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Fresh Mascara and a New Shade of Lipstick….
With a few days off from work for the holiday, I’ve had time to stalk revisit and explore blogs in more depth than my usual 4:30 AM reads. Man, you guys have some cool stuff out there! But you already knew that, didn’t you? I hope you don’t mind, but I’ve borrowed a few…
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Tell Us About Yourself: Sending an Introvert Into a Tailspin
Freaked out at the thought of having to introduce yourself to strangers? Several months ago I blogged about my BIG discovery {here}, after reading Susan Cain’s, Quiet: The Power of Introverts, last December. What a great read! In it, she discusses introverts in our society and society’s response to them. She writes, “The…
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Early Childhood Ed: Tykes, Testing, and (Future) Teachers
This post was first published in 2011. At the time, I was a member of our district’s CTE Instructional Support team. Since then, I returned to my own academic classroom, where I’ve spent the past three+ years. Now, with a wish to return to CTE, I’m sharing an answer to…
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Classroom 411: An Interactive Training Session Leads to New Ideas
Recently, a dedicated group of twenty educators and industry experts from Valencia Community College, Orange County Public Schools (Career and Technical Education), and Osceola County Public Schools (Career & Technical Education) met on a Saturday to participate in a lively staff development training session that explored ways to build “classroom community” regardless of the environment: live,…