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 | Aug 10, 2018 | Teaching |
Our last day of school was June 6th, a minimum day. After submitting final grades and textbooks and turning in keys, both students and teachers zipped home in time for a celebration lunch. Each of our 13 schools was notably quiet by the usual release time. Only...
by Matt Vaudrey | Oct 21, 2017 | Actual Math, Teaching |
A month ago, I wrote about my comfort with my daughter doing something imperfectly. An update happened this week that I want to share with you: Pickle’s birthday was last month, and she was gifted (along with lots of glitter and pink crap) the box...
by Matt Vaudrey | Aug 25, 2017 | Ed Tech, Education, Teaching |
Earlier this year, my department adopted a new data-tool. It generates lovely reports that teachers and principals can use to understand numbers and stuff. It’s also super-complicated and the forum is fairly sparse. My search for support also took me to...
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...
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...
