I was given complete creative freedom in my classroom. No required textbook or curriculum. So the first 6 months of my first year as a teacher were a blur of caffeinated long nights, flopped lessons, TpT rescue missions, and lot of human connection. My admin gave me complete support. They saw real conversations happening in my classroom and they gave me a double thumbs up (bless them for looking past my frankensteined lessons). I was sleep-deprived but I knew I was getting somewhere.

And then, the whole world shut down. 
We taught Zoom classes to grey boxes. We watched Tiger King and made the viral whipped coffee and we did our freaking best. 

Coming back to in-person teaching (so weird we even have to specify that now) was a transition but it reassured me of one thing: we. need. human. connection. in. the. classroom.
 

I picked up right where I left off in my in-person teaching extravaganza, and doubled down . I was teaching history through letters and song lyrics. I bought way too many colored post-it notes and used them for writing activities. I brought the whole class outside to teach class out in the sunlight.

 

I packaged up my lesson plans and started selling on TpT in 2020. Here and there. Nothing serious. It wasn’t until the reviews started coming in that I realized how many teachers benefitted these kinds of resources. So, as I do be doin’, I ‘did too much’ (as the kids would say) and I created Deeply Human Teaching in Summer 2024.

 

I have dreams of creating full curriculums, providing PDs, bringing guests to my podcast, speaking at conferences, and being an agent of change in education.

 

And I want you right there beside me, friend.

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