Over the last few years, I’ve done an end-of-year wrap up in the form of a short summary.  Just like the rest of the world, I find December to be a good time to pause and reflect and the year. I look back at many things, but I like to see what my blogging looked liked for a year. This is what 2020 looked like on Reflections on Leadership and Learning.

My favorite blog topics this year:

• Coaching for Equity – I loved Elena Aguilar’s latest book so much that I turned it into a blog series so I could reflect at the end of each chapter.
• Grace – I wrote about this a lot because it was my word of the year, long before I knew what 2020 was going to bring us!
• Happiness Hashtags – Early on in the global pandemic, participating in photo challenges and using these hashtags brought me some much-needed joy!
• Antiracism work – I am still learning and growing in this area, but I read a lot this year and I reflected on the impact of reading How to Be an Antiracist had on me.
• Green School initiatives – Before the pandemic, I began a green schools blog series. Then we weren’t working in our schools and I just couldn’t keep writing about what wasn’t happening. After attending the green schools virtual conference and visiting my nephew’s school, I had a few more thoughts to share this year!
• I ALWAYS love blogging about my reading!

My most read blog posts from this year:

• Moving from not racist to antiracist
• Happiness Hashtags 
• Does stress bring out your best or your worst? – This post was written in 2018, but seemed to attract a lot of attention in the crazy world of 2020
• Over-scaffolding – This post was written in 2015 but it was read more times this year than in the past.

The month in which I published the most posts:

• November & February

The top countries where my blog readers live (outside of the US):

• Phillipines
• Canada
• United Kingdom
• India
• Australia
• China (new to the list this year!)

New terms people searched that helped them arrive at my blog this year:

• over scaffolding
• humans crave feedback
• resources when observing a lesson

Blogging goals and reflections:

Last year I was hesitant to set specific goals, because my blog evolves based on where I am and what I’m doing (and reading) at the time. Last year, I didn’t know if I would have any blog series to write about, and I ended up with a few! I wrote that I wanted to diversify m reading, and I have done that this year (as will be reflected in my final book list of the year). This year, the only goal I’m writing here is a copy from last year:

• I will continue to use this blog as a source of reflection. I enjoy writing and appreciate that anyone is interested to read my posts.  I look forward to 2021 (for so many reasons!).