Open Heart Teaching

Reflections on teaching, learning, schools, reform and hot button issues by a 15 year veteran elementary teacher working at a high performing charter school in Austin, Texas.

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Sunday, August 9, 2015

5 Tips for Teachers fornthe First Week of School

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I have had 16 first weeks of school.  I have learned the hard way about how to manage the stress and nerves.  This are my top 5 tips for a s...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Go Slow to Go Fast- the importance of the first days of school

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Go Slow to Go Fast.   I capitalize this phrase because it has become a kind of mantra for me whenever I am embarking on a new and impor...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

My Secrets to Surviving and Thriving as a Teacher

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Some questions I used to get asked a lot as a veteran teacher are, What is your secret?  How is it that you have stayed in the classroom s...
Thursday, February 19, 2015

Walking Dead- Teaching Through the Kidpocalypse

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I was watching the latest episode of The Walking Dead and I was like, "Hey Rick !  Leave those poor zombies alone!   They are doing  t...
Thursday, January 22, 2015

The Power of Gratitude

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My principal tricked me into being happy.  It was a clever ruse, and it worked.  We  usually only get to wear jeans on Fridays.  To earn Jea...
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