What a year. What an experience. I started this job in the opening days of August 2018 as a new teacher fresh out of college at the age...

I started off this year with 6th graders. It is my first year teaching. Some would suggest I had lost my mind. Others would say I threw...

How do you measure a year? In the now cult classic musical Rent, they measure a year in song and it's a song I start singing as the days...

It’s December. Two weeks to go until winter break. As a new teacher, you need to be ready for this moment. Because in this moment, you’re...

Am I ready? It’s the question I’ve been asking as the countdown to that ephemeral first day of classes ticks closer and closer. It’s a...

I have loved riding bikes since I was a little kid in Aloha, OR shredding the dust in my one gear BMX bike. I remember the Christmas...

"There are worlds out there where the sky is burning. And the sea’s asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke, and cities made...

Never let it be said that I’m a perfect and infallible teacher – because that’s simply never going to be the case. We, as educators, are...

@thelivbits.  I met Olivia at The National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference this last November and instantly connected...

In the movie “Grosse Pointe Blank”, John Cusack’s character is meeting up with his high school sweetheart on the eve of their high school...

What a journey it has been. Since January of 2014 I’ve been on a path of rebirth, renew, and rebuilding. It hasn’t been without pain –...

Being a teacher has always been a part of my life. When I was in 5th grade, I made a classroom in a side closet and did lessons with my...

The staging area just behind the curtain where wrestlers come out to the ring, named after Gorilla Monsoon. Refers to a wrestler who is...

Why yes, the headline refers to Van Morrison’s hit, which you can listen to here. It’s been an alarming three months since I sat down to...

It's @TaylorMali at @ColoLangArtsSoc conference. pic.twitter.com/x9S6HWcuoY — Mr. DeLay (@adelayedteacher) October 15, 2016 Number 1 -...

Up until this semester everything has followed the traditional school path. Go to class. Attend the lecture with notebook and pen...