I’m not teaching anymore. I’m still working in education, still working in the same school, but I moved into a new role about three months ago – I’m a Dean of Operations. Operations is responsible for everything that’s going on in a school besides instruction. This is something that I’ve been interested in for a …
My brother’s birthday is two days after Christmas. Every year I’ve lived in Mississippi, I’ve gone home for Christmas, and stayed for my brother’s birthday. This year, for his birthday, my brother wanted to do brunch, and he wanted to have eggs benedict at his brunch. That morning, when my mom was getting ready to …
I started working on my Master’s degree in Elementary Education in Fall 2018. I got in to the Teach For America Graduate Fellows Program, and it meant that I would have the opportunity to pursue a master’s degree and a social entrepreneurship project. Grants would cover my tuition and be available to fund my project. …
I was struck by two major themes while reading this book. The first theme was that Barack Obama truly, deeply believes in America. He waxes poetic about the documents that outline the structure of our democracy, and how they have been interpreted and applied in various ways. “My students may have used me as a …
I went visit friends for New Year’s Eve, and this book came up in conversation, and my friends had a copy of it. I ended up reading a bit of it, then reading a bit more, then probably staying up too late and reading the whole thing. The book is based on the Enneagram, and …
unsplash-logoLucrezia Carnelos I will not buy any stuff in 2020. When I was thinking about what I wanted for Christmas this year, I had two main items: I wanted a new pair of running shoes because my current ones are nearing the end of their useful life, and I wanted a new watch that looks …
unsplash-logoPlush Design Studio I am prone to bouts of being reflective, particularly at the end of December. The time of year is prime for it – we’re on break from school, I’m visiting my family and completely out of my normal routine. For this week, I don’t have a million things going on. In fact, …
The Together Leader Early on in my teaching experience, someone referred me to The Together Teacher, which was an online course to teach teachers how to be organized. As a new teacher, it was helpful, even if I didn’t follow every single step of it. I’m in a new role at my school now, and …
Getting Things Done I first heard of this book when I was in design school. I remember a classmate telling me that there was a whole following of “Getting Things Done” and I remember thinking that seemed like an unusual thing to be interested in, then forgetting about it for the next eight years or …
Thrive Get enough sleep and take a break once in a while! That’s my 11 word summary of Thrive. Arianna Huffington writes about the wakeup call she received in the form of her collapsing from lack of sleep and exhaustion. She writes about the importance of sleep and meditation, and creates a vision of how …