The Doors Behind the Bells

New Teachers, You're Not Behind. You're Learning.
Kimberly Lester 8 min read
New Teachers, You're Not Behind. You're Learning.

Why a veteran teacher can prep her classroom in three hours while you're still learning how to do it. By...

We've Normalized Solving Systemic Neglect With Personal Sacrifice
Kimberly Lester 6 min read
We've Normalized Solving Systemic Neglect With Personal Sacrifice

Teachers, somebody's gotta say this. By Kim Lester Somewhere along the way, spending part of Saturday getting ready for Monday...

Teachers, Why Pre-Planning Feels Like Drinking From a Fire Hose
Kimberly Lester 8 min read
Teachers, Why Pre-Planning Feels Like Drinking From a Fire Hose

What's actually happening when your brain can't keep up during pre-planning week. By Kim Lester It's Monday of pre-planning week...

Teachers, Your Stomach Tightens Before August Even Arrives
Kimberly Lester 10 min read
Teachers, Your Stomach Tightens Before August Even Arrives

What is actually happening when back-to-school season still feels like an emergency, even though you're still technically on summer break....

Teachers, You Cannot Win. And Nobody Is Talking About What That Costs You.
Kimberly Lester 5 min read
Teachers, You Cannot Win. And Nobody Is Talking About What That Costs You.

What happens when you give everything to other people's children and nobody notices what you are missing. By Kim Lester...

Teachers, What This Classroom Has Quietly Cost You
Kimberly Lester 5 min read
Teachers, What This Classroom Has Quietly Cost You

What happens when a teacher loses herself so slowly that nobody notices. Including her. By Kim Lester She is fine....

Teachers, Nobody Told You It Would Be Like This
Kimberly Lester 4 min read
Teachers, Nobody Told You It Would Be Like This

What happens to a teacher when the profession she believed in stops believing in her. By Kim Lester Teachers, there...

Teachers, You Knew What You Sign Up For
Kimberly Lester 4 min read
Teachers, You Knew What You Sign Up For

The phrase that has been silencing teachers for years and what it is actually doing to them. By Kim Lester...

Teachers, Eight Weeks Was Never Going to Be Enough
Kimberly Lester 5 min read
Teachers, Eight Weeks Was Never Going to Be Enough

What nobody is saying out loud about why summer isn't restoring you. By Kim Lester You made it. School is...

Teachers, This Is How Good Teachers Disappear.
Kimberly Lester 5 min read
Teachers, This Is How Good Teachers Disappear.

It does not happen all at once. And that is exactly why nobody sees it coming. By Kim Lester Teachers...

Teachers, We Need to Talk About Makeup Work Policies in the Last Week of School.
Kimberly Lester 5 min read
Teachers, We Need to Talk About Makeup Work Policies in the Last Week of School.

What nobody is saying out loud about who is actually failing whom. By Kim Lester Teachers - It is the...

Teachers, When No One Holds the Student Accountable — Everyone Pays for It.
Kimberly Lester 5 min read
Teachers, When No One Holds the Student Accountable — Everyone Pays for It.

What happens to the teacher, the student, and the classroom when parents protect behavior instead of correcting it. By Kim...

Teachers, The System Isn't Broken. It's Working Exactly as Designed.
Kimberly Lester 3 min read
Teachers, The System Isn't Broken. It's Working Exactly as Designed.

What I see happening to teachers every day — and what nobody is willing to say out loud. By Kim...

Teachers, You Are Not the Problem
Kimberly Lester 3 min read
Teachers, You Are Not the Problem

What I've been reading in teacher spaces — and the truth I have to say out loud. By Kim Lester...