I wrote the below during our Leadership Team’s Retreat on the bucolic grounds of Oscar Swan. I feel anchored by our group and was reminded of the power of time set aside for writing, reflection, and strategizing. PEONIES at OSCAR SWAN Peonies remind me of pregnant women. Swollen and heavy, joyful and expectant. They bend over to hear the ground whisper back to the sleeping lives within them…seasons and seasons of peonies, of life cycles, of eggs that bloom backwards in a dizzying pattern of [...]
With less than a month left of school, I am starting to plan my summer. Like many other teachers, I use my “downtime” in the summer to catch up on my professional reading. Doing this in the summer is a good idea for a couple of different reasons. First, I actually have time to sit down and READ, since I don’t have papers to grade or lesson plans to write. Second, I tend to spend my summer reflecting on the [...]