ERIN SPONAUGLE

Using your voice as a teacher is not about being bombastic or dramatic. It's not about starting things, or airing dirty laundry, or being the loudest person in the room. It's not about spilling tea, name-calling, or any of the other things that make administrators nervous and don't actually move anything forward. It's about being the professional voice of reason. Using what you know, from your actual daily experience in an actual classroom, to say the things that need to be s

Wanting a change does not mean you failed at teaching. It doesn't mean you're being disloyal, or dramatic, or that you should just push through for a few more years. Teachers are people, and people grow and change, and at different points in life they want and need different things. That's true for everyone except, apparently, for teachers, who often get the subtle message that choosing to stay in one classroom doing one thing forever is the noble path and anything else is ab

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After reading this blog post, you'll know how to use the 5 A's to create a trauma sensitive classroom environment for your students.

While remote learning wasn’t the ideal means of closing (and likely beginning) a school year, there were several things from my experience.