by Brittany Taormina | Mar 12, 2021 | Classroom Culture, Risk, Teacher Improvement, Vulnerability |
The following is a guest post from Brittany Taormina, who gave the Teacher Report Card to her students during 2021 distance learning. She tweeted me about it, and her grand risk deserves some celebration. Check it out below! 8:10am the morning bell rings, students...
by Matt Vaudrey | Aug 27, 2020 | Classroom Culture, Education, Uncategorized |
When I was in college, I was a voracious and brave eater. I would boast to my friends, “Ice cream, sushi, pizza; even when they’re bad, it’s still better than no ice cream, sushi, or pizza.” I was 19 and narrow-minded about a lot, not just...
by Matt Vaudrey | Sep 18, 2019 | Classroom Culture, Coaching, Teacher Improvement |
For years, I had a classroom. It was Vaudrey’s Room, even when I wasn’t in it; the space was tied to me as the main person. Then I had a desk that was most-often unoccupied, as I traveled my district supporting teachers in their spaces. Now there’s...
by Matt Vaudrey | May 23, 2019 | Adolescence, Classroom Culture, Hope |
Yesterday was Pickle’s last day of school as a kindergartener. The night before, I was folding laundry after the kids were asleep, and I heard her burst into tears. I found her sitting up in her big-kid bed weeping. Me: Pickle, what’s wrong?Pickle: *sniff* I...
by Matt Vaudrey | Feb 7, 2018 | Classroom Culture, Education |
Hey, Ashley! Thanks for sharing those links, and I’m sorry it took so long for me to get around to reading them. I’m somewhere over Phoenix on my way to Detroit, so I have some down time. And Southwest Airlines internet is just fast enough to load those...
by Matt Vaudrey | Dec 15, 2017 | Classroom Culture |
On a Tuesday in April last year, I meandered into Ms. V’s class, just to hang out. She called on volunteers and non-volunteers, encouraged group work, spoke in a fair, respectful tone, and was generally an excellent teacher for the entire 53 minutes. Later, when...
