Setting Goals… In a Year Like This: 3
How in the world are we supposed to set goals after a year like this? 3 compassionate frameworks for teaching goals: oxygen masks, reaching out and looking froward
Pre-Exam Wrappers, or Reconciling Goals
One of my struggles is goals. Not coming up with goals (if anything I’ve got too many: see goals, and more goals, and one more for the road) Its not even, really, about carrying them out. The challenge is DIFFERENT goals in the same classroom. My goal is to help students become confident skilled, self …
(Real) Goals for the New Year
It’s almost the new year, and all around, people are making resolutions. So, goals are on my mind. I love goals. I love having a clear plan, and I REALLY love checking them off. So, I make a lot of goals. I might have sent my supervisors an email ‘Here’s the 3 goals you asked …
Goals. And playlists.
New school year goals: Something about learning. Every. Single. Class. I make long lists of goals each year, and this is on the list for September. I do something about learning a lot of classes already (see, basically all of this blog), but I want to make it more consistent. My students got a steady …
Goals: Student Written Problems
Teaching goal: Students writing the problem. Implementation: 3 lessons in 2 weeks. Materials available
What ELSE I’m emailing myself (updated)
My favorite teacher self-care technology hack of the year: gmail schedule send + student notes.
Making Answer Keys a Teaching Tool
I give out the answers. I tell my students that I’m going to on the first day of class. I think, they think I’m crazy. Or lying.
It’s not a mistake.
It’s an intentional and powerful teaching choice.
Accepting help. Or, leveraging volunteers in adult ed.
Volunteers can contribute significantly to adult education classes… if we know how to use them. This teacher-focused workshop will help adult ed. practitioners craft volunteer roles that are impactful and aligned to their program and classroom goals.
Teacher Self-Care Update: A Webinar!
Teacher self-care webinar, hosted by the Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education (MCAE). Teaching is meaningful, important, rewarding…and hard. If we are to do our best work and sustain our efforts, we must find ways to manage the challenges, amplify the positives and maintain our energy. We’ll explore practical steps busy teachers can take.
Taking Action: Self-Care in a Time of COVID School Closures
Self-care during this time of COVID-inspired social distancing takes many forms. Sometimes it looks like taking action.