Help! Can My Principal Really Mandate 4 Weeks of Summer PD?
I don’t want to spend half my summer in professional development training!
Christina Torres Cawdery
Christina Torres Cawdery is a teacher, writer, runner, and mom living in Honolulu, HI. She is a high school English teacher at Punahou School, and a PhD English Student at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Find more of her work at www.christinatorres.org
Help! I Need Tangible Advice To Make It to the End of the School Year
Not heady things like “remember your ‘why’” or “look for the positives,” but action items.
Help! I Got in Trouble for My Spring Break “Out of Office” Email
Should I have pretended I prefer to stay at school over break?
Help! How Do I Balance Being Firm Yet Kind With Students?
My principal says to strike a balance, but how?
Help! My Student Teacher Is Dating My Coworker
What on earth do I do with this information?
Help! My Coworker Acts Like She’s One of the Students
I can't decide if this is normal or highly inappropriate.
Help! My Principal Keeps Scheduling Observations at the Worst Times
Is my admin trolling me?
Help! How Is It Humanly Possible To Teach While Pregnant?
How will I get through the next 33 weeks?!
Help! My Principal Expects Women To Volunteer for Everything
I can’t help but notice that the male teachers never have to go “above and beyond.”
Help! I’m Too Exhausted To Do Anything on the Weekend
Does teacher exhaustion ever get better?
How Schools Can Support Teachers Who Experience Pregnancy Loss
How to provide—or request—crucial support.
Grades:
High School
A High School English Teacher Reviews FX’s New Show English Teacher
The show raises an important point about how we portray teachers in the media.
It’s Time to Stop Using (or Misusing) These 5 Words in the Classroom
And what to say instead.
It’s Time To Rethink Using These 3 Classic Books in HS English
We can find texts that engage our students in great storytelling AND inspire them to be thoughtful, conscientious readers.
How to Say No as a Teacher Without Feeling Mean
I can’t actually practice self-care if I say “yes” to everything.
