Ms. O

Time keeps going…faster and faster

In case you missed it, it is November! November! Just let that set in for a minute. We are almost done with the semester…which means I am a month away from my comprehensives. I think. I have been working on a “one-pager” on what I want my dissertation to be on…and when I say workingContinue reading “Time keeps going…faster and faster”

Here we go!

Today is the last day of summer break. And this summer I really did take a break…I only took the required three hours (and that was my writing camp that was only two weeks long). Though I did still work. I worked on my research for my possible dissertation topic, I wrote a couple ofContinue reading “Here we go!”

Teaching Writing

For the last two weeks, I have been a writing teacher. Yes, I, who teaches science, was a writing teacher. And I don’t think I did too bad. I think my students learned as much as I did. First, I am not an English/writing teacher, but I do read books and I do write (seeContinue reading “Teaching Writing”

From the Fire

From the fire, I emerge, molten and malleable. Your breath gives me shape and form. I grow, shift and change as you spin me round and round. Stretching toward the light, higher still to glory, and change, to fill the world with beauty and purpose. But just like gravity, you keep me grounded, feet firmlyContinue reading “From the Fire”

Thoughts at the Midpoint

Well, I have made it halfway. Two years down, two years to go. As I think back over the last two years, I think about how much I have learned and how I have grown as a teacher, scholar, and person. In such a short time, I have gained so much, as well as whittled awayContinue reading “Thoughts at the Midpoint”

So I am almost in the middle…

Well, here I sit, almost at the end of the spring semester, the end of which will denote the midway point (hopefully) of my Ph.D. journey. So I look back and forward at the same time…looking back I see that I am on the right path. Everything seems to be falling into place which givesContinue reading “So I am almost in the middle…”

The Middle of Year 2: Supervisor of Student Teachers

Well, I have made it through the first half of the year. I had a great fall semester. The class I taught went excellently and I already know that I will be teaching it again in the Fall next school year. My classes went well, I learned a lot and wrote a lot. So nowContinue reading “The Middle of Year 2: Supervisor of Student Teachers”

Year Two Begins…

I am starting my second year as a PhD graduate student. My classes are scheduled, my binders are lined in an organized and labeled row on the book shelf that is close to my desk, my thoughts need to be organized now. So here I am. I am teaching Classroom Learning Theory again which isContinue reading “Year Two Begins…”

Frontiers I’ve yet to travel

This week I spent my time in Baltimore at the NARST (National Association for Research in Science Teaching) conference. I have had some great conversations and I have listened to a lot of research ideas, research projects, research perspectives. I am almost at the end of my first year of my PhD. And there isContinue reading “Frontiers I’ve yet to travel”

New Pathways to Achieve Better Teaching for All Students

So last week I started a new journey in teaching. I have moved up to the college level. I am a full time graduate assistant and doctoral student. I am teaching an undergraduate class called Classroom Learning Theory (CLT), taking three classes of my own (Qualitative Research, Stats and Intro to Educational Media) and IContinue reading “New Pathways to Achieve Better Teaching for All Students”