Posted in Reflections, Shout Outs on Jan 19th, 2009 No Comments »
Being a teacher forces you to acquire a dual identity. There’s the you that’s existed since the beginning, and the new alter ego whose name typically begins with a Ms or Mr.
I’ve found it difficult to merge the two worlds together. I especially find it difficult to share teaching stories with my non-teaching friends. You [...]
Posted in Growth, Quotable Dialogue, Random Meanderings, Shout Outs on Dec 3rd, 2008 1 Comment »
It seems we ST folk are collectively paralyzed, or maybe tis’ the season for teachers to experience writer’s block? I blame it on the weather… or:
One contributor and I spoke excitedly a few months ago on the topic of our site’s recent success. And by success, I mean increased readership. I pin this on dy/dan, [...]
Posted in Shout Outs on Oct 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Just the cure for an October Monday… SupTeach is happy to introduce two new contributors to our community!
Let’s give a warm welcome to Mistermaestro and CMalixi!
Mistermaestro teaches at a middle school in Oakland, while CMalixi is working and student teaching towards a single subject social studies credential. Both would like to share their experiences with [...]
Posted in Reflections, Shout Outs, Struggles on Oct 19th, 2008 9 Comments »
October is not a good month for new teachers. October is the month you lose that initial adrenaline of “wow, I’m a teacher. I’m going to change lives” October is the month your ‘honeymoon’ period with students fades away. October is the month when students start to test you. Me: “Alright, you guys got that? [...]
Posted in Higher Ed, Lighthearted, Shout Outs on Sep 15th, 2008 1 Comment »
It’s that time of year again–high school outreach season. Don’t get me wrong, being out in the community all summer is great and working with students on our campus is fun but my favorite part of the job is visiting high schools and working with students and staff at those sites–it’s kind of how I [...]
Posted in Other Contributors, Shout Outs on Aug 5th, 2008 No Comments »
Following up on 13+’s mention on collablogs in his previous entry, check out what our highly esteemed colleague Owen had to say about SupTeach & other collablogs in this entry:
This is a response to the recent uprising of collablogs in our local blogosphere.
and by recent uprising, i mean two.
and by collablogs, i mean collaboration-blogs (yes, [...]
Posted in Other Contributors, Shout Outs on Jul 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
I think all contributors of supteach are in agreement when I say: “damn, we did a good job getting this site going… but have since failed to deliver!” Here’s to putting that to rest. From here on out, expect more content and expect us to post with higher frequency. To start, shout out to our [...]
