Tag: Math
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Teacher Expectations: Filling a Niche or Filling a Need?
Teaching in a small town definitely has it benefits: perhaps the most notable being the small class sizes! In my six years of teaching, the largest class I have ever taught had 22 students, and the smallest class was just this previous year at 4 students. I would say that the average class size I…
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Why Choose Teaching After 2020?
There’s a lot of negativity surrounding education lately, but especially following the COVID pandemic. I absolutely agree that there is a lot to be down about: lost learning time, education gaps and missing foundational skills, a widening achievement gap, and a complete end of education for some (World Economic Forum, 2022). That’s to say nothing…
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Who Am I?
The world can take you wondrous places and lead you to meet incredible people. Life brought me to small town Kansas, to a school with fewer than 200 students K-12, to a farming community lucky enough to have a bank, a hospital, a bar, and 5 different churches. This is my home. I will live…
The Small Town STEM Teacher 