you could miss it.” To say that my professional life has Read more…
2003-2010: A good chunk of my professional teaching career has been spent in my classroom building lessons, researching, and grading. I’ve always considered myself a non-expert/learner in my subject areas of English and History – totally comfortable with my learning curve since that meant there was room for my students Read more…
Walking into the Google Teacher Academy experience, I hadn’t actually sat down to think about my expectations. I spent so much time processing that it was happening that I forgot to think about what I expected out of it. I knew a good number of the attendees through our Voxer Read more…
There are few moments in our lives as educators that we get to see the benefits of our hard work. Occasionally, a student might write a letter or drop into our classroom a few years after they’ve graduated to tell us that they appreciated “bla, bla, and bla.” Or maybe you’ll Read more…