Dr. Stacey Schmidt

Welcome to the new home of the Porter Township Schools Weekly Updates! I will continue to publish the same type of content each week, but will use a format that is easier for me to distribute to PTSC families and also our community. I hope you will follow …

We all want to be winners, don’t we? We want to achieve to our full potential and do great things. I’ve been reading about motivation and engagement lately, specifically trying to find the key to unlocking both in students. (My Twitter theme …

Last week I was invited to participate in my first ever Twitter Chat. (Learn more about their regular chats here!) It was about blogging which was ironic since I hadn’t posted in a couple of weeks, but I thought it was a good opportunity since I’d …

As part of Connected Educator Month I recently made my first ever infographic (leaders should be learners, right?) about how I build my PLN mainly through Twitter to connect with others around the world. Obviously I find this to be an essential practice as a …

As we are launching into the month of October which is Connected Educator’s month, I thought it might be interesting to see how this Superintendent manages to stay connected and sane (at least on most days!) all at the same time.  

As a runner, there is a time when you are running known as “hitting the wall”. According to TheFreeDictionary.com this expression means “if you hit the wall when you are trying to achieve something, you reach a situation where you cannot …

I was a cross country runner in high school. It’s one of those sports where you compete as a team and as an individual. As an individual, one is always striving to achieve a personal record (PR)–the fastest time ever to run a set distance. For cross …

This year we rolled out iPads to every high school student. This was a huge initiative for us as our goal in handing out iPads was to transform teaching and learning. We desire increased student engagement and want to see that translate to improvements in our …

This summer I’ve been expanding my collaborative community through social media. I have been amazed at what I’ve been able to learn and people with whom I’ve been able to connect even though they live thousands of miles away. I have learned about the …