My Newest To-Do!

My Newest To-Do!

Well, you can’t plan for everything. But you can get close! It’s a good thing that my email auto-responses were already set-up because my newest “To-Do” (joking, people, joking, I’m not a robot Mommy) arrived two weeks early. He just cleared the Valentine’s Day mark...
Tech Tip: Getting Creative with Electronic Print Options

Tech Tip: Getting Creative with Electronic Print Options

One of the biggest frustrations we hear from teachers, leaders, and other school-supporting professionals is that they WANT to be more electronic, but their environment doesn’t always allow for it: screens need to be down in meetings, walking down the hallways is not...
Google: Going the Extra Mile

Google: Going the Extra Mile

I recently connected with Ann Bevan H., a middle school leader at a great school in Chestnut Hill, MA. She let me in on how her school takes Google usage to a whole new level. What Beaver Country Day School thinks is so cool about technology is the way it is used to...

Overheard: Allocating Time to Plan

I recently delivered a Together Teacher professional development workshop to a great high school in Harlem. Afterwards, I spent time with the principal, Lisa F., discussing ways we could make sure the new habits would really stick. Lisa pondered for a bit, and then...
Good Organization = Good Data = Good Instruction

Good Organization = Good Data = Good Instruction

This post is about one of my favorite classrooms, Jenny C.’s Kindergarten in Brooklyn. I’ve known Jenny for over five years. She’s featured in my book, and she’s the type of teacher I hope my own daughter has in a few years. Full disclosure: Jenny’s classroom has...