Day 9 I just finished drafting a lengthy to do list for this week. Why I love TO DO lists: a visual representation of the many thoughts constantly flowing in my head a chance to figure out what I need to plan for ahead of time a tool to track my achievements (no matter how […]
Author: mrsjbrown1975
One Little Change
Day 8 Recently a young student came looking for dinosaur books in the library. I took him over to the books and showed him the “Dewey” section. He seemed pleased so I went on to help other students. I noticed a few moments later that he was standing by the same section tears dripping […]
No Words Left
Day 7 No words tonight. Just thoughts for all victims of gun violence. Cannot imagine. No words left.
So many thank yous
Day 6 It has been a while since I just said thank you. Obviously I say thank every day but I mean a real, public, big picture thank you. So here goes… Thank you to my husband for 24 years of “dating” my children for keeping me guessing and laughing my parents and sisters and […]
Maybe the kids have it all figured out – RETHINKING Learning Skills
Day 5 Over the last few years I have developed a new teaching mantra. Expect of my students only that which I expect of myself. I know I have written and spoken about this idea often. But there is rarely a day that goes by that I do not find a reason to return to this […]
For the Love of School…
Day 4 I want my students to love school. I loved school. I still love school. I was the kid who liked writing essays. I often read the entire summer reading list for high school English courses in the actual summer. I loved singing and performing in music class, choirs and musicals. I was not […]
Magical MakerCulture?
Day 3 As previous posts have indicated I am on a glorious journey of being the caretaker of a new library learning commons. The latest aspect of the journey is to develop a makerspace and immerse myself in the current conversation about the maker movement. I have been gathering multiple professional resources, talking to colleagues and […]
Going Back to the Research
Day 2 Over the years I have worked hard to stand up for issues of equity and social justice in education. I have also worked (alongside my husband) to raise our 4 daughters to stand up for themselves and others and to be loving and inclusive of all people. This week I am putting some finishing […]
10 days of blogging – Process over Product
Day 1 So I have committed to 10 days in a row of posting to a form of online media. As an avid Twitter user already I selected my blog as the tool for this challenge. When I started the blog last year I was excited, scared and full of ideas. Yet each time I sat […]
A Magical Reinvention – One Teacher Librarian’s Journey
It has been far too long since my last post. However, the journey I have been on has been so thrilling and fast-paced that perhaps the gap in time was meant to be. The journey I am referring to is the opening of a new school in a community I love as teacher librarian/support teacher. […]