by Matt Vaudrey | Aug 23, 2016 | Coaching, Education, Teaching |
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...
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 | Jul 27, 2015 | Coaching, Education, Hope, Teacher Improvement |
After dinner, taking a swim in the Atlantic, stopping by the Carnegie debrief dinner, and strolling on the beach with some of the staff, I returned to the bar on a Thursday night after giving the keynote address that morning a few weeks ago. Around the table are some...
by Matt Vaudrey | May 18, 2015 | Administration, Coaching, Education, Hope |
Stacy, one my teacher sisters, shouted across the playground, “Why don’t you ask him? Mr. Vaudrey! Mariah has a question for you!” It was the end of the day, and I was walking back to my car as Stacy’s 4th graders walked to the bus. Mariah...