Regular members of the Building Confident Learners website won’t be surprised to find out that I am a firm believer that the best strategy to improve learning in schools is to pair teachers together on collaborative teams and give them the knowledge and skills necessary
I’ve got to admit that it’s been a tough week. If you are a full time classroom teacher, you know those happen from time to time. They are the weeks when it is the hardest to feel inspired or motivated — and when it is
As a science teacher with very little training in how to best support English Language Learners (ELLs) in my classroom, I’ve always spent time early in the school year showing students how to use the automatic translation tools in Google Docs to convert content that
On Tuesday, Canadian Olympic swimmer Penny Oleksiak accomplished a feat that most of us can only dream of, winning a silver and two bronzes in the pools of the 2020 Tokyo Games. Amazing moment, right? A lifetime achievement — the culmination of hours and hours
Almost fifteen years ago, I started blogging on a site that I called The Tempered Radical. My goal was simple: I wanted to raise my voice and call attention to the realities of life as a full-time classroom teacher. Since that time, I’ve written well
