B is for Boost
Without fail, these videos boost me when I desperately need inspiration. Taylor Mali, “What Teachers Make“- Teacher and spoken word poet Taylor Mali makes a difference. Taylor Mali, “Speak with...
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Rocketship students take a math benchmark test five times a year to provide aligned data on their progress toward proficient and advanced status on the California Standards Test. This data is a point...
View ArticleB is for Behavior
I spent last Tuesday through Friday at a training for Project GLAD, the Guided Language Acquisition Design program that provides strategies for instruction of English Language Learners (ELL). Since...
View ArticleB is for Become Penguin
“Once you’ve reached the point of no return, one penguin more or one penguin less each day doesn’t make much difference anymore. You live penguin. You think penguin. You dream penguin. You become...
View ArticleB is for Before You Apply
These TFA blogs demonstrate an important aspect of the organization that is rarely publicized, but very important. Every corps member has a completely different experience than the others. Even corps...
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B is for Benchmark (II)
It’s that time of year again: my classes completed benchmark testing two weeks ago, and parent-teacher conferences are this week. Fortunately, I was able to schedule all my conferences Monday through...
View ArticleB is for Breakdown
Generally speaking, I try to keep this blog very positive. There is absolutely no denying that the first year teaching experience is hard. I can only speak for myself, but I know that my corps...
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B is for “Beat the Test”
It has been two months since my last post, and my mood has improved considerably. I went on a cute mini-vacation with my roommate to Mendocino, California (a tiny bed-and-breakfast town on the Pacific...
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B is for Belief
Today marks one month since I left the Bay Area. In 11 days, I will move to Johannesburg, South Africa to begin my next adventure in education. I will serve as the Director of Development and...
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