Community Care Circles

Community Care Circles

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything on my blog. Since my last entry about pronouns, we’ve transitioned to our new home in Frankfurt, Germany where I’ve started teaching second grade at my new school. I’m at a PYP school and completed relevant training this...
I misgendered someone…

I misgendered someone…

I misgendered someone: What do I do next? Before I dig into this very personal topic with y’all, I must state that while I am a Queer non-binary person who uses they/them pronouns, I do not speak on behalf of the non-binary community. Nor does every non-binary person...
Virtual Co-Teaching

Virtual Co-Teaching

Virtual Co-Teaching COVID is still very much a reality here in Asia. Since starting school in August, we’ve been in person for maybe six or seven weeks. The rest of our teaching and learning has been all virtual and synchronous. It wasn’t the most ideal situation...
Getting Started With Co-Teaching

Getting Started With Co-Teaching

Getting Started with Co-Teaching As I enter this newly revived role of Co-Teaching this year, I was reminiscing on my introduction to this model of teaching several years ago. I had started an ELD position that wasn’t developed, so I had the autonomy to tailor it to...
EL Program Redux

EL Program Redux

EL Program Redux The past few months have been a bit of a whirlwind. We started online learning after Spring Break, and we came back in person only last week for the last two weeks of school. Being back in person with stricter Covid restrictions was a bit of a tricky...
Teaching Students About Pronouns and Gender

Teaching Students About Pronouns and Gender

Teaching Students about Pronouns and Gender Names of students and teachers in this blog post have been changed. Verbiage has been edited to include transgender as an adjective, not a verb. The last #queer_educhat that I hosted, “Having Discussions about Gender and...