Objectives…

Excellent example of objective writing…pulled from Diary of a Fifth Grade Teacher. What’s the Point? Personally, as a teacher I always struggled with lesson planning. Not that my lessons weren’t well thought out and aligned with the curriculum, but I never enjoyed trying to make my lessons fit into a template. When I was in…

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What I Accomplished This Summer

Somehow I missed summer…it literally seems like just yesterday I packing up for the summer and getting ready to slip into summer mode. Now I find myself staring at a calendar noticing that I have less than a week left until teachers report back to work. Upon coming to this realization I began to reflect…

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Adiós Woodland…

There is no way to mildly convey the message of this blog post, so I will just go head first into the matter…I will not be returning to Woodland Jr. High School next school year. I have accepted a job as an assistant principal at Leverett Elementary School in the Fayetteville School District. Working as…

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What I Learned This Year – Volume 4

The picture above is from this years cross country lock-in…by far the highlight of my school year. Love those kids. few years ago, with the advice of one of my mentors, I decided to write a reflective blog post at the end of the year about what I had learned as a first year teacher.Upon…

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Big River

John R. “Johnny” Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003), was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Although he is primarily remembered as a country music icon, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and…

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Lessons Learned

Lesson One – #TheMcClungs2012 Yesterday we held the 3rd Annual McClungs Award Ceremony…and it was kind of a big deal. All together 80 students were recognized yesterday for their “achievements” in my class and the entire ceremony with off without a hitch. We had several former students come by to visit, including students that are…

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Tale of Two Centrals

Today in class we are continuing to watch 50 Years Later, a documentary about the desegregation of Little Rock Central. As we watch the movie it becomes clear that although Little Rock Central is integrated it still remains segregated on many levels. In class we also talked about the neighborhoods that surround Central High School…

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The McClungs 2012

Today we celebrated the 3rd annual McClung Awards! The McClungs is the most prestigious awards ceremony in all of education. It all started three years ago when I decided that the normal school awards ceremonies were a bit lame because they only recognize the top tier students academically. So I decided to host my own…

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The McClungs 2012 – Alumni Speeches

McClung Alumni Lafayette accepting this Life Time Achievement Award Coleman accepting the Life Time Achievement Award Ortiz accepting his Distinguished Alumni Award Logan accepting her Distinguished Alumni Award Brennan accepting the Best Ice Cream Mixer of the Year Award Mr. McClung

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