First Post

As a high school English teacher, I find that I constantly advise my students to reflect on their learning process and style, and yet over the past year, I did not practice what I preached to every student. For ten years, I pursued multiple degrees in college and became accustomed to reflecting on my learning process as well as my development as a teacher. Looking back, the process of keeping a journal and commenting on my trials, successes, and failures as a teacher was one of the most important learning tools I developed.

So....

As a sixth year teacher and by no means a veteran, I have decided to go back to my roots. In doing so, I will keep this blog to reflect on my experiences developing lesson plans, designing units, and teaching students everyday. I hope to chronicle my successes as well as my failures in an attempt to become a better teacher. I invite comments, concerns, and questions and hope that through my process of reflecting, I can help not only myself, but other teachers as well, teachers who find themselves confused on the best way to teach writing and reading in the twenty-first century.