During my first hour planning period, you can most likely find me, door closed, with a calm classroom playlist turned up, drowning out the sound of hallway chaos. Working in the public school system is exhausting. The demand to simultaneously act as an educator, therapist, nurse, and coach can often feel like navigating a toxic […]
What a Securly Guide Taught Me About Plain Language New Tech and Teacher Burnout Teachers are burnt out and tired, especially as the school year feels like it races toward the dreadful testing season. When a new technology is introduced, teachers do not always have time to experiment with it or schedule an appointment to
For CEP 858, Upskilling in Learning Design, I decided to try learning JavaScript. It was only one week into the project that I realized I would not, in fact, be learning JavaScript in a 3-week period. I did, however, create a course on morphology in Articulate Rise 360 and embedded a JavaScript game I built
I began my search for a Master’s program with the belief that being poor does not mean that someone should miss out on a quality education. This belief stemmed from teaching middle school in a Title 1 district and from my own fractured education. As a Hurricane Katrina kid, I attended many different elementary schools,
A week ago, I became an anonymous hero amongst teachers at my school. I also became a villain to many of my students. I have been dealing with an uptick of cheating—or at least directly copying and pasting from Google’s AI overview—this school year. The most recent (and perhaps most insidious) infiltration of AI-cheating in
Rooted in my years of K-12 teaching experience, this leadership dashboard translates the pedagogical realities of the classroom into high-level organizational strategy. Each component of the dashboard was designed to cultivate a culture where mistakes are viewed as stepping stones to mastery and where every team member has the tools they need to succeed independently.
As a learning experience designer, my Vision for Learning Design is rooted in a single, decisive shift: moving adult learning from passive compliance to adaptive mastery. Nowhere is this more urgent than in K-12 education, where professional development (PD) too often feels like an obligation rather than a career-enhancing opportunity. My vision was to create
In this project for my Current Topics and Trends in Learning Design course, I worked with two frameworks: Liberatory Design and the ADDIE model. The process moved through phases of observing the system, engaging with stakeholders like students and fellow teachers, and acting to create a solution identified by my 6th graders: technology is a
This project began as a blurry vision to transform professional development (PD) and shift away from the current passive, one-size-fits-all compliance requirement to an adaptive growth platform that directly meets the individual needs of our K-12 teachers. This project links skills such as literacy strategies and data interpretation to a new salary incentive, ideally creating
I value and integrate all voices for the greater good of the whole. I recognize that solutions built without input – especially from marginalized or non-traditional groups – are inherently incomplete and prone to causing unintended harm. In practice: I uphold learner trust through absolute transparency, never coercion. I will honor the vulnerability required for
