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Darlene Diem

Darlene Diem

Called to Lead in the Elementary Classroom

To fulfill your commitment to be the leader in your classroom, you need to prepare for the year, manage, and teach in a way that controls the leaning and calls them to follow, and then reflect and reshoot. This is a general...

Be Respectful and Break It Down

There is an attribute that lubricates relationships and mechanics of home and classroom. It allows learning to flourish and exhausting power battles to diminish. The word itself sounds austere, yet it shows up in small ways,...

Tired and Cynical

I love teaching. I find Jesus there. I watch rude students become gentle and stumbling readers become book lovers. We set goals and celebrate victories. I relish those split second incidents that thrill: the moment of wonder that...

Our Master Teacher Longs to Celebrate

Photo by Hello I'm Nik ? on Unsplash One afternoon, a group of camp workers in training for the summer program were taken to the front lawn and confronted with a challenge. Across the lawn were strewn large puzzle pieces. They...

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