Tag Archives: learning

Play mimics life; does school?

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Amy's Reflections

I recently spent an afternoon with my 3 year old nephew. For over 20 minutes we played a scenario that he created. We were driving two mini monster trucks around the living room where he directed an entire storyline. Our … Continue reading →

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December 2021 Reading Update

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Amy's Reflections

I was still on my medical leave this month, which means I had PLENTY of reading time to make this my best reading month ever! This month I read: This is How it Always is by Laurie Frankel- I heard … Continue reading →

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Blogging Trends in 2020

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Amy's Reflections

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. … Continue reading →

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Blog Word Cloud 2019

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Amy's Reflections

What matters to you? How is that visible to others? How do you communicate your most important values and beliefs? In the past, I have generated a word cloud from my blog’s URL to see what words I use most … Continue reading →

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Learning to Lead: A Self-Reflective Survey

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Amy's Reflections

I’ve read the book Learning Leadership by Kouzes and Posner twice now – once on my own and again as part of a book study with all the principals in my district. With each new reading, I take away a … Continue reading →

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Teacher Leadership Academy

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Amy's Reflections

This is a blog co-written by a group of teachers who participated in the first Teacher Leadership Academy (TLA) in our district during the 2017-18 school year; I was one of the Amy administrators who created the TLA. Teacher Leadership … Continue reading →

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Empowered Leaders Empower Learners (#IMMOOC Season 3, Week 4)

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Amy's Reflections

I am participating in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with hundreds of other educators across the globe, about The Innovator’s Mindset by George Couros. These are my reflections for Season 3, Week 3 of #IMMOOC, and the prompt: Relationships and collaboration … Continue reading →

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Even More Quotes That Resonate

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Amy's Reflections

When I read I annotate my books by underlining key words and phrases and making notes in the margins. Sometimes I underline a quote that I just can’t stop thinking about. Here is another post in my series of quotes … Continue reading →

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Breaking Out of the Boxes

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Amy's Reflections

I recently successful broke out of two Digital Breakout EDU games by myself! Having succeeded in my mission, I reflected on why this matters. These digital challenges were created by a colleague of mine who is very creative and is … Continue reading →

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Five: A Survey

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Amy's Reflections

I read a number of healthy blogs. Many of the bloggers I follow are friends and colleagues. When one of them publishes a cute blog survey, others quickly follow. I have now read 4-5 versions of this survey and finally … Continue reading →

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