“Notes from the Playground” is a regular feature on our blog. For this series, Greg John generously allows us to share his principal’s reflections and stories from his wonderful book, Notes from a Playground. In these stories, Greg enables us...
Name? Erin Shilling Current position? Middle School Teacher How long have you been in education? This is my 4th year teaching. What’s a little known fact about you? A little known fact about me is that I love to bake....
Name? Jill Tanner Current position? 6th Grade Special Education Teacher How long have you been in education? 33 years What’s a little known fact about you? Our two children gave my husband and me a seven day cruise for our...
Snowed in? Restless? Savoring the hot chocolate? Either way, it’s the perfect time to take the Teaching With Heart Interview!...
Tonight while cooking, I heard a few minutes of a NPR story on Stephen Ritz, a science teacher in the Bronx, who decided to “grow 100 bags of fresh fruits and vegetables a week — in the classroom.” The story...
Thanks to Greg John for sharing his Principal’s Reflections with us. “Flash” is another terrific story from Notes from the Playground. Greg John writes: I’ve been an elementary and middle school principal for fifteen years now. I think often about...
Lily Eskelsen Garcia riffs on “What do teachers do?” In 1 minute & 34 seconds, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, President of NEA, recounts what teachers do — which, of course, is way beyond teaching reading, writing and arithmetic! Brilliant. https://www.facebook.com/thisisinsider/videos/1502768973363829/?fref=nf...
Nominate your favorite poet or poem for the next “Week of…” Who’s your favorite poet? What’s your favorite poem? We had such a great time with the “Week of Fire” that we decided to dedicate a week each month to...
Making Space In the excerpt below from her book, The Art and Spirit of Leadership, Judy Brown shares how she learns from and takes in people’s insights about her poems. In doing so, she invites us in to co-create meaning...
Tara Reynolds reading the Italian translation of Fire Judy Brown writes: “This is Tara Reynolds reading “Fire” – “Il Fuoco” in Italian before a fire in Minnesota at a Courage & Renewal gathering. (Tara is a co-founder of WholeHeart and...