High Stakes Testing

This is my vacation week – February vacation – and I am enjoying it greatly. The thing is, I know that when I get back to work on Monday, everything is going to hit. In fact a couple other teachers and I call it boot camp – MCAS boot camp. We will be in high gear to...

TIC – A New Beginning

This may ramble a little – just need to get some thoughts out…For a leadership class I am currently enrolled in, I am to assess the environment I hope to change. Right now, I am in the middle of doing some reading and developing a survey. This is not easy....

So many assessments!

I just attended a workshop about assessments and in particular, we looked at the results of our state’s high stakes testing (MCAS). We scanned, compared, looked at the challenges and weaknesses of our students in terms of what is tested and then our principal...

More on the Journey

Our students and children are on a journey and we are their teachers, their guides. It is our job to expose them to all that life has to offer. So here is my ramble… There was once a time when people gathered around a piano and sang and they weren’t afraid...