Blogging with Brenda

What do you do when you have an entire week off from work and/or school? For me, spring break was a time to do very little. During the school year, I do far too much so over break I turned my brain off and opened my favorite apps, including Instagram.  Image Source: Personal Instagram Post On my personal Instagram, I very rarely post. I mainly share what I do in my Story, which is only available for 24 hours. On one's Instagram Story, one can see how many viewers for that post there were and who they were. I can't lie - I look to see who viewed my story. Reflecting on my last 25 posts on Instagram, they are either related to my dog, my boyfriend, a throwback picture, or a special moment. These go back to 2018, going to show how few posts I make. Below are two of my favorite pictures that I've posted recently. The first is from October 3, 2020. Aaron, my boyfriend, and I went to Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch. It was apparently National Boyfriend's Day, but my caption was ...

Within my Professional Learning Network (PLN) at work, I feel I have the most to learn and grow cognitively . Since I don't have as much experience as the others in my PLN with teaching, I definitely spend the most time asking questions on how to do things and listening to what has or hasn't worked. The PLN that I mostly work with is the one at my school, where it's three other teachers apart from myself that teach Civics and Economics. Our PLN was new starting last school year, and in my opinion, we grew close to one another because of the shared struggles of teaching a new class and for some of us, for the first time in the building. Looking at this infographic on where I think I fit within my PLN, I can confidently say we're all on Stage 7: Confidant . We've spent time outside of school together, we each lunch together on occasion, and we lean on each other for support both professionally and personally. The tough times we experienced together last year brought ...