With only 2 weeks left until the start of the 2019-20 school year, I’m still gathering resources (mainly picture books) to share with my students. After school ended, I spent 2 days in a Culturally & Historically Responsive Literacy training at Georgia State with Dr. Gholdy Muhammad. To say the training was transformative would be … [Read more…]
Today is Thanksgiving. We are spending two short days with immediate family in Indiana, after touring four colleges with the middle child. On top of being mentally exhausted before the start of the week-long holiday, I am now physically exhausted. As a Special Education Teacher, exhaustion is typically par for the course, right? Outside of … [Read more…]
Like Michael Arceneaux, I, Too, Recite the Student Loan Serenity Prayer. This evening, I was sitting in the parking lot of ‘the place where my daughter works’ and decided to keep myself occupied by scrolling through my Twitter timeline. Since I arrived an hour early, I had time to kill. As I scrolled, I saw … [Read more…]
“I can’t believe what you say because I see what you do.” ~James Baldwin In holding myself accountable about writing more as a means of both reflection and motivation, I’m writing on this beautiful Sunday to clear my head. After our 1-day workweek last week due to snow, ice, and hazardous driving conditions, I find myself … [Read more…]