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Alaska Fun Facts For Teachers
Outsiders first discovered Alaska in 1741 when Danish explorer Vitus Jonassen Bering sighted it on a voyage from Siberia. Russian whalers and fur traders on Kodiak Island established the first settlement in Alaska in 1784. In 1867 United States Secretary of State William H. Seward offered Russia $7,200,000, or two...
Alabama Fun Facts For Teachers
Alabama introduced the Mardi Gras to the western world. The celebration is held on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent begins. Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon. The world’s first Electric Trolley System was introduced in Montgomery in 1886. Alabama is the only state...
The Comparison Trap by Laura McDonell
Listen It doesn’t happen all at once. But you notice it all at once. Little by little, changes take place. One minute you are ecstatic about your students’ work, and cannot believe the creativity and risks you have taken over the past year. And then, after only a few weeks...
It’s Not Just About Books by Laura McDonell
Listen Understanding What’s Involved in Learning What if someone who had a lot of professional knowledge in an area said something you disagreed with? What if the path you were on was ready to take a turn, and you had not seen it coming? A Life-Changing Podcast Last week I...
Missouri Fun Facts For Teachers
Missouri is known as the “Show Me State”. The ‘Show Me State’ expression may have began in 1899 when Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver stated, “I’m from Missouri and you’ve got to show me.” The first successful parachute jump to be made from a moving airplane was made by Captain Berry...
7 Questions With June Parrilli
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? Hi, my name is June Parrilli and I am a library media specialist at Indiantown middle school in Indiantown, Florida. Why did you start a career in education? I started a career in education after being in the commercial printing business. And...
Thousands of Mentors at Your Fingertips By Laura McDonell
Listen A Mentor Isn’t Limited to the Beginning of a Teaching Career Imagine finding the perfect mentor at the perfect time. Imagine what it would be like to have access to multiple mentors at any time. My First Three MentorsI remember my first three years of teaching. I was assigned...
7 Questions With Kayla Komorek
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? Hi, my name is Kayla Komorek and I am a second year, sixth and eighth-grade science teacher at Rockwood, South middle in Fenton, Missouri. Why did you start a career in education? I started here in education because I wanted...
7 Questions With Ashley Lynch
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? I am Ashley Lynch and I am the cyber one foundation's teacher here at Franklin County middle school in Mayville, Mississippi. This is my first year teaching here at Mayville, even though I've been in education for about eight years now....
7 Questions With Shelby Jones
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? Hi, my name is Shelby Jones, and I teach first grade at Kurth Primary School in Lufkin, Texas. And this is my first year here and actually my very first year teaching too. Why did you start a career in education?...
