• Top Ten Tuesday

    First, thank you all so much for your support and encouragement after my last post.  It filled my heart and gave me confidence to just keep going.  And thank you again for giving…

  • Self Care for Business Owners

    If there has been a bright side to our miserable summer, it has been the rapid growth and success of ClassMax.  What started as a little something I was cooking up for my…

  • Office Space

    There is a chance that I will not be returning to the classroom next year and will be working full time for ClassMax beginning this June.   This is very exciting.   This…

  • Inside Running a Start Up

    Many of you know that a little over a year ago, Chris and I founded an edTech startup with our business partner, called ClassMax.  I created ClassMax because I needed a tool in…

  • …And here I am!

    So, today at 9:00am, I was sitting in my classroom at my desk, grading papers and waiting for the school day to start at 9:30, when my phone rings.  It’s my kids’ school…

  • ClassMax Update

    We are one week away from launching ClassMax, a web-based data tracker and classroom management tool for teachers.  Over the past six months, we have worked primarily with freelance web developers who we…

  • ClassMax Kickstarter

    It’s time, friends!  ClassMax has been a true labor of love for our team over the last five months and the time has finally come to push our little baby bird out into…

  • Back in the Groove

    Man, you guys.  Last week was a doozey and a half and I am still recovering!  I don’t know why, but it seems that every committee that I serve on meets the second…