by Matt Vaudrey | Sep 27, 2016 | Classroom Management |
What follows is an email I sent back to Erin, a teacher who read the book and this blog and rightfully had some questions. I (and John) are thrilled that Classroom Chef has opened us to have these conversations more often. Hi, Erin. I’ve been sitting on...
by Matt Vaudrey | Sep 26, 2016 | Classroom Management, Teaching |
Dear Claire, I drafted this post, but never published it last week. This was a week of transitions, one in which I was very thankful for this blog, twitter, and my wife as a sounding board. On Monday, the air-conditioning in room 908 still wasn’t fixed, and the...
by Matt Vaudrey | May 31, 2016 | Adolescence, Classroom Management, Coaching, Education, Teacher Improvement |
After Fawn’s recent post about Jerks and some of the earnest frustration and heartache coming from the Classroom Chef book club on Voxer, I had a chat today with one of our administrators about some struggling teachers. These teachers have unruly classes that...
by Matt Vaudrey | Jan 12, 2016 | Classroom Management, Coaching, Education, Teacher Improvement |
This gem ambled across my Twitter feed this morning. Just wondering, from those who visit a lot of classrooms. How diff are they? Can you tell about T’s pedagogical beliefs from visit? #MTBoS — Andrew Gael (@bkdidact) January 11, 2016 Oh, baby. What a great...
by Matt Vaudrey | Aug 24, 2015 | Classroom Management, Coaching, Teaching |
Today is the first day of school for Bonita Unified School District. Last week, I puttered around classrooms and chatted up new and returning teachers, aligned SmartBoards, planned out musical cues, and suggested desk placement. All of which is great, most of which...
by Matt Vaudrey | Dec 22, 2014 | Adolescence, Classroom Management, Hope |
Samantha (not Sam; do not call her Sam) joined our 5th/6th period a couple weeks into the school year. Fifth period was math, sixth period was “Intervention”: a full hour where students with learning challenges had iPads, me, and no curriculum. It was an absolute...
