Productivity and Overwhelm in Teaching Any teacher who spends more than three days in a classroom can tell you that we have too many demands on our time and energy. Personally, summer break is one of the only things that saves me from third-degree burnout every year. But … [Read more...] about The Power of the Word No to Fight Teacher Burnout
High School
Why I Switched to Teaching with Comprehensible Input
What made me decide to ditch my grammar curriculum and teach for communication using proficiency and CI methods I've taught French and Spanish in a title 1 high school for almost four years. I teach in a department of 12 strong, with 4 languages and 3,000 students served … [Read more...] about Why I Switched to Teaching with Comprehensible Input
Top 10 Professional Development Resources to Be A Better World Language Teacher Tomorrow
Good professional development for Spanish teachers, French teachers, and all world language teachers is hard to come by. Here’s a list of the ten resources that I use to improve my world language instruction and will make you a better language teacher TOMORROW. Don’t put … [Read more...] about Top 10 Professional Development Resources to Be A Better World Language Teacher Tomorrow
#TeacherLife
Celebrating the moments in education A brief look into my teaching style and all the nonsense, joy, and hilarity of teachers. Here’s how others would describe me as a teacher: Teacher Pride Points: About half of the students that I’ve written up (often multiple … [Read more...] about #TeacherLife