So, amidst all of this uncertainty, a lot of us teacher-types (myself included) are a tiny bit excited to exercise our education muscles and create very awesome homeschool schedules, stations, materials and centers. And different kids and different families need...
The Together Pandemic Parent: Seven Strategies to Plan, Prioritize and…Plan?!
Author Note: As of 3/14/2020, this post has been edited due to increasing calls for social distancing. It’s coming. . . I can feel it. The moment when I get the announcement from my children’s school district that buildings will be closed. [UPDATE: One hour after...
March Together Tips: Travels, Tech Tips & Together Toddlers!
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, March has arrived! Well, how did that happen? February found me in a LOT of different settings: stricken by the flu, facilitating in feathers, and floating in the lagoons. All in a month’s work, I suppose. All while cranking...
The Together Music Teacher!
Deep in revisions for an upcoming 2nd edition of The Together Teacher (date TBA!), l find myself thinking lots about Specials Teachers. As the daughter of an art teacher, I know that materials management, mobile classrooms, and communication with colleagues matter a...
Guest Post: Together Teacher Self-Care Menus
I only invite guest posts around here if I am positive it will add value to my Together readers. You all know I believe sustainability in your roles matters a ton. And your jobs are STRESSFUL. We have discussed how to manage that a bit here and here. Well, meet Marin...
An Excel-lent Together Leader System
On a recent hang in Houston, I re-met Together Tribe member Chris F., a Dean at Relay Graduate School of Education. Chris is a digital loyalist, and I spied this amazing Excel sheet over his shoulder. Chris uses Excel as his main Together Tool because, “Several years...
I’m Back! With Some Together Middle Schoolers!
Ahem, ahem. . . Are you guys out there? Or maybe you’re wondering if I fell off the face of the earth myself? It’s been A MONTH—In both good ways (travel and trainings) and less predictable ones (five disrupted school days due to snow “events” and my daughter had a...
The 2017 Together Gift Guide
Togetherness: Part efficiency, part self-care, part productivity, and part paper-sorting. That said, here is our list of favorites from 2017 to help anyone in your life (teachers, colleagues, and heck, even spouses!) get it Together! As someone who FULLY PILLAGES her...
Together Talks: Kahlmus Eatman, Senior Director of Operations
It’s time for another Together Talk! So far, you’ve met a district superintendent and a principal turned doctoral student. And today I’m featuring someone from the non-instructional side of the house — Kahlmus E., the Senior Director of Operations for Aspire Public...
Together Talks: Alison Welcher, From Principal to PhD
It’s time for another Togetherness Talk. Last time you met a district superintendent. This time I’ve got another person from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system I’ve long admired – first as a principal and now in her current role as a first-year doctoral candidate...