Now is the time, historically, when teachers and students rightfully so start the “end of the year” struggle – now add in the 2020-2021 school year chaos. The problem is that there is still quite a bit of the school year left. The blog is going to look a little different this week, because there’s… Read more

Re-Engage and Re-Connect Ya’ll – this time of year is STRESSFUL. You are tired.  The students are tired.  You are feeling pressure of the state assessment- whether there is a accountability attached to it or not.  Your students are feeling the pressure.  If your district is like my son’s district and the last 3 I… Read more

The more I work with schools and school districts, the more I’ve realized how isolating it can be to be a campus administrator. The weight of implementing initiatives and taking care of staff and students is great, and sometimes there’s not a whole lot of support in the background. I also realized how many great… Read more

I was recently challenged to figure out my story…not what I do, or what Pressing Onward does, or even what problem we are trying to solve, but why I am so passionate about that problem – and then put it into words. Sometimes I don’t feel equipped to have to have the conversations I’m having.… Read more

As if you weren’t already stressed and overwhelmed enough, we just had a week of weather (in Texas and Oklahoma, and I know across the country) that left many people without water, power, and food. This morning was trash pick up day in my neighborhood, and the streets were littered with sheetrock, flooring, ruined appliances,… Read more

When I first started teaching almost 20 years ago, I taught Special Ed. This was before STAAR, and we gave our students the SDAA test. Now, I’m going to preface this with the understanding that I really had no idea what I was doing instructionally at this time. I had 6th-8th grade levels all in… Read more