Teaching
I #LoveTeaching Because I Craft Tomorrow's Heroes, Today
A few years ago, I asked one of my students, JC, why he kept working through the difficulties of creating experiences for a holographic headset, because I always find it inspiring when students keep...
Teaching
I Never Wanted to Be a Teacher But Now I #LoveTeaching
Growing up, I never wanted to be a teacher. At one time I wanted to be a sports writer; at another, a chaplain. Entering college, I expected to become a marriage and family therapist. Yet, at the end...
Teaching
I Always Write About How Hard Teaching Is But I Really Do Love It
Once, forever ago, I wrote a tweet bemoaning how many stories out there were about how much teaching sucks, and all the reasons people left teaching. Sean McComb, who was then the National Teacher of...
Teaching
The Best Part of Teaching Is When You Succeed in Engaging Your Students' Mind, Body and Spirit
My favorite book in the world is “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and it is special for me to share that book with my students. They experience myriad emotions it evokes alongside me; we laugh, rage and cry...
Teaching
Here's How We Made Sure My Student's Dying Father Didn't Miss Her Graduation
#LoveTeaching Week is a grassroots campaign started by teachers in 2015 as an opportunity to celebrate teaching, leading, and learning in a way that unites and invigorates educators and those they...
Teaching
I #LoveTeaching Because I Never Stop Learning
#LoveTeaching Week is a grassroots campaign started by teachers in 2015 as an opportunity to celebrate teaching, leading, and learning in a way that unites and invigorates educators and those they...