Category Archives: Classroom

If We Can’t Surrender

Posted on April 3, 2023 by paraeducate

Renay has been spending March in that whole malaise that focuses on the sprint to Spring Break. There are things that still need to happen. Tests, academic progress, parent-teacher conferences. But Renay has been noodling some different thoughts. Most recently … Continue reading →

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A Little Wiser Now

Posted on September 12, 2022 by paraeducate

The world keeps moving and school is making demands. But before we really get started with students, we need to know what they know and do not know of how to be in school. For the youngest students, that is … Continue reading →

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What You Don’t Have, What You Don’t Know

Posted on August 8, 2022 by paraeducate

The school year is about to start. The school items have been on sale for the time being. We have been all too aware that families are struggling financially, and we know that many more students will likely walk through … Continue reading →

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Mistakes We’ve Made

Posted on April 4, 2022 by paraeducate

Renay was clicking along the other day in a class, preparing some materials for the teacher who was leading a discussion in class and there was another support person. Invariably, while Renay was concentrating, a student became animated and loudly … Continue reading →

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Where Did You Go?

Posted on January 3, 2022 by paraeducate

We entirely missed the month of December. But not truly on purpose. Renay has been dealing with a family issue that will not be easily resolved in the coming future but for now, it has meant we skipped our December … Continue reading →

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We All Fall Down…

Posted on October 4, 2021 by paraeducate

If you missed the headline, after seventeen years of working in secondary, Renay was assigned to work elementary this year. Despite the fact that the majority of the students Renay has been working with are just smaller than students she … Continue reading →

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Thresholds

Posted on September 13, 2021 by paraeducate

Renay started this month talking about a teacher she used to work with. While there were things about this teacher she just did not like, there were many take aways from the way the class was conducted that made sense. … Continue reading →

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Hard. Good. Essential

Posted on November 9, 2020 by paraeducate

It probably should not be a surprise that Renay was riveted to the television, like generations before her for the moon landing, for the Challenger Explosion, September 11th. And now, a presidential election that has broken a glass ceiling– a … Continue reading →

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I’d Do Anything…

Posted on September 14, 2020 by paraeducate

Renay spent this week looking at the sky. If you don’t know, the sky in much of California is either dayglow orange or yellow soot grey. Neither is healthy right now. Renay has been nearly trapped inside working on work … Continue reading →

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Little Talks

Posted on August 17, 2020 by paraeducate

Renay has been working with teachers, service providers, and parents across the country and consulting about distance learning. She will be the first to tell you that she is hardly an expert about distance learning. While this seems to be … Continue reading →

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