Teenagers are my jam. I love teaching them, hanging out with them, and helping their teachers make learning engaging for them. I started teaching high school English in 1990. Before we had computers in our rooms, before anyone ever even talked about the Internet, before digital learning was even a thing, I was hand writing lesson plans and photocopying what I needed. By the time I retired in 2021, my students were writing collaborative essays via Google Docs using our classroom set of Chromebooks, and they were designing their own websites to demonstrate their knowledge and skills.

Times change, and we have to change with them, but good instruction is good instruction. 

Now I write curriculum materials so that teachers can spend their time and energy on differentiation and feedback, not the reinvention of the wheel. An English teacher’s life is HARD, harder than most I would argue. Our grading load is almost unbearable, and we can never manage it effectively if we spend our evenings and weekends planning. I am PASSIONATE about teachers leaving work with nothing but a jacket and an empty lunch box.

Why Am I So Passionate About Teachers Leaving School at School?

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