Last year, I found out I was going to have a job as a full-time teacher two weeks before the school year started. I outlined my curriculum as much as possible, but these outlining sessions didn't produce more than a few pages of random notes. With the school year quickly approaching, I fell back on the …
Author: Josh Ecker
Striking a Balance
Hello again! After months of blog neglect, I’m back with my first post since becoming a full-time teacher. Since I’ve been MIA for so long, let’s do some catch up before I even get into the meat of this post: I got hired as a full-time 10th grade English teacher at a charter school in …
Some Words to Remember as a First Year Teacher
A little over a year ago, I remember sitting in one of my first ever grad school classes. We were discussing with our professor what it's like when you first start teaching. To paraphrase one of the main points from that discussion, he told us that our first year, we would not be good teachers. Yes, you read …
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Student Survey Results
Intro My last day of student teaching, I asked the students to fill out a short survey asking them about their favorite and least favorite activities or lessons from the marking period. During our last classes, I distributed these surveys and asked students to take 5-10 minutes to fill them out. In part, I wanted …
WSD Art Show Preview!
I had the chance to check out the art show tonight; I encourage you all to do the same! The level of work there is phenomenal. Here are some pictures to give you a little preview of what to expect. Let me say that none of my pictures do these pieces justice, and there's so …
Learning and Teaching in the Modern Age 