Monthly Archives: October 2009

Pearls need discomfort, right?

Posted by Tracy on October 22, 2009 4 comments

“Those that have survived such perils of the sea as typhoons, suffocating red tides, and attacks from predators are brought ashore and opened. if everything has gone well, the result is a lovely, lustrous and very valuable pearl.” Click image for source. Yesterday after work I was typing up a commitment contract with our head [...]

What does your best teaching look like?

Posted by Tracy on October 17, 2009 3 comments

I have a new blog. It’s called Teaching is a Verb and I want to collect stories about actual teaching practice there. The long term goal of the blog is to connect teachers to teachers by providing a framework for us to visit each other’s classrooms. We have so much to learn from each other. [...]