Teacher Evaluation from a Christian Perspective

Accountability, Blog, Discipleship, Educator Insights, Leadership, School Leadership | September 8, 2023

This article originally appeared in the CACE Blog on July 21, 2014. “You just hire the best people possible and let them go; there is not much you can do after that.” This is a perspective commonly voiced to me by administrators. Truth be told, teacher evaluation is...

Why Should Every School Embrace Agricultural Education? with Kylie Nettinga

Blog, Educator Insights, Podcast, Teaching Strategies, The Teacher's Lounge | August 25, 2023

“I think the more opportunities we can provide for our kids to see what else is out there, to understand that there’s more to this world than you being good at math or you being good at whatever it might be, I think we’re really going to ricochet a huge...

More Than a Map

Blog, Curriculum Mapping, Educator Insights, Teaching Strategies, Why Mapping? | July 28, 2023

I love maps. In my house, I have an entire collection of them. If you were to stand in the center of my living room, you would see an array of maps from various sized globes, to gold-painted maps, to small cut outs from maps. Some are etched with the words, “Adventure...

Conversation With AI

Blog, Educator Insights, Teaching Strategies, Tips & Tricks | May 30, 2023

I wanted to compare an article I had written myself with one generated through artificial intelligence, so I prompted ChatGPT to draft a blog for me on my recent trip to Israel. My parameters were simple: write from the perspective of a former Catholic school educator...

Growth and Grief: A Cautionary Tale

Blog, Curriculum Design, Decision-Making, Educator Insights, Pedagogy | May 26, 2023

Like many teachers, I like to view myself as an innovator when it comes to my instructional practices. As I grew from a novice to a more experienced practitioner, I prided myself in being willing to try new things while applying what I was learning from the experts in...

Interview with Ernie Delgado and Lauralyn Vasquez

Blog, CT Conference, Educator Insights, Technology Integration, The Teacher's Lounge | May 24, 2023

It’s a pleasure to welcome both Lauralyn Vasquez and Ernie Delgado back to The Teacher’s Lounge podcast and our blog. Ernie is the founder and CEO of Beyond Technology Education, one of our content partners here at Curriculum Trak and Lauralyn is Director of...