I won the honorable award of being KBAY-FM Radio‘s Teacher of the Month! Yeah, that’s the South Bay’s Soft Rock! (I always thought of myself as more of an alternative / punk / folk / indie teacher of the month, but soft rock is cool too.) Anyway, the article is about half way down this Read More
The Cupertino Courier just posted a news article about technology use in our district, which has a great edu-speak quote by me. I’m not sure where they’ll end up posting the perma-link, so I just made a pdf of it here for future reference. Read the article here. The summary is that CEEF has a Read More
Well, just a couple of days after winning Teacher or the Year, I was told that I need to get another credential to be able to have English language learners in my classroom. The one I got in Minnesota doesn’t count for beans. I need a new one and they could suspend my pay if Read More
I just found out on Friday that I am Teacher of the Year. I’ve been nominated the last several years, but this is the first time I’ve won. It’s kind of nice given how hard I work and how I’m constantly doing something related to teaching or improving my school or professional development or whatnot. Read More
My school is currently going through their voting process for teacher of the year. Some of the older teachers have boycotted the voting process because they say, “I haven’t seen all of the candidates teach.” Which got me thinking. How does someone get teacher of the year? Do we just vote in any old baffoon? Read More
I forgot to blog about our recent win (you have to scroll to the bottom…sorry). Or, just read it here: Honors for teachers who use technology Local News – Posted on Thu, Oct. 28, 2004 Three teachers will be honored by Los Altos technology company Rambus and the Krause Center for Innovation at Foothill College Read More
I just got nominated for Teacher of the Year for my district again this year. I’m not going to win or anything because there are the “dinosaurs of teaching” who have far more wisdom and professional development under their belts. It’s just neat to feel appreciated. The way it’s been going I hope I don’t Read More
It all started when our school was having a magazine drive. Students were supposed to sell magazines to win cool prizes. The money basically funds all student activities such as dances, spirit days, and the like. Each homeroom competes with the others to be the top sellers and recipient of a pizza party and book Read More