Category Archives: Professional Development

Re-Statement of Purpose: Why I Blog


Today marks exactly 4 1/2 years since I wrote my first blog post here at Apace of Change.  In it, I laid out my initial intentions for this blog: …I want to engage with other educators – not just teachers, but administrators, psychologists, LDTCs, and others in the education field – as to uses for [...]

The End of Isolation


In September, I was very proud to have my first contribution to a peer-reviewed journal published.  When a friend asked if I had publicized this on my blog, I paused, then realized that in the hubbub of the start of school, I had completely forgotten. So anyway, here goes: in “The End of Isolation”, my [...]

Online Learning: My Pre-Test


I recently took an online professional development course offered by the Massachussetts School Psychologists Association entitled Ethics 102: The Ethical Practitioner.  It provided me with ten hours of NASP-approved PD, plus helped me satisfy my National Certification in School Psychology requirement of three hours of ethics training per three-year renewal cycle (my new cycle just [...]

Leadership Day 2011: Networking 101


This is my third year participating in the Leadership Day blog carnival, organized by Dr. Scott McLeod of the University of Kentucky or Iowa State University (depending on which online bio you read), or maybe both; I’m not quite sure.  In 2009, I wrote about my experiences working for an effective school leader, and in 2010 I [...]

Owning Up


One of the reasons I like blogging so much is because it helps keep me honest.  If I have an idea for a project or practice, I like to write about it in this public space because it makes me feel beholden to you (whoever you are) to see it through.  It provides some extra [...]