Sand in my Shoes
Maybe it is my father’s fault. He introduced me to the Pacific Ocean, to fishing and clamming on the Washington Coast, to drifting for long hours down the Hoh River. […]
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Kathleen R
I currently teach Humanities and Language A English to 6-11th graders at an international school in Germany. I hold a Masters in Educational Technology. In my free time I frolic about the landscape with my Germerican Husband and daughter.
Retreat, Renewal, and The Razor’s Edge
“It is easy to be a holy man on a mountain.” This phrase from one of my all time favorite stories, The Razor’s Edge, has been a recurring motif in […]
Fanfares and Farewells
It is amazing the mark that teachers can leave on their students’ lives. It is amazing the mark a colleague can leave on a school community. Yesterday my school said […]
Red Light….GREEN LIGHT!
Recently I attended a training on Formative Assessment with Dylan Wiliam. He is well-known in educational circles as THE guru of Formative Assessment. So I was pretty excited to spend […]
Damn You Rick Steves!
For years I have been dreaming of a trip to Cinque Terre. Every time we think about where we want to go over the school holidays, the 5 T’s always […]
Fighting the Sun for my Students’ Attention
Few events get your students as excited as natural phenomena. A crazy hail storm in the spring, the first snow of the season, or a high magnitude earthquake could all […]
My Teaching Manifesto
Lately, I have had to venture out of my Shangri-la. It is easy to stay in my classroom and only interact with those whom I trust. It is harder to […]
Wikipedia-Wicked or Wonderful?
Professional Development can be the most maddening hours you spend as a teacher or it can lift you to new heights, make your head explode, and completely change the way […]
To Vaccinate or not to Vaccinate-My story
Almost 8 years ago, we had a child. We never thought of ourselves as “earthy-crunchy.” We didn’t intend to go all natural, attachment, or organic. As parents, we just listened […]
I am a Target
I hesitate to write this. But what else do you do when the fear builds up inside you to a breaking point. At times I feel like my paranoia gets […]
