If you’ve read my most recent blog post, you know this school year is going pretty well for me. I just finished a great unit in ELA and fell as though I’m finding my way as a teacher. Still, with that being said, I still have a ways to go to being where I want
Category: Reflection
“You’re the best teacher!” “You’re my favorite teacher, Mrs. Hawkins!” “I missed your class!” “I wish I could have you for all my classes!” I know it’s been a bit since my last blog post but if the above actual statements from my students this year is any indication, I have been very hard at
As educators across the country are settling in to the new school year, NYC public school teachers like myself have just finished our first week back. It has been a successful week for me and one I entered recharged and re-energized. This year is unique to me for several reasons since this year I’m teaching
This past Friday I have had the honor and the privilege of celebrating my first anniversary as a married couple with my wonderful husband. My husband and I celebrated the day by having a super delicious breakfast feast and in the evening we went on a lovely dinner cruise admiring the city lights of New
School’s out and summer vacation is on, let us all rejoice! I already know educators across America have breathed a sigh of relief as have I on my last day this past Tuesday. And of course, it’s decidedly uncontested that we deserve it! For this summer though I have quite a few goals and
Like many schools across America, my school year is complete and summer vacation has commenced (yay!). Every year, I like to reflect on the successes and failures of the school year and this year is no different. However, I want to focus this post on my experiences co-teaching the past 3 years and what I’ve
Classroom management is perhaps one of the trickier aspects to navigate as a newer teacher. It can quite literally make or break an effective lesson. Now, I don’t claim to be an expert in classroom management. In fact it has been one part of my pedagogy that I’ve had to actively work on. I have
Hello readers and apologies for the super long wait since my last post. There is a reason for it and as the title of this post suggests, as many educators are feeling at this moment, it is the testing season! I must say that every year that I’ve been teaching around this time, it feels
Hello readers! I hope we all are making progress on our New Year’s resolutions or goals or plans for improvement, or however you want to call it since the term ‘resolution’ could be bad luck for some. As part of my resolution to write more this year, I have embarked on joining Twitter’s monthly challenge
I have to admit as cliche as it may sound, I am anxious and excited for the upcoming New Year. If there’s one thing that 2017 has shown me is that change is inevitable and much of it can be good. An obvious retort but an important one nonetheless. This year has seen a significant