Mike Ward

So I find myself teaching a coding class this year...... You know how that goes. You use technology in the classroom, teach coding....

I had an interesting one recently and would like to share it with you this week. I had overheard some administrative commentary regarding...

It’s been some time since I’ve pushed out some information. However, it’s good to be back and even better to be back with Covid in the...

Have a great week! Mike

Why does such a simple thing as keeping busy help to drive out anxiety? Because it is utterly impossible for any human mind, no matter...

I had a great opportunity to hang out with some amazing educators at an NEA conference in Chicago last weekend.  We gathered to be...

As the summer fades into the distant past, just one teacher story needs to be shared in the first post of the new school year. me: Why...

Well, as the first week of summer begins, the last goal of the past summer is finally complete. You might remember, a bathroom project...

So another year and another last week on the horizon! Just cannot believe how fast they go. With that in mind, I wanted to wish you a...

At the end of the school year, many educators are stressed about their evaluation.  For many years so was I and I have spent a lot of...

Nothing is more interesting or exciting than the end of a school year.  There is such a wave of energy stemming from so many emotions,...

We all have to face the question of why? Why do we have to do this? Why do we have to that? Why is it important? Why, why, why, why? ...

ATTITUDE? Here is the situation: It is Friday!  Should I chaperon the prom?  It has been a long week.  I could really use the time at...

Evaluation time was always a stressful time of the school year.  It was tough to put things into a fair perspective.  At times, I was...

Want to introduce you to a new concept that has made life, personal and professional, easier in many regards. I used to get really down...

The first several years of teaching are always taxing.  Joyful, rewarding, satisfying, and stimulating too; but, great teachers certainly...

So for several years in the beginning my career, I worked very diligently to minimize my vulnerability by avoiding risk. NOTE: I still...