My Grant Project is titled, The Impact of the Physical Learning Environment on Student Learning and Behaviours: The effects of school and classroom décor, lighting, space, and design on student progress.
As a seasoned educator, I have seen my fair share of educational fads come and go. Many of us have witnessed the pedagogical trends that tend…Read More

Books and Bobcats–The BEST Combination
Through my 2017-18 ARI grant, I plan to build relationships with our two feeder schools and aloow my Transitional Senior English students to become authors with a “published” finished product they can allow others to read. I want to use class journals and help the students become authors of “what they…Read More

Project Title: Student Seating and How It Affects On Task Behavior

I have been following research for a while on flexible seating in the classroom and decided I wanted to try this. This school year I have a small class but have several special needs students. I felt this might be a good time to try this. I am hoping that giving students…Read More

Project Title: The “IncrEDIBLES” Cooking Club

LBJ Elementary School’s MSD students are creating a cooking club. The students will perform tasks such as meal planning, budgeting for groceries, food preparation, cooking, and clean up. The hopes of this club is to help build self-confidence in students who have a moderate to severe disability. Th…Read More

Students have begun to Size It Up Right as they research some of the tallest buildings in the world. To increase their understanding of scale models, students are creating scale models of Willis Tower, Burj Khalifa, Lotte Tower, etc.