Posted in Early Childhood/Kindergarten, Reflection on Jun 24th, 2009 1 Comment »
After teaching for twelve years in Title-I schools, my husband’s latest military duty station assignment has brought me to the Heartland, to my first ever non-Title-I public school. My new district complies with NCLB, utilizes common assessments, a universal screening tool, state assessments, and like every other state, has restructured its response to intervention. [...]
Posted in Early Childhood/Kindergarten, Reflection on Jun 23rd, 2009 5 Comments »
As a teacher new to the district, I was required to attend orientation prior to the normal professional development days scheduled for teachers. I was given my own teacher laptop computer. Along with the other new hires, I toured the four schools that make up my district, three elementary, one middle.
In-building ponds (stocked [...]
Posted in Early Childhood/Kindergarten, Reflection on Jun 22nd, 2009 3 Comments »
I’ve been away from In Practice for a very long time, and it’s my take on the experiences that occurred within the past year that will be the subject of this emotions-based blog reflection, broken into several parts.
To reintroduce myself, I’m a kindergarten teacher, wife of an active duty soldier, mother of three, and bi-racial [...]
Posted in Early Childhood/Kindergarten, Policy on Apr 13th, 2008 2 Comments »
We seem to be on a kindergarten theme here so to spread it around, I’ve put my next post on this topic on The Blog of Ms. Mercer, where I discuss many of the kinder policies that make their reform more pressing to my mind than universal pre-school. Hope to see you there!
Posted in Early Childhood/Kindergarten on Apr 9th, 2008 3 Comments »
It’s that time of year for kindergarten teachers: planning [...]
