This week Shaun Bowes takes the wheel and becomes our first guest blogger. Hailing from Australia he has just completed his Masters of Teaching from Monash University and at 23 he'll become 'one of us' when he starts applying for teaching positions in 2016. Please welcome him as he writes on a subject about which he …
I recently took my family to a minor league baseball game and was bemused by the music played at the game. Not just the anthem, the 'Take Me Out to the Ball Park' and that familiar Hammond-organesque tune that has everyone shouting 'CHARGE!" at the end of it but also the choice of music that …
When I was at school, the assessment process went something like this: Teacher sets assignment I attempt the assignment and turn it in Teacher grades assignment and returns it I throw assignment in the garbage unless it was a good grade (a rarity) and my mom pinned it to the fridge. Most likely only two …
There's no denying it. Funds for teachers professional development are like my three year old son at the park...always on the slide. Additionally, finding the time to go to conferences, and not just the awesome national conferences but even those held at a local level is difficult too. Now, we could see this as a …
