I love my job

 I love my work. 

It's absolutely amazing to work with teachers and students. I love creating lesson plans, creating visuals or games for teachers, but most especially I love teaching kids.

Yes, elementary kids still make me nervous. Middle/Junior and High school kids still are my main jam. 

Fellow teachers....are still the hardest to teach. (Though I'm still more nervous in front of a classroom of cute kindergarten students!)

I appreciate the opportunity to teach and I hope that I can continually learn and improve my own practice of teaching. I hope that I can improve my rigor, ungrade my questions and find new ways to teach students in an ever evolving world. 

My greatest hope is to unlock the realms of understanding of the works of the Creator, of the heavens, the earth and all that are in them. I have perhaps been shy of placing my religious beliefs with my science beliefs--so I'll say directly here...there is no conflict between science and religion. If a conflict ever arises then there is misunderstanding between one or the other which requires further study.

Go Out And Learn,

Mrs. R

Universal Design for Learning: UDL

 Universal Design for Learning: UDL is an interesting subject which plays on the ideas of "design for all, instead of remedial for some."

Lessons are meant to be dynamic enough to allow all students, regardless of background, experience or language to explain in a unique matter what they know. 

Are you an artist? A writer? A historian? A scientist? 

What are you? 

Imagine having a lesson which allows students to report their knowledge in a unique manner? Instead of having 210+ of the same assignment, now you have information flowing through art, written language, dance, mathematics... these dynamics combine to create a realm of vast knowledge both in life and in your classroom. 

Want to learn more about how you can add UDL to your classroom? 

Dive into UDL by Kendra Grant and Luis Perez: https://www.amazon.com/Dive-Into-UDL-Second-Immersive/dp/1564849333

UDL Guidelines: https://udlguidelines.cast.org/