As you may know, I have been attempting to volunteer my services at Mandarin Middle School. It’s been about a month now and I’ve made two separate trips to visit them, but no one from that school has ever contacted me. If you’d like to see that complete story, it begins here. If you know […]
I’ve Decided to Become a Volunteer
April 3, 2012 by
I’m assuming that you are probably familiar with Daily Teaching Tools, my website devoted to free resources for teachers. And, if you are, you may also have noticed that I am very fond of advocating that administrators spend specific periods, on a regular basis, in the classroom teaching students. That also applies to anyone in […]
Thank You for Surviving Another Year
December 2, 2011 by
This is the conclusion of an editorial column written by Mark Woods for the Florida Times-Union. If you haven’t had a chance to read my previous post, you may want to consider doing so. That post is located here. Mark concludes, “Are there bad teachers? Of course there are. But they’re in the minority. And […]
Reaction to Teacher of the Year’s Resignation
November 1, 2011 by
Eleanor King, a retired teacher here in Jacksonville, was very saddened by the resignation of former Teacher of the Year, Christopher Harvey. If you have not had the opportunity to read my previous three posts about Chris, you may want to consider doing so before continuing here. In a letter to the editor of the […]
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