Katie, a third grade teacher in Wisconsin, has already attended TWO Together Teacher workshops in her two-year teaching career! Katie chose to attend a Together Teacher workshop shortly into her first year of teaching because she felt unproductive, overwhelmed, and...
August Tips: Book Release, Bobcats and Birthdays! (plus Barbie!)
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family Happy August! Happy Back-to-School! Happy Almost 46th Birthday to Maia! (peanut butter covered malt balls and fancy popcorn welcomed!) Happy Pub (lication) Month for The Together Teammate! After an intense few weeks of Together...
Author Interview and Book Giveaway Contest: Peg Dawson of Smart but Scattered!
Author stalking continues. . . While dabbling in Together Student research and resources here, here and here, I recently read the book Smart but Scattered. I was immediately intrigued by the executive functioning approaches discussed by Peg Dawson and her co-author,...
June Tips: Concussions, Connections & Calendar Clearance
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Oh my goodness, The Together Community had THINGS TO SAY about hobbies when we included it in the PS of last month’s newsletter. People sent me photos of their calligraphy, tennis clinics, crossword puzzles, and more. I loved...
May Tips: Joy, Juggling & Joining
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Why am I wearing swim googles and oven mitts, yet not swimming, nor cooking? Well, let’s just say when your storm door spontaneously combusts into 8 million pieces of glass, you get very creative. Plus, it is my newsletter, and...
April Tips: Pause, Prune & Prepare
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Is April really the cruelest month (calling back to my almost-English-major roots)? My daffodils would tell you yes, because in the past month, they have poked their way to the surface with literal snow on the ground, survived...
Alpha Public Schools: Bring on The ANT Squad
One of the biggest challenges we hear around here as it relates to staff time and focus on priorities is coverage. We all know what happens when someone is out sick or off campus. Covering that person’s work and role can really throw off everyone else’s plans! While...
December Tips: Memories, Messes & Moments
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, In what will come as no surprise to anyone who’s ever caught me scribbling in a journal or hidden behind a lock-and-key diary, I was an AVID Harriet the Spy–style kid. Those pages turned into locker-side reflections in middle...
November Tips: Village, Vitals & (Back In) the Valley
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, I was delighted to see Kate Bowler has a new book out in the spring (she is an automatic pre-order for me), and it sent me back down a path on her Substack and her three-part series of building and BEING a village. Toward the...
August Tips: Chesapeake (Bay Bridge), Congestion & Calendars
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, This summer has found me traveling over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge a total of maybe 10 times. For those that do not know, the Bay Bridge is a spectacular (and a bit scary) drive due to its sharp curve and lack of shoulders, its...
