Back to my happy place
If the title doesn't sum it up, the look on my face in this photo will. I was lucky to join the Service and Awareness Club in our Middle...
When all hope is lost...the last school day before winter break
Students bounce into the room complete hyped up on too many cookies, chocolate, and candy canes. How is a teacher to keep their cool and...
Random act of fundraising
This week ISKL had an incredibly engaging guest - Dreadlock Alien. I was able to see him at a school-wide assembly in which he flawlessly...
Great things never came from comfort zones
Everyone has that class that gives you a run for your money. The class that makes you take deep breaths just 10 minutes in or is almost...
Invest in yourself
Moving to a new country, starting a new job, settling into a new apartment, navigating a new city while finding where to bank, send your...
Stand back...I'm going to try science.
I've arrived at my new international teaching post at the International School of Kuala Lumpur (ISKL). I know I've signed up to be a...
Adios Amigos...saying good by to Academia Cotopaxi.
Taking a moment to pause and look at the learning support systems AC, I get a chicken bone in the throat. We began with 2 special...
Hacienda Getaway...Our Life Skills Summative
We learned to cook, to clean, how to be polite and courteous, to socialize at meals and outings, and to empathize with others (the short...
Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt
In all of my teaching career, there has not been a prouder moment. Pride for our program. Pride in our students. Pride in our school....
Presenting at the AASSA Re-Conference
So much preparation. The moment comes. Technology fails. As teachers we're used to this happening in a room full of our students, but in...