First Day of School 2016

Teaching two periods of Integrated Math I while Claire Verti takes maternity leave, these are my public letters to her, as part of a 12-week series. Hopefully, she starts a blog when she returns. Dear Claire, I’m sweaty. The air conditioning went out around...

Setting Someone Else’s Table

Dear Claire, Yesterday was great. I had forgotten how fantastic it feels to put on some loud music and move furniture. That’s not to say that I’m glad your entire class was boxed up and moved to the middle of the room; that was… not ideal. But it...

Weak Teaching Muscles

Dear Claire, Thank you for being so willing to let me be your long-term sub while you’re out on Maternity leave. Of course, I’ll work closely with Adriana to keep our lessons and class culture consistent, something that you can swiftly absorb when you...