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Preparing for an Interview, Part 1
Listen It’s spring, and many of us have started daydreaming about the possibility of changing schools or moving up. In the education world that means that many of us are starting to look at the job postings on district websites, Regional Education Centers, or even Indeed. For most of us,...
7 Questions With Renee Buckley.
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hey, I'm Renee Buckley. My school is Quitman Upper Elementary. I'm a third grade teacher there. Um, and it was located Quitman, Mississippi. This is my 18th year to teach." Why did you start a career in education? "Question Number two...
7 Questions With Leah Ivey
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "So, hi, I'm Leah Ivy. I am the principal at Quitman Upper Elementary school in Quitman, Mississippi. I have been here for three years. This is my third year here. I've been in education for 14 years." Why did you start...
Tips for Coping with Personal Mental Illness
Listen According to NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness), on average, 1 in 5 Americans in the general population experience mental illness at some point in their adult life. 1 in 25 experience severe or chronic mental illnesses. It comes as no surprise that teachers are not an exception...
Providing Meaningful Professional Development
Listen If we’re being honest, most of us have been subjected to hours of professional development that either didn’t apply to us, didn’t interest us, or were not the best use of our time. If we’re being honest, few among us have neglected to grade papers we’ve smuggled into a...
7 Questions With Cheyanne Dear
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hello. My name is Cheyenne Dear. I'm a teacher here at Quitman upper elementary. I'm a sped teacher and we're located in Quitman, Mississippi. This is my third year here." Why did you start a career in education? "I started my...
How Do I Deal with Conflict at School?
Listen Conflict at the workplace is stressful in any traditional business, but teaching is such a personal career, and having a team that cannot coalesce can be exhausting and demoralizing. Team planning meetings, lunchtime, PLC’s, and hallway bantering may be too much to handle when palpable tension is present. While...
Using Curriculum in the Elementary Classroom
Listen A curriculum is what you make of it. Unfortunately, no one really tells teachers in most districts what to make of curriculum. Few schools tell you how much or how often to use it, and even fewer tell you exactly how. When you adopt a new curriculum, there is...
7 Questions With Kasey Herrington
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hello. My name is Casey Harrington and I teach at Quitman upper elementary. I'm a third grade teacher and I teach both ELA and math. We are located in Quitman, Mississippi. I've been teaching here for six years. I have always loved...
Important Daily Math Routines for Pre-K Through 2nd Grade
Listen Just as literacy requires daily interaction with a variety of specified information and practice utilizing that information, so does math. With one or two short, intentional math interactions each day, you can help your students build vital math skills that last a lifetime. Remember, studies show that all children...
7 Questions With Brandi James
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hi, Brandi James here, sixth grade science teacher with Quitman junior high at Quitman school district in Mississippi. This is my first year teaching science. It's my third year as a teacher. I previously taught in Meridian at Parkview with second grade...