Brittany FranckowiakA Life-Long TeacherRecently, the band director at my school announced that this school year will be his last. Mr. Lewis Dutrow is retiring after 38 years as a…Apr 27, 2018Apr 27, 2018
Brittany FranckowiakNot Done YetFor the first time in my life, I seriously considered a non-classroom job opportunity last week. A listing came across my radar that neatly…Feb 25, 2018Feb 25, 2018
Brittany FranckowiakWho Tells Your Story?Every now and then, I make a crack to someone at school about how I’m “living the dream” or about how I’m in my dream job. Because I’m me…Feb 7, 2018Feb 7, 2018
Brittany FranckowiakMidway through my seventh year of teaching…By nearly every measure, being a year seven teacher is better than being a year one teacher. I have confidence in the decisions I make…Jan 28, 20182Jan 28, 20182
Brittany FranckowiakSolicited AdviceI wasn’t sure what I would get from the prompt. It was a prompt I generated almost out of desperation — grasping for some way to make a…Jan 23, 2018Jan 23, 2018
Brittany FranckowiakSupporting Mastery in AP BiologyI had plenty of evidence that I made a lot of mistakes in my first year of teaching Advanced Placement Biology, but one of the most…Jan 15, 2018Jan 15, 2018
Brittany FranckowiakBiology after Dark“Ms. Franckowiak, can we get an extension on our field work? It’s going to be so cold!” Peter appealed to me amidst the Mid-Atlantic bomb…Jan 7, 20181Jan 7, 20181
