Janet Abercrombie's Blog Posts Tagged 'Classroom' (2)

Today was "T Minus 5". Students arrive in five working days.

Two feelings: chatty and overwhelmed.



Importance of Chat

Each school year begins with faculty and staff assemblies. I look over a sea of roughly 300 people, about a third of whom I know fairly well. I want to hear about their summers. I want them to expand on their Facebook updates - all the fun stories they didn't post.



I think the importance of beginning-of-year chat is…

This week I had the privilege of visiting my first classroom. The room looked and smelled exactly the same as it did back in 1993. I, however, look completely different. I think differently too.

I was flooded with memories as I walked around. I began thinking of my mistakes and successes in…