here and there

It’s been a week or so since I’ve been here.  My school just finished with our “SQR” – School Quality Review, where we have to prove that we are teaching.  That is, teaching kids the way they want us to – formulaically with speaking, writing and reading –  completely focused on the Common Core in every single class.  So of course, since I work with a kick ass staff of dedicated insanely hardworking and collaborative people, we blew the dog and pony show out of the water.  Needless to say, we were all pulling 12 hour days (buffering those long days on the weekends with beer while we work) and stressed to the max.  So here’s a collection of bits and pieces from the past week.