Mike Ward
Point of Pride - Educator Style
So I find myself teaching a coding class this year...... You know how that goes. You use technology in the classroom, teach coding....
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Mike Ward
- Feb 17
- 1 min
Organized Chaos or Just Chaos?
I had an interesting one recently and would like to share it with you this week. I had overheard some administrative commentary regarding...
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Mike Ward
- Feb 6
- 2 min
Have You Noticed This?
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...
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Mike Ward
- Apr 27, 2020
- 1 min
An interesting thought to start your week!
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...
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Mike Ward
- Sep 25, 2019
- 1 min
Impressed
I had a great opportunity to hang out with some amazing educators at an NEA conference in Chicago last weekend. We gathered to be...
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Mike Ward
- Sep 17, 2019
- 1 min
The Best Story of the Summer!
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...
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Mike Ward
- Jun 17, 2019
- 1 min
The Summer Goal
Well, as the first week of summer begins, the last goal of the past summer is finally complete. You might remember, a bathroom project...
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Mike Ward
- Jun 10, 2019
- 1 min
This is the end.....
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...
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Mike Ward
- Jun 3, 2019
- 1 min
How does this count?
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...
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Mike Ward
- May 20, 2019
- 1 min
Ride the Wave
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,...
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Mike Ward
- May 13, 2019
- 1 min
Are you an anchor or a sail?
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? ...
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Mike Ward
- May 6, 2019
- 1 min
What’s the magic word?
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...
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Mike Ward
- Apr 29, 2019
- 1 min
Who is your toughest critic?
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...
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Mike Ward
- Apr 22, 2019
- 1 min
Failure or timing?
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...
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Mike Ward
- Apr 15, 2019
- 2 min
Stronger or Longer?
The first several years of teaching are always taxing. Joyful, rewarding, satisfying, and stimulating too; but, great teachers certainly...
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Mike Ward
- Apr 8, 2019
- 1 min
Can you escape risk?
So for several years in the beginning my career, I worked very diligently to minimize my vulnerability by avoiding risk. NOTE: I still...
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