Suck Less: In your first five years of teaching

Suck Less: In your first five years of teaching

Two years in the making. I started this book two years ago, after doing some guest lecturing at Queen’s University. I had things to say and I kept running out of time. Then, conveniently, my son was playing in a summer basketball team that practiced in another city so I couldn’t go home between dropping […]

Bridges out of Poverty – Book Review

Bridges out of Poverty – Book Review

Book review of Bridges out of Poverty from a teacher who has used Payne’s framework to help understand students from a different SES than herself.

The Books That Made Me

The Books That Made Me

Book reviews from professional development books that have influenced my practice.

How to Teach so Kids Can Remember

How to Teach so Kids Can Remember

Review of How to Teach so Students Remember by Marilee Sprenger. A practical introductory guide to brain based teaching.

Mindset by Carol S. Dweck

Mindset by Carol S. Dweck

Immediate application: 8 Readability: 9 Change in my practice: 8 This book has become recommended reading in our school board. In fact, after I ordered a copy with the TLLP money I found out that the school already had 4 copies. The first bit of informational gold which I took away from this wonderful book was […]