When I wrote my original manifesto, I saw online teaching as a set of tools and approaches that could enhance my in-person classroom....

I do not teach solely online, but I believe what we learn about online teaching can still help me be a better educator in my physical...

As a middle school math teacher, I’ve noticed a pattern about my students’ lack of intrinsic motivation when it comes to learning our...

This piece was written as part of a college assignment exploring empathy. The goal was to recount the same event from two different...

Learning is as diverse as the individuals and environments in which it takes place. Each classroom is unique, with no two periods, years,...

As a middle school math teacher, I know learning doesn’t just happen between the walls of my classroom or within the boundaries of a...

The structure of the educational environment has continued to evolve as we advance as a society. When most people would leave school to...

Continually creating effective assessments throughout the course of the school year can be difficult to maintain. To help achieve this, I...

As a math teacher, I try to build my classroom around the phrase “practice makes perfect.” The act of practicing lets us work through...

As a middle school math teacher, there are many challenges that I face every year. The one that is the most persistent and difficult to...

I’ve been trying to break away from how I’ve been evaluating and assessing my students. It has gotten very easy to fall into the same...

One of the questions I ask myself throughout the school year is, “How can I increase the level of intrinsic motivation in my students?” I...

I love technology. Technology allows us to quickly move along from the more mundane tasks and frees up more time to focus on things that...

Note taking has always been an area that I overlooked. For my entire career as a student, notes have mostly consisted of writing down...

I have always been that person at meetings or lectures who would genuinely get annoyed at people who would raise their hands when the...

Developing assessments that fall under the umbrella of my requirements for being considered creative is a challenging task. In my mind,...

Mathematics is such a linear subject. Once you introduce a concept, it ingrains itself and is shown over and over again. For many...

The most disheartening sight, to me, is sitting down to grade an End of Unit assessment that we spent months on and having most of the...

Group work in a middle school setting sits on a very fine line for me. On one hand, it makes it easier for me to check in with multiple...

I often struggle when it comes to assessment. When I hear the word, my mind immediately goes to a chapter test or some culminating...