In your blog, you said that teachers need time to talk to one another and work together in their schools. A lot of schools have staff meetings and collaboration time, but it often gets wasted by talking about what color to paint the walls and who didn't turn their assessments in on time. How do you make sure that your time is spent wisely and do you think its better to have whole staff meetings or department specific meetings?
Do you think you would have become a teacher had you not volunteered at the school near your campus? If you knew you loved teaching, what made you go for a degree in Anthropology as opposed to Education?
You said that you were not going to take a job as an administrator, at least not right now, but that you are a leader in the school and take on various positions to help with administrative tasks. How do you fit it all in and still have time for your personal life? Do you wish you could teach part time and do administration part time?
During your year as Washington State Teacher of the Year, what was the most important thing you learned? Besides meeting the President, what was the most rewarding experience that you had?
