School Supplies: Resources for the Reflective Educator

This school year has been different than any other before because my daughter was born six days before I returned to work to run 9 th grade orientation and professional development for my staff. In the months prior to the birth our our second child my wife and I agreed that I would start the school year to get the ball rolling and delay my paternity leave until three weeks into the year. I ran at a breakneck pace to serve both the school and my growing family and after three weeks I said goodbye to school and got onto an airplane to travel with my wife, toddler and newborn; which was a decision that was challenging but I knew was right for my family and for me as an individual.  A week into my paternity leave I woke up to a flurry of messages from students and colleagues that informed me that there was a tragic accident at the school and that a student had passed away the previous night. I sat on the couch frozen in disbelief in both the death and the reality that I was a ...