by Matt Vaudrey | Nov 28, 2016 | Education, Hope |
Real talk: Autumn has been crazy in the Vaudrey household. Between prepping for CMC-South, traveling the country to talk about math education, and moving my family across town, this li’l blog has been neglected. The next several posts in the #DearClaire series...
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...
by Matt Vaudrey | May 5, 2015 | Coaching, Hope, Teaching |
It gets better. Really, it sucks now, but you’ll have more and more great days and less and less days that you wanna quit and move in with your parents. Working with new teachers in my role as a coach, I ask the question: “Why are you a teacher?”...
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...
by Matt Vaudrey | Sep 25, 2014 | Ed Tech, Education, Hope, Teacher Improvement, Teaching |
Today, I witnessed an excellent old-school lesson. The teacher was engaging, funny, and had play-doh on the desks with toothpicks to demonstrate angle relationships to the sophomore Geometry students. Students inserted a Cloze Notes-Style handout into their plastic...
