Leading From The Heart

by Tracy Rosen, teaching & consulting since 1996, blogging about it here since 2007. All views are my own and you should take them with a grain of salt, I do.

Classroom

First day … on your marks, get set…

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It’s 5:30 am and I have…

Who are teachers?

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“Today’s topic…self-construction” KRS-One **audio from 1vibe.net, April 22, 2008 7 months ago (though I just discovered it) Clay Burrell wrote On Leaving Teaching to Become a Teacher: More and more I wonder: is school a good place for teachers who want to make a difference in the lives of their students, and to the future … Who are teachers?

End of year – closure, time, plans.

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I forgot to have a good closure. Me, who knows of the importance of closure, forgot (me forgot? Whatever…). image from: Organizational Systems 2, acrStudio.com A group of kids didn’t come in on the last day and, of those who did, another group left after lunch. And a couple of them played a bit of … End of year – closure, time, plans.

Invention at Play

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I discovered Adam Hunt via his comment on my latest LeaderTalk post. When I went to peruse his blog, I was met with his review of this great (fun) interactive game resource for the classroom (click the logo to go): I’m having fun and I’m going to test it out on my students next week. … Invention at Play

Travel Day

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Montreal Metro Tunnel 1 image by Flowizm on Flickr Every day 2 of our 9-day cycle at school I take my older group of students out on a travel day. We take public transportation to travel from Chateauguay to Montreal. Each day 2 we try to go to a new place, and each time I … Travel Day