Teacher Talk: Making Time for Observation
You may be getting ready to return to your classroom with a whole list of teacher resolutions in your mind. Maybe you're planning to take...
Teacher Talk: the Peaceful Teacher
I hope you're taking time, during what is a holiday break for many schools, to recharge and rest. I hope you're sleeping late, spending...
Teacher Talk: Hygge
This Saturday, if you're like most teachers, you find yourself away from school, maybe resting, maybe preparing for the festivities of...
Teacher Talk: Comfort and Joy
You may feel overwhelmed. You may have too many things to do. You have a lot of people to take care of. You're tired. You're full of...
Teacher Talk: December and Self-Care
I think this will just be a continuing theme for a little bit: in this season when you are continually caring for everyone else, what are...
Difficult Conversations
Something is going awry. A parent has raised a concern about (enter any number of possibilities here: your teaching, your classroom, the...
Teacher Talk: Observers in the Classroom
Montessori classrooms enchant curious observers. How can so many young children engage so independently at once? How come everyone seems...
Teacher Talk: Evoking Gratitude on all the other days
As we recover from American Thanksgiving, it's a time to be aware of the things for which we are grateful. But how do we "teach" a virtue...
Teacher Talk: Eye of the Storm
The month or so between Halloween and the Winter holidays is, for many teachers, a time of chaos and unpredictability. Schedules are...
Teacher Talk: Grace and Courtesy and the Adult
"The vision of the teacher should be at once precise like that of the scientist, and spiritual like that of the saint. The preparation...