Invisible Infrastructure

I used to work for a person who talked about “infrastructure” a lot. He had grand plans and always felt like he needed more “infrastructure” to accomplish them. He would say, “I just need more infrastructure.”  The truth is, he was not wrong. He just spent so much time talking about it that it still…

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Process Not Product

When I was in elementary school, I used to play school all the time. I had a green chalkboard that could hang on the wall but it could also sit on the floor. I had white chalk most of the time, but every now and then, I would get my hands on colored chalk, which…

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Developing Developers

You might expect a company full of professional developers tell you how important professional development is. At ERG, we obviously think you should have access to high quality professional development so you can continue to be your best educator self and do great things for students. But what about professional development for the professional developer?…

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