Author: Todd Nesloney

Wow, what a whirlwind weekend.  This weekend Waller hosted it’s first ever EdCampWaller!  We had over 200 educators from all over Texas!!  Several of whom drove over 7 hours to be there.  To say that it was an incredible day is an understatement. The idea of EdCampWaller came from when Stacey Huffine (@TechNinjaStacey) and I…

Ok so I know I didn’t blog last week! My bad!  What we did last week was that my fifth graders were given third grade TEKS (our state standards) by a 3rd grade teacher that the 3rd graders were low in.  My fifth graders created games, presentations, whatever for those TEKS, and then on Thursday…

Man what a great week! So on Monday I wanted to do something different.  Our After School program has had archery equipment for a while, and I am the certified Archery Instructor for the program….so I thought, how can I use this in Math? So I went out, set up the targets and equipment and…

So this week was finally the time.  The time for our state standardized test (or STAAR). So Monday we had a last minute review where I mainly just talked with the kids about setting a goal and not stressing out about the test.  I haven’t mentioned STAAR much this year because I think it should be treated just like…

First off I have to say I work with some pretty incredible people.  So I heard about the whole EdCamp idea last year when I attended EdCampDallas.  I fell in love with the idea so much that now I am in the midst of planning EdCampWaller for our area.  When explaining what an EdCamp is…

So, yes I know, the title to this post is very negative.  But it’s very true.  STAAR (or the state-exam for Texas) is crazy.  Now, honestly I’m all for testing.  I think our students should be tested for what they know and have learned that school year, but WAY too much emphasis is put on…

So last week was my Spring Break.  Instead of enjoying my Spring Break relaxing like most people, I spent my Spring Break traveling to San Diego, California. In about Early February I had gotten a notification that I was selected by the National School Board Association as one of their “20 to Watch”.  They choose…

This week has been the best week of my professional career.  I have never had as much fun or been as impressed with my students as I was this week!! So, about a month and a half ago I had an idea.  I’ve always seen teachers and schools that do science fairs. I love watching…

This week was fun! On Monday we went over the benchmark that we had taken from the previous week.  After adjusting the scores to match the pass rates of the STAAR Test (our State Standardized Test) we ended up with having 84.7% passing!  That was great!  Way better than my last year Spring Benchmark scores….

So life has been extra crazy lately and I have been trying desperately to update this blog!  Whew!  So here goes…. Last week was….interesting… Monday we didn’t have school.  On Tuesday I worked with the students setting goals, and calming any nerves in preparation for their Spring Benchmark that was to take place on Wednesday. So on…

Let me preface this post by saying that I was only at my campus on Monday, because Tuesday through Friday I was at TCEA (my state’s Technology Conference) and Saturday I attended my Region IV Math Conference.  You can read about my trip to those by following this link http://texasprincipal.org/index.php/texas-principals-education-help-support-team/entry/go-learn-tcea-and-region-iv But on Monday my students…

Another amazing week.  The week started out with some pretty incredible Skype activities (which you can read about in my previous post). In addition to Skyping with a class from Sweden and Olympic Gold Medalist Steve Mesler, our class was also fortunate enough to Skype with a college student from Venezuela. Now, I’ve had several…