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A Call to Arms: Mentors & Coaches
With @MrsStevensonSS This is Erin Stevenson (@MrsStevensonSS). I am suppose to say that she is a fairly typical 2nd year high school social studies teacher, only she’s not. She came to teaching later...
View ArticleOn Being A #Unicorn
I am a parent involved in education reform. I am on twitter (@artlaflamme), and I participate in education chats on twitter, in which I am often the only parent / non-teacher. I’ve been to two edcamps...
View Article#educon and a bed of roses
I had a great weekend at #educon in Philadelphia this weekend, but I also had a 5 hour drive home afterwards. That’s a lot of time to think, and a lot of time to catch up on Voxer. There are some very...
View ArticleTeachers & Mentors
One of my most rewarding experiences in the Army was the time I spent both as a mentor and as a protege. I am proud to say that many of those relationships continue on today, just as I am proud to say...
View ArticleWe’re mentoring wrong
I wish I had a nicer way to say it, other than that, but I don’t. In education, we are just plain doing it wrong. We need to change, we need to talk openly about the need to change, and we need to...
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The Army Officer’s Guide to Mentoring
My good friend and Army colleague Ray Kimball has a new book that has hit the Amazon bookshelves. The Army Officer’s Guide to Mentoring is the book version of his dissertation, written to support his...
View ArticleTeaching: End of your first year
We often have this discussion, my friends and I, about the reflective nature of summer for teachers. The great myth is that teachers run from the classroom as soon as the last bell rings, but in truth,...
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Mentoring: Modeling for others
I say all the time, model the behavior you want to see in others. Some of the time, I am talking to or with students, about the challenges in growing up. But often, I am talking with teachers and other...
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