Reader Appreciation: Angela Maiers

November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Angela Maiers. Name: Angela Maiers Location: Des Moines, Iowa Occupation: National Education Consultant, author, Adjunct Professor teaching post graduate work in the area of reading and literacy Blog: Angela Maiers Tell me some of your favorite things about your job … Read more

Reader Appreciation: Mister Teacher

November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Mister Teacher. Name: Mister Teacher Location:Near Dallas, TX Occupation: Teacher, 3rd grade math and science Blog: Learn Me Good Tell me some of your favorite things about your job My coworkers are great, I enjoy all of the funny stories … Read more

Reader Appreciation: Eric Turner

November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Eric Turner. Name: Eric Turner Location: Tennessee Occupation: History/Secondary Ed Student Blog: Secondhand Thoughts Tell me some of your favorite things about your job I love learning and I love the interaction between professor and students Tell me some things … Read more

Reader Appreciation: Gillian King

November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Gillian King. Name: Gillian King Location: Sydney, Australia Occupation: I run a marketing consultancy, but I started out as a High School teacher Blog: School of St. Jude — My blog supports the School of St Jude, a free school … Read more

Reader Appreciation: ms_teacher

November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is ms_teacher. Name: ms_teacher Location: Northern California Occupation: Professional Educator (aka teacher); Grade 6, mostly Language Arts and Social Studies Blog: ms_teacher Tell me some of your favorite things about your job Favorite things about teaching: Being able to interact with … Read more

Reader Appreciation: José Vilson

November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is José Vilson. Name: José Vilson Location: New York, NY Occupation: 6th Grade Math Teacher Blog: The José Vilson Tell me some of your favorite things about your job My favorite things about my job are the ability to help children … Read more

Rethinking The Systems

I have spent much of last week and this week with one of the high school band directors thoroughly analyzing our marching fundamentals for the high school band. Though this really doesn’t apply directly to what I do during the school day as a middle school band director, the process we have been through to … Read more