First of all, welcome and thanks for visiting my site! I am starting this blog because upon searching for teaching blogs I have found several things including, helpful classroom management tools for elementary education, A LOT of resources for high school English teachers, and even several "science in the real world" teaching blogs. Unfortunately I have not found many blogs about Physics, especially not blogs about Physics teachers who are certified to teach Life Science (i.e. Biology) but were offered a job teaching Physics in a great school district and so jumped on the opportunity. And so, here is THAT blog.
Yes, I am certified to teach Life Science, although my true passion in science lies in the Environmental Science fields. I have my undergraduate degree in Wildlife Ecology and I nearly have my masters in Teaching and Learning (it will happen someday!). I am currently working towards earning my teaching certification in Physics in New Hampshire, not an easy feat if you ask me--and you should since I'm doing it. They don't just give teaching certifications away these days (trust me, it used to happen and then No Child Left Behind came about, don't even get me started).
The 2013-2014 school year will be my third year teaching Physics and I would say I am starting to get a hang of the material I teach (which is limited in scope due to time constraints, any other high school subject area teacher out there knows what I am talking about). That being said, I am the only Physic teacher at my school and so I have had to keep wade through the waters and make things up along the way on my own. I understand that all first year teachers do that, but it would have been nice to have someone to turn to with questions when (not if) I had them! And so, teaching Physics has been a challenge, but it wasn't one I was afraid to tackle. I mean, it's just Physics, how hard can it be?
The purpose of this blog is share moments with you all. Whether those are moments of triumph (yay for student learning!), moments of struggle (boo to bad behaviors), or simply me sharing my enjoyment of being a person outside of the classroom (WHAT?!?! You mean to tell me teachers are people too?! I don't believe you) I hope you find something that interests you. And if you don't, well it's like I tell my students, I can't please you all everyday.
