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Pam Koutrakos
May 21, 2020
Revising What Self-Care Looks Like and Means to Me
On March 19th, Making MY Plan: Self-Care During School Closings was posted. I knew that my educating and caregiving instincts were...
Dana Clark
Apr 16, 2020
The Connection Conference
As a consultant, my daily work life consists of learning with teachers and being a side-by-side thinking partner. We study, experiment,...
Pam Koutrakos
Apr 1, 2020
Staying Busy- Beyond School and Academics
Katie Egan Cunningham was one of the first people to post sample home schedules to help us maintain some semblance of structure and...
Pam Koutrakos
Mar 20, 2020
What Can Coaches Do During School Closures?
Instructional coaches thrive on supporting colleagues, students, and community members. As schools transition to online learning and home...
Pam Koutrakos
Mar 19, 2020
Making MY Plan: Self-Care During School Closings
Like many others, my mind has been preoccupied with thoughts of the children in my home, my extended family, students near and far,...
Courtney Rejent
May 7, 2019
Take the Great Middle School Challenge
I am constantly amazed by how people view middle schoolers. When I meet people and it comes up that I am a teacher, the response often...
Heather Frank
Nov 14, 2018
Informal Leadership: Starting Small to Bring About Big Change
My grade level colleague Becca and I huddled around a student’s desk during our lunch period. As we planned learning experiences to...
Sarah Fiedeldey
Oct 22, 2018
Teach On, Read On, Write On, Search On
Like so many novice teachers, I recall spending hours before and after school in my second grade classroom while communing with Liz and...
Pam Koutrakos
Oct 17, 2017
Shifting Our Lens: Focusing Attention on What’s in Place (Students)
A·ware·ness əˈwernəs/ Noun knowledge or perception of a situation The start of each school year is like a first crush: highly...
