Retirement?

It’s official. This will be my year of “lasts.” This is my 32nd year of teaching, and it’s time to celebrate my last year of teaching. I’m excited to spend it teaching my favorite subject “public speaking.” Teaching language arts was fun, but public speaking? Oh man, it is so gratifying to see the confidence grow in kids. They go from being terrified of my class to actually thinking that getting on stage is fun and powerful. I truly believe that public speaking strategies should be taught in every class.

My Plan

I would like to share a lot with you throughout the year. What warm-ups did I use? What funny things happened in class? What lessons of classroom management did I have to engage because it can look different on a daily basis? What lessons worked well that you could use in any content area? So, yes, I will share the good, the bad, and the ugly at times. Do you have subjects you would like to learn more about? Feel free to email me.

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Make sure to subscribe if you want to stay updated on this journey with me. You can find it to the right under my picture. I plan to use it as a “journal” of my last year of teaching. I’ll be that old lady in a rocking chair one day, just cracking up while reading my own blog. Although by that time, my personal robot will read it to me, I just know it. If you’re interested in reading about the trials of my first few years of teaching, you can find it here: My Story: Trials of a New Teacher

Good luck to all of the teachers this year. We need each other and definitely can’t do this profession alone.