The last five days..... of Reflect 31
We ended the last blog with your one word. 8/26/19 - Day 26: Reflect on the feelings you have about this coming school year…… if you had one word to describe your hopes for the year, what would it be? #oneword My #oneword - LOVE ---- we need to send kindness and love out to students and educators #teachkindness#teachkindness #buildempathy #buildempathy #edchat#edchat #K12ArtChat#K12ArtChat #creativelyconnectededu#creativelyconnectededu @peterhreynolds So on the way to work th
Make the Moments Count #Reflect31
Strangely on Friday night, as I continued through #Reflect31 I was working in my journal and thinking about a few special people that I miss dearly. One my being my mother, one being Rusty, a kind soul who showed me the ropes as a young administrator and then my thoughts swirled through many amazing people that have helped to guide my growth as an educator. Then sadly, Saturday mid morning I received the news that a wonderful young teacher who had a free spirit and an inno
Hello 2019-2020, So Thankful
It's seriously hard to believe that summer is over for Team Grundler, Matt and kids all kicked off the school year today. Last night as I was laying in bed thinking about all the wonderful teachers we know I wanted to wish everyone a great year it didn’t seem like enough to say just that, it seemed more important to thank them. In the face of many obstacles they make a difference and I couldn’t stop thinking about how much love they send out into the world each day. Teacher
A grateful heart........ #Reflect31
It's 6 pm and we literally just wrapped up two days of professional learning with our district colleagues. It's always so challenging for me, I feel like these are the two most important days of the year in my role. The lead up includes a lot of planning, a lot of schlepping and priority setting. The days of learning include a lot hopping from room to room, sharing, presenting, answering questions and PROBLEM SOLVING. One of the middle school art teachers said to me that s
Days 2-6 of #Reflect31
8/2/19 - Day 2: What keeps you coming back to teaching each year? Reflect on the good, the bad and ugly, teaching isn't easy and it comes with tears of joy and tears of sadness, so what brings you back every August? 8/3/19 - Day 3: What do you most look forward about going back to school and how can you keep that at the forefront of your "back-to-school" time? 8/4/19 - Day 4: What do you dread about going "back-to-school" and how can you transform that feeling into somethin
Reflect and Share #Reflect 31 Day One
Well I did it - my first video reflection, super tired, hair in a bun and at 8:20 pm right before the first #K12ArtChat of the school year. It was a little like tearing off a band-aid, but I did it! Then right after, my son who had been sitting in the other room said, "I had no idea that you didn't like school or that people bullied you." So we had a little chat, he said he was really surprised and I said I think everyone has their challenges, school's not easy. We talked
