Serendipity in Education

As he landed in LAX, my husband called me. I smiled as I saw that he was calling and answered the phone with, "Hi honey, did you land already?" "Yes, I am in LA," he responded. But, I heard worry instead of excitement in his voice. "Is something wrong?" I asked him. "I lost my… Continue reading Lost Wallet, Found Hope

I came across this unfinished post I started last June, and it was perfect timing for me as I prioritize teacher observations amongst the snow days, state testing, and all the other business of the next few months. Ugg! How will we fit it all in? We won't, but this is a great reminder of… Continue reading “I want to be better because of you.”

I recently had a conversation with a teacher about why teaching seems so much harder than it used to. Our school is implementing trauma-informed practices imbedded in a multi-tiered system of support for student behavior, and we are on a mission to have our school environment be need-satisfying for all of our students. This teacher… Continue reading Four Ways to Support Colleagues who are Supporting Students in Crisis