Mike Ward

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 how...

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

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 di...

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

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 g...

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 tim...

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, te...

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 hom...

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 tro...

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 w...

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 w...

It was great to participate at the Michigan Council for Social Studies annual conference last weekend.  Holland, Michigan was a beautiful...

50 hits this week and many thoughts have been racing through my mind.  I am exactly where I want to be in this adventure called life.  How...

Did you ever ask yourself what keeps a teacher fresh over the years? Do you notice some colleagues that still rock it out 20 or 30 years...