You didn't get into this profession for the easy days, but what if things didn't have to be this hard...?
Yesterday
Today
Tomorrow
I've been in education for nearly 21 years, and if I am being honest - which is kind of the whole point - I was not always good at it. I had the heart from day one. I could walk into any classroom & build a relationship with any child. But the planning? The differentiation? Breaking down a standard into something a real child could actually learn? That took me years - twenty-one of them, if we're counting. It wasn't taught in college, and it hasn't been effectively taught in the professional development I've had to endure over the last two decades.
At some point, the noise of it all - the literal and emotional noise of school life - became something I couldn't manage. I'd come to the point where I had to constantly listen to white noise - while in the classroom - just to get through the day. The joy I'd always found in connecting with students...was gone. I was hiding from a job I'd given so much of myself to.
I built Teaching: The Real because I believe that what happeed to me is happening to teachers everywhere - right now, today. New teachers are walking into buildings completely underprepared for the reality of what this job requires, while veterans burn out quietly because no one is having the much-need, honest conversation.
I'm having it.
After 21 years of authentic relationships, differentiated instruction across every level, ILT leadership, co-teaching, mentoring, and more student, parent, & team meetings that I can count, I now understand what I wish someone had shared with me in year one. No more gatekeeping; I am here to help.
Tomorrow looks like a community of educators who no longer have to figure it all out alone. It looks like new teachers walking in with more than a credential. It looks like veteran teachers finishing strong instead of passively going through the motions.
I was called to lead the way, inspire hearts, and ignite the intellect of young scholars - first in my classroom, and now in yours.
Let's Build Together!