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Ending the School Year with a Bang!
Ending the School Year with a Bang! What are some ways to end the school year on a high note academically, sending scholars wit...
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Achieving Work-Life Balance Healthy Work Habits Healthy Home Habits Remote Balance
Hello, my name is Lynnette Gordon. I am a second grade teacher at GVPLA. I started last January, and love the school and the staff!
ReplyDeleteHi everyone, I am a new teacher this year at GVPLA. I will be teaching fourth grade. This is my first year teaching and I am very excited and nervous.
ReplyDeleteHello! Elise Andrews here. I'm new this year at TLJA, and it is my first year teaching in my very own classroom. I cannot wait to meet my scholars and learn from the great teachers and staff in this fantastic school!
ReplyDeleteHey hey! My name is Samantha Naranjo. This is the start of my 7th year teaching, 5th year in kindergarten. I am very excited to start!
ReplyDeleteHi Everyone! My name is Dana Patrick and I will be teaching 4th grade ELAR at Jones Clark Elementary in Beaumont. I’m excited, my team seems awesome.
ReplyDeleteHello! My name is Paige Clonce. I am new to PLA and am teaching 5th grade at PLA@103. I have been enjoying my time at PLA with my scholars! :)
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ReplyDeleteI'm Ms. Pritchard and I teach 6th grade at PLA103. I'm excited to here, but I'm definitely still figuring out this virtual teaching.
Good Morning,
ReplyDeleteIm Yashikia Willis I"m a T.A at PLA93. I have been enjoying my time so far with virtual learning
Hello! My name is Ursula Thomas. I am new to PLA Smith Middle School. I am a first year teacher. I will be teaching 6th-8th Resource ELAR. I am excited to begin this new journey.
ReplyDeleteHello! I am Abbigail Brantch. This is my first year at JRPLA. I am teaching High School Choir and 8th Grade Music.
ReplyDeleteHello! My name is Caroline Friedly and I am a first year teacher. I am teaching 1st grade at PLA103 and I absolutely love it!
ReplyDeleteHello! My name is Jenina Sorenson. This is my 17th year in education. I am an ELL instructor here at PLA@103 and am absolutely loving it!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Tiffany Lienerth. I am working at JRP as the 8th grade math teacher. I am excited to be here and ready for the return of the students.
ReplyDeleteHi! My name is Audree Zabel. I am a new teacher this year at GVPLA. I am so excited to be back in school with the scholars!
ReplyDeleteHi! My name is Natalie Brammer. I'm first year teacher as a teacher intern for primary grades at PLA@103!
ReplyDeleteHello! I'm Brianna Bennett. This is my first year teaching. I am currently completing a transition to teaching program, and I'm excited to be a teaching intern at PLA 93.
ReplyDeleteHi everyone! My name is Kelsey Barrix. I am new to Phalen this year. I am a fourth grade teacher at PLA103. I am very excited to get this year started and am loving it so far!
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My name is Bruce Quilling and I am teaching World History at JRPLA.
ReplyDeleteMy names is Melinda Manges and I am teaching English at GVPLA,
ReplyDeleteHi My Name is Janis Macey and I am a new kindergarten teacher at GVP. I am so excited to be at GVP and look forward to a great year working with young scholars.
ReplyDeleteGreetings my name is James Mathews, I am the new Art Instructor for Timothy L. Johnson Academy, K-8. I am excited to share the art world with our scholars.
ReplyDeleteHello, I'm Melissa Sheriff. I am the English as a New Language teacher for 9-11 at JRP. I am looking forward to focusing my energy on the ENL scholars.
ReplyDeleteHello, I’m Courtney Nunn. I am the New JRP MS PE Teacher. I’m a FYT as well. I look forward to learning a lot of news things & connecting with our scholars!
ReplyDeleteHello! My name is Dawn Price. This is my first year at Hiat. I have been teaching for many many years. Thus far, I am loving it at Hiat. I have never been surrounded by such a caring and supportive staff before. I am teaching 1st grade this year and love it. It is my favorite grade level. Looking forward to touching the lives of my scholars!
ReplyDeleteHello everyone! I will be a third grade teacher at PLA@103 this year.
ReplyDeleteHello! I am Kei'Anna Anderson and I teach High School Art at James and Rosemary Phalen. I am new to the PLA Organization. Though, I am excited to see what's to come.
ReplyDeleteHello I'm Yolanda Betty and I'm the middle school science teacher at Trix Acad in Detroit,MI. I am new to PLA and I'm very nervous about my first day. I'm learning so much and I just know I'm not going to get everything right. I'm learning their way of doing things, which includes new media than I'm used to, and also the changes for virtual learning. It's going to be a very interesting year. lol
ReplyDeleteHey Ms. Bell!!!!!
DeleteI know you did just great on the first day. I've had a few technical difficulties. My computer just stopped working during one session (OHHHH NOOOO!!!) Thankfully, Ms. Green walked in at that exact time, worked her magic and fixed it. For a second or two, we couldn't see my desk top and I was sorta frazzled! But she got it back up!!!
So, ..... that was the most exciting thing!
Sheryll Purdy
Hi I'm Dr. Katie Lawrence. I'm a new teacher at JRPLA. I have been teaching at Ball State for the last 4 years and I'm excited to be back teaching high school. I will be starting up the chemistry and ICP courses. It's definitely been a difficult start, but I'm still excited to be here.
ReplyDeleteI am Frederick Pittman and I am teaching 5th & 6th grade math/social studies at HIAT Academy in Merrillville, Indiana. This is my ninth year teaching, but my first at a charter school! Looking forward to the new challenges.
ReplyDeleteHello! My name is Angelique McClellan and i am teaching 6th and 7th grade math at Smith Middle School. This is my first year teaching and i am excited to be helping students understand math in a few way.
ReplyDeleteHi Ms. McClellan! I am also a first year teacher at smith! I just wanted to say hello and good luck! - Adrianne Haskins
DeleteHi there. I am Ana Long. I am working with 5th grade at GVPLA. I have been a teacher for 13 years. I think the beginning of school is so exciting because the scholars are so excited. I love seeing their enthusiasm.
ReplyDeleteHello, I am Adrianne Haskins. I teach 6th grade AFL at Smith Middle School. This is my first year teaching. I think the beginning of the school year is so exciting because the opportunities are endless and there are so many new relationships to foster. I build relationships by being genuinely interested in my students and striving to understand them each individually. I would like to see blog posts with advice for virtual learning.
ReplyDeleteHi everyone! My name is Jensen Cacciola. This is my first year to PLA at Jones-Clark Elementary and I will be teaching 4th grade Math. I have taught 4th grade self-contained and 6th grade Math at different districts. I so excited for the school year no matter the challenges I will face.
ReplyDeleteI meant to say I am so excited for the school year.
DeleteHello everyone! My name is Evelyn Bottando. This is my first year at PLA and I will serve as an interventionist. As I began, I got the opportunity to fill in for 5th and 6th grade. My experience so far has been wonderful.
DeleteHello Everyone! There is a possibility I might end up with 2 posts (LOL). Im not exactly sure if the first one went through or not. My name is, Teresa Pope and I will be teaching art at Jones Clark Elementary. This is my 15th year of teaching and Im really ready to get back in the classroom
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Hello! My name is Samantha Burns and I am a 4th grade teacher at School 93 in Indianapolis. This is my first year teaching so the transition to online learning has been a challenge, but I am so impressed with the support and encouragement that I've already been offered at PLA! I love the staff!
ReplyDeleteI worked summer school with a teacher from Indy. I can't remember her name but she taught Kindergarten and she was really great. She has short dark hair. I loved working with her and I learned a lot.
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Hi All!!
ReplyDeleteI'm a veteran teacher, but new to Phalen. I feel like all of us are on equal footing this year as we are all teaching in a manner we've never taught before. Scholars in the class, scholars on line. How crazy is that?
I'm finding that the biggest thing I fight is all of the negative experiences I've had at other schools making me feel like I'm going to fail here at this new school. I'm not fighting the situation, I'm fighting my own negative self talk. SO NOT FAIR!! Thankfully, I have lots of new friends at school who keep me grounded and help me redirect my self talk.
I hear you. And I hate what the negativity from that other school has done to my self confidence! They meant to tear me down as a person and as a teacher.
DeleteThankfully Phalen was there to remind me of who I was. Sounds like that's what they did for you too. As each positive day of school goes by, I think less of that bad time and more of how much fun teaching has become again. I know that will happen for you too! I think that's what Mr. Phalen meant to have happen. He's started something amazing for the scholars and for us as well.
The unknown above is me - Sheryll Purdy at Trix Academy.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know last week I was to post so, here I am again. I seriously so tired and am just trying to make it to 9:00 and then I'm passing out on my pillow.
My first week was awesome. I've only met with my homeroom but they are just great. We had an experiment to practice the steps of the scientific method and writing up a lab. The kids just loved it and I loved their excitement.
ReplyDeleteI have had very positive interactions with parents, thus far. In my experience, the key is to make sure parents understand this is a partnership. The goal is for the scholar to succeed socially and academically. I am clear and steadfast in my assertion that I am here to help and will do everything in my power to support the scholar in achieving the goal.
ReplyDeleteBruce Quilling, JRPLA
Scott T. Eddy JRPLA. I am the 10th and 11th grade Algebra 2 teacher.
ReplyDeleteI am Sarah from PLA 103. For me finding a work life balance is hard because I do not know what I am doing yet. I am still learning how to do things smarter and not harder. I think eventually with time things with come to me. I find myself late and night still thinking about school and items that I still need to complete.
ReplyDeleteHahahaha! This makes me laugh! Not really it makes me sad. This isn't my first rodeo - far from it. I can remember a time when I would go home and tell myself, "get your school work done (grade papers) and then you can have some free time." Then, I would take Friday night off, get up Sat. morning get my lesson plans done and my grading and be done. Yeah me. Then I can remember a time where I could quit at 7:00, work on Friday night, all day Sat. and take Sunday off and be OK. Now, Yeah. It is non-stop and there is no time off. Just when I think I'm ahead for refinement, I'm really behind again. Balance work and personal life? That's why people get out of teaching or the classroom! And I know what you're thinking - burnout. I doubt it, not after this many years and I can see retirement. Mostly, I want to do the best job I can possibly do for my scholars, I want to see them grow and learn. When I'm at home I can be with my family while I work and be a part of what's going on at home. I'm older and don't care to go out with friends, I just want to stay home. I wish I could knit, but there are more important things than knitting right now. And I love what I do and won't sacrifice quality for the concept of balance. For these next few years, or until retirement, this is balance for me. It is what it is. I leave balance to the younger teachers.
ReplyDeleteThat long long post was me. Sheryll from Trix Academy.
ReplyDeleteHi my name is Brendon Diaz. I teach 4th and 5th grade Science at Jones Clark Elementary in Beaumont TX.
ReplyDeleteHi! I'm Heather Hill! I teach 1st grade at PLA @93. I'm looking forward to getting to know my colleagues and collaborating this year!
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PLA @93
Hello everybody, My name is Carolyn Dancy and I am a Counselor at Smith Middle School. Due to technical problems I am just now able to post but I am definitely excited to join the PLA family.
ReplyDeleteHello my name is Andrea Latimore I am a Cosmetology and Barbering Instructor at JR PLA Its nice to meet you all.
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