by Matt Vaudrey | Mar 21, 2019 | Classroom Management, Hope, Teacher Improvement, Teaching |
I found this buried in my Google Drive this week. It’s a journal entry from 2008. Now—eleven years later—I love teaching and there are some teachers appreciate my commentary on stuff. As our teammates and friends are getting their March 15th letters, it may help...
by Matt Vaudrey | Jan 23, 2018 | Classroom Management, Education |
To Airica Yanez of Moreno Valley USD: Someone asked recently about co-teaching models. I figured now was a good time to describe (publicly) the year of teaching when I grew the most, and I have you to thank for pushing me to grow as an educator. Maybe it was our...
by Matt Vaudrey | Apr 30, 2017 | Actual Math, Adolescence, Classroom Management, Education, Teacher Improvement |
Today was day 1 of CUE Rockstar Math, where 120 of my fellow nerds descended on Dana Middle School in Arcadia to discuss math education with me and some Twitter friends. When you wake up and realize it is #CUErockstar math day!!! Let’s DO this!!...
by Matt Vaudrey | Feb 6, 2017 | Classroom Management, Education |
Dear Claire, This year marks my 10th in education. While the path of an educator’s career is murky and uncertain, I feel quite content with what I’ve accomplished in ten years. Rather than listing the recent wins (see the class Twitter feed and mine for...
by Matt Vaudrey | Oct 7, 2016 | Classroom Management, Education, Teacher Improvement |
Dear Claire, You and I haven’t ever talked about the use of the Teacher Report Card as a way to get feedback from students, but lemme tell ya; it’s one of my favorite things I do. Every students’ face lit up when I mentioned—before giving them the...
by Matt Vaudrey | Oct 1, 2016 | Classroom Management, Teaching |
Dear Claire, Late last week, I tweeted this: Today’s teaching revelation: The gap between theory and practice is at least three times as wide as I thought that it was. — Matt Vaudrey (@MrVaudrey) September 22, 2016 The tweet itself got a couple thousand views...