Arrival: the first two weeks in Manila.
Arriving in a new country, the things you actually notice rarely match the things you prepared to notice. A reflection on the first two weeks: language, classrooms, and a few surprises.
Read post →A blog from the year in the Philippines. Some posts are about schools and classrooms. Others are about everything else.
Arriving in a new country, the things you actually notice rarely match the things you prepared to notice. A reflection on the first two weeks: language, classrooms, and a few surprises.
Read post →A student named Maria taught me more about inclusion in one afternoon than a year of professional development.
Three Tagalog words I find myself reaching for in English, and what their absence says about the language.
What I thought I understood about restorative approaches before arriving, and what's already shifting.
On the discipline of listening before speaking, and the harder discipline of not trying to fix what isn't yours to fix.
A small change in the daily schedule. A surprisingly large effect on student engagement.
An honest inventory of what I packed, and what I would leave behind a second time.
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