Feel Good About Teaching

To our friends on the outside, the end of the school year might seem like the strangest time to start a teaching blog.  But to our fellow educators, you know all too well that now is the first time any of us has had a chance to breathe, let alone type up something other than a report card comment or final exam review! 

In this era of high stakes testing and bizarre evaluation metrics we need to remember what we love about this job, and what makes us exceptionally good at it.  Like many of you, I have a great job teaching High School English.  I also have a family, a mortgage, and far too many pets, so I can’t afford to walk away from my job just because I’m frustrated.  Instead, I choose to focus on the areas in which I am empowered to teach well and connect with colleagues to make quality learning experiences the core of what we do (pun intended). 

This blog will be a wealth of tips, tricks, strategies, affirmations and printables for teachers of all levels.  I’ll also include lesson plans and literature units geared toward middle and high school age students. 

Leave a comment to let us know you're out there and tell us what makes you Feel Good About Teaching!