I Did It! I Completed C25K
For the third time this week, I ran 30 minutes nonstop this evening. I walked in a 5K a couple of weeks ago. I am […]
Whole Lot
Three Years of So You Want To Teach?
I am leaving tomorrow after school to go to the annual Texas Music Educators Association clinic/convention in San Antonio. I’m not taking my laptop with […]
How Do We Show Our Students That We Love Them?
When I was struggling to find hope early in my career as a teacher, I came across a few pieces of advice given by King […]
Social Media Update: Become A Facebook Fan
I don’t use a whole lot of social media outlets, but I know a lot of my readers do. Over the last few months, I […]
Laying Out A Legacy
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how my friend Junior had posted on his blog calling for people to write about what kind […]
Building A Legacy
Legacy Main Entry: 1leg·a·cy Pronunciation: \?le-g?-s?\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural leg·a·cies Etymology: Middle English legacie office of a legate, bequest, from Anglo-French or Medieval […]
My Crazy Summer of Aught Nine
This summer has been the best summer of my teaching career so far. Unfortunately for you, I haven’t blogged about it a whole lot. As […]
The Allocation Of Attention
Here is a brief summary of the last 19 months of my life. In December of 2007, I was getting ready for work one Friday […]
Week 1 Summary (Total Teacher Transformation Day 7)
This is an article in the Total Teacher Transformation series. Click here for a complete table of contents. What a wild week this has been! I’m surprised […]
Flashback Friday
I’ve been thinking lately about trying to have each day be a sort of theme day. I don’t intend on posting every day (that’s not […]
Special Education Students In The Classroom: How To Effectively Teach Them
Holly writes: I am a nineteen year old (3rd yr) secondary education student (yrs 8-12 ) at the University of Queensland in Australia. I have […]
SYWTT Celebrates Two Years – A Brief History (2007)
A Matter of Priorities During my first two years of teaching, I discovered that I had a whole lot of information, but the students […]
The Overlooked Articles of 2008
In continuing my review of the year, I am looking today at some of the articles that I wish were more popular. They may have […]
Can We Reach Every Student?
I believe that every teacher has the potential to reach out and impact the life of every student they have in their class. The key […]
Not The Best Day Ever
Today was a pretty good day in parts. In fact, most of my classes went really well. Except for my percussion class. It has been […]