Purpose of this Blog

When Kathy retired she got bored and needed something to do.  John is still in the classroom. They decided to carry on their conversations about teaching and learning through this blog. 

"We were quite frustrated with the standard professional development model offered by our school and district.  Most of it was based off trendy research that our administrators were told was significant and important.  As we got further along in our careers the problem became worse.  We realized that most of our professional development came from ideas we generated.  The topics we explored and studied were important to us, and to the students we have taught."

This blog is a summary of conversations between Kathy and John.    We hope that other teachers might be interested in what we have talked about over the past twenty-three years and in what we are talking about today.  We believe that our conversations are what made us excellent teachers.  We think all teachers should continue to grow throughout their career. We started this blog to promote continuing conversations. We invite you to join in our conversations by adding your comments.

  Here is our simple mission: 2 Cool Teachers is dedicated to the idea that all teachers should continue to grow throughout their career.  We offer ideas and commentary on teaching and learning for reflective teachers who want to improve.  Our goal is to stimulate rich conversations between professional educators that lead to positive changes in practice at the classroom level.