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TagNeighborhood Observations
Our final assignment from our Dimensions of Multicultural/Global Awareness class reads as follows:
“Chicago and its collar suburbs ..
Selfless Teaching “It’s Not About Me”
Everyone says teaching is a noble profession. What does it really mean to be a selfless teacher? How does a teacher balance meeting st..
Redefining Success
I thought I’d share a second reflection from my multicultural class, as it has been absorbing a lot of my brain space the past couple ..
Multicultural Dimensions Class—What is Success in a Classroom?
This semester Cohort 20 from the Art Education MAT program has a J-term (January term) course with Cohort 20 from the Elementary Educa..
Writing Over Break?
I don’t know if it’s because I have so much to do (that’s never stopped me before) or because I take the term “break” literary, but I ..
More Than Just Writing
It’s so much easier to answer, “I teach,” when someone asks what I do for a living than to say I’m a writer, but at the core of everyt..
Looking Forward
Whenever I have even a small amount of downtime, I inevitably start forward thinking. Usually when this happens, the future seems very..
2013 is Here!!
Yes, it is! We’ve all got our resolutions and are looking forward to this year. I’ve got a lot on my plate: finishing up my thesis; te..
Teacher Artwork Sample Number Two: High School!
This is one of thousands of Sol LeWitt’s large scale wall drawings.
One of my first blog posts was about my first teacher artwork samp..
Lesson Plan Equal Groups
I am particularly proud of a recent lesson plan I wrote with my classmate Gabby White. It’s a second grade math lesson on investigatin..