In the spring of last year I interviewed for a position I really wanted. I didn't get it. My imposter syndrome that I have been...

Background I grew up in Northern Alberta, for those who read my blog and are from communities made up of diverse cultures and people, my...

Sitting down and watching a little Homeland after a day of working out, blogging, yard work and a walk I begin to blog again. I wrote...

I don't think I have ever started a blog post without a clear title in mind. I feel like it has always framed my thinking but today as I...

I attended my first Edcamp down in Bozeman Montana a few years ago. It was a neat experience. Teachers gathering together to share their...

When Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream first came out I have this recollection of Chunky Monkey and movies with my friends. A few weeks ago shea...

I am not talking about the Weezer song but I do now know what I will be listening to tomorrow at work. This last week or so I have been...

I don't know what to really call this distance education, remote teaching, home school, home learning, whatever it is. What I do know is...

As I am sitting enjoying my Easter weekend watching movies and playing video games a very small piece of me misses the hustle and bustle...

As the world battles an "all hands on deck war" with COVID-19 many still have hopes that have not yet been fulfilled. "When we have...

My morning routine is getting up at 4:30 or so checking Twitter and other social media getting ready to head to the gym and once there...

We have 2 dogs. Yesterday we spent the day in the yard cleaning up poop. The snow is finally melted or melting and well two big dogs and...

I don't know where to start. Earlier this week someone said to Julie, "Teachers are just loving this aren't they?" Julie told them we...

Today as we continue to adjust to the "new normal" of COVID-19 and its impact on or lives I was in my classroom waiting for students to...

Last year I was asked to join the coaching staff of the Varsity Basketball team. When the head coach mentioned my name as his assistant...

This year I have been working on ways to make writing more engaging. When I talk to my students every year their biggest complaint about...

This was the question that my new (excellent) student teacher asked me this morning. I think when I first started teaching I had this...

This week I had the amazing opportunity to fly across the country and learn from some of the best in the field of literacy. I never take...

I have wrestled with this post for a week, probably much longer if I am being really honest. Every year students around the province are...

Today I was working at the school helping in the concession for a tournament. At one point a went to go check out the game that was on...