My First LTO Experience!

Hello there! I am SO happy to be back to blogging, after having taken a long, LONG break. As much as writing on this blog and sharing ideas with my fellow teachers brings me joy, this most recent school year has been a whirlwind, because... drum roll please... I was teaching full-time for the first …

Reflecting on the 2018-2019 School Year

As a whole, I can say with a great deal of confidence that this past school year was the most challenging one that I have faced so far in my teaching career, for a variety of reasons. That being said, after taking some time to relax, recharge, and reflect over the past couple of weeks, …

My Plans for Summer Break

Hello there! With the Summer season in full-swing, I thought I would share a few things that I am doing to make the most of my Summer Break this year: Professional Development: I have recently enrolled in another online AQ course, this time tackling the topic of Student Assessment and Evaluation. This is one teaching-related …

10 Things to LOVE about Summer Break!

Hi everyone! If you're a fellow teacher, congratulations on finishing up another school year! I hope your summers are off to an incredible start. Today, I thought it would be fun to create a list of reasons, big and small, to love and appreciate about summer as an educator. Please leave a comment and let …

4 Reasons Why I LOVE Teaching Math

The more that I teach, the more that I am learning which subjects are among my favourite to teach my students. One of those subjects is without a doubt Math. Here's why! It keeps me current: Teaching Math forces me to be constantly learning, re-teaching myself, and seeking out new strategies to deliver curriculum content …

The Kind of Teacher I Want to Be

Happy Wednesday! Today, I'm playing catch-up with several posts I meant to publish earlier this month before my third cold of the year hit me. For this one, I wanted to write a quick reflective post to discuss all of my favourite teachers that I had growing up, and how I intend to combine their …

Reflecting on the Past Month: 3 Things I Learned in January 2019

With February in full swing, I realized it has been quite a while since I've sat down to do a purely reflective post. So today, I want to share 3 things I learned from supply teaching this past January: Down Time is Necessary: I've always been a big supporter of the idea that teachers must …

5 More Things that Make me Smile as a Supply Teacher

Are you sensing a theme for this week's posts? 🙂  I wanted to end the week with an uplifting, reflective post, and briefly talk about five more things that I love about being a supply teacher. Feel free to leave a comment and tell me what some of your favourite things about teaching are! Everyday …

My Goals for 2019

Happy New Year everyone! I know I've been a little absent from the blog in the past few months, but as of today, I will be returning to my regular posting schedule. For this post, I'd like to keep to my January tradition on StrivetoThrive by listing the main goals I have for myself as …

My Summer Plans

Hello! I hope this post finds you well and enjoying the start of your summer! My break started last week, so today, I wanted to create a quick post to talk about what my plans are for the summer. Professional Learning: I am currently enrolled in 2 new online AQ courses for the summer: Teaching …