Jill Telford

“After a while, you unlearn how to merely survive. You learn to live. To thrive. To breathe. To appreciate the finer “things” in life. All the while realizing you can’t take any of the things...”

“The signs you ignore in the beginning end up being the reasons you leave later. —Trust yourself—”

“When someone dies, we think that’s it for them. But it’s not really set up that way. It’s not fixed. Death like life is temporary.”

“My taste for life is different. And, it’s always been that way.”

“I’m the book lady. With the bag. I’ve secured Botha The book and the bag.”

“You, pulling up late on me. Made me, on time for me. In fact, I messed around and pulled up early. Remember that, boo”

“If I could change one thing about our schools it would be to transform all schools into communities of care and project based experiential learning through play where the focus is less on re...”

“The ideas of beawolf ain’t gonna go nowhere.” <—My first complete sentence to an MLA style paper about Beowulf. My English teachers in high school changed and edited my trajectory with my wr...”

“There are so many small moments, or as I call them, little things, that have inspired and continue to inspire me as a teacher. I draw so much inspiration from the many inquisitive and creati...”

“I AM A TEACHER. We ARE teachers. We’re not daycare workers. We’re not taking care of days. We’re taking care of children. We will define ourselves.”

“We need to reframe our way of thinking. We shouldn't be thinking will Johnny be ready for Kindergarten. Instead we should be asking will his new school be ready for him?”

“I am a Head Start child still at heart.”