My student pulled me aside during our break to ask me a coaching question with regard to her recent classroom presentation. “When I was speaking, did you notice anything peculiar about how I was speaking?” When my students present for the first time, I often pick up on distractions in speech or body language, but doing […]
My brother’s favorite hunting buddy wasn’t me. It was his golden retriever, Dakota. This past week Dakota passed away peacefully at home. After my brother got home from work that day, Dakota greeted him as usual but wasn’t the same. After Dakota got to see his favorite hunting buddy for the last time, he went […]
For me, it was Mrs. Sheets in 8th grade English. She’s one of the teachers who had the greatest impact on me because of her approach to teaching. She worked with the entire class, but still treated each student as an individual. She took the time to understand each student’s needs and never seemed to […]
