5 Things that Made Me Smile this Week -teachers reaching out over their break for support with remote learning -having time off to take it all in -movie nights with my family -my youngest getting really into his ABCs -reading the series of unfortunate events with my eldest son 4 Words to Describe My Week […]

This year marks my 14th year as an educator and also an evaluation year. I don’t know if you are like me, but often times I find that when I go to upload my evidence, I am scrolling through my camera roll, searching my laptop, and searching social media feeds for the picture I swear […]

Check out my Twitter reflection by clicking on the image below:                 5 Things that Made Me Smile this Week -curating a newsletter to support teachers with e-learning resources -top 3 challenge from a teacher in my district -collaboration across our K-12 district -teacher’s jumping in with things […]

Our e-learning plan started today. I cannot even begin to express how proud I am to work for the curriculum department. We have worked tirelessly on a plan to best support teachers, students, and parents during this time. While it will be a work and progress for sure, it feels good to be ready to […]

Check out my video reflection by clicking on the image below:                 5 Things that Made Me Smile this Week -being asked to help the superintendent in an e-learning plan -working with an amazing team of people -having a district wide LMS -the power of having a PLN […]

When you get an email request from the superintendent that reads, cancel all of your appointments and meetings for the day and come to the district office at 11am….it is going to be a day. This is the message the curriculum department received today and it definitely threw us all for a loop. It turned […]

Sick days can be no joke. I feel like the older I get the harder they become too. My mother would so lovingly tell me that well, Stefanie, as we get older… At any rate, it is hard. As an educator, it is often times easier to just muster through it especially if sub plans […]

Readers become better readers by reading and writers become better writers by writing. Just as we build reading stamina with our students we need to be providing opportunities for students to build their writing stamina.  As an instructional coach, I often notice when students are given time to write independently, they want to know what […]

HyperDocs are one of my favorite things to create! I had a learning appointment today with a teacher who wanted support in creating her own HyperDoc to support her students in the Poetry Genre. Three of my favorite things –> HyperDocs, Poetry, and Writing! I was able to curate resources for her and talk through […]