
Update!
Hi. I am Kayla and I am an obliger. For those of you who have read the book, The Four Tendencies, you will understand that I am a people...
Let him dance!
Now that it is summer and I have made this huge move hundreds of miles away from the Bay Area, I have started reminiscing. It started by...

Field Trips
They can be so fun. You are with all of our students, in a new environment, learning and playing. You get to bring them on a bus and into...

Liking Your Students
I have now been with my students for 6 months and I can finally say that I like my students. Don’t get me wrong, I liked them before too,...

How to Include a Special Education Teacher
As I sit in my 4th year of school meetings, district collaborations, and general education conferences, I had that thought cross my mind...

New Year New Teaching Strategies?
I am always so excited (and stressed) for the annual 2-week holiday break most teachers get. Excited because I get to see family, sleep...

Communicate with SPED
This year I have a new class full of first graders and two new students who have never done participated in any sort of mainstreaming. I...

Why I fight for Inclusion
Inclusion makes me think of the quote said by Eleanor Roosevelt, “do one thing every day that scares you.” Because lets face it,...

Teaching Is Hard
This year has been the most challenging year I have ever had in my classroom and it’s only the beginning of November. I leave almost...

The Long Run
Recently during a staff meeting, Katy and I heard the best news. Our new principal (happiest damn woman in the world), had us go around...