Today I shared some of my work with former colleagues during a back-to-school professional development day. Here are the slides and links to resources and handouts. Creating a Culture of Wellbeing [part 1&2] – slides Other links/websites: Project Happiness VIA… Continue Reading
I was recently interviewed by Amy Specter, creator of the Happy Tech! podcast, about my experiences with the meditation app Headspace. We discussed what Headspace is, how it works, and how it has benefited me, my family, and my students.… Continue Reading
Or, How to Stop Looking for Gratitude in All the Wrong Places One of the regular routines in my classroom was Grati-Tuesday (the name borrowed from Project Happiness). Each Tuesday, I would have students write down three good things –… Continue Reading
At the end of January of this year I came across and advertisement for a new book, Practicing Presence by Dr. Lisa Lucas (Stenhouse Publishers, 2018). After a grueling January packed with assessments and end-of-semester grading*, I needed some focus… Continue Reading
Since I began teaching, I’ve always thought of myself as a kind of “art” teacher: the moniker for my content area, the English Language Arts, has always settled on the “Arts” part, with the English and Language being modifiers, defining… Continue Reading
I have always felt uncomfortable with teaching students to write thesis statements before they write papers. Writing a thesis statement up front forces a kind of linear process on thinking that isn’t always linear – particularly not among students who… Continue Reading