The about page is here because I thought some context for this blog might be in order. For those who don’t know me, my name is Owen Matchim and I have been an educator for 17 years; 5 of which as a teacher, and 12 as a school administrator. I am passionate about learning, educational innovation and change. I have been extremely fortunate to be connected and teach with some amazing educators from whom I have learned a lot along the way. I also read a lot of books, articles, podcasts, etc and generally have an interest in learning more about education. At home I am a dad to 3 amazing kids and have a supportive wife who is also a teacher and humors me in my educational musings.

I started writing this blog as a way to organize my thoughts and to make my learning (and thinking!) more visible. When I thought about doing this publicly I was worried about being ‘right’ if I was going to commit thoughts into print. But, I also think that being vulnerable requires a leap of faith and that if I waited until everything was ‘right’ then I would be waiting a long time. So, if along the way you notice that some things seem to contradict something said earlier, that’s ok! Hopefully it means I have just been thinking about it more and have updated my views (though full disclosure, some of these have been written for a while so despite a hopefully bi-weekly release, some entries would have been written prior). 

The name of the blog is a play on the old Marvel comic book series Journey Into Mystery, because trying to achieve mastery is most certainly a journey and not a destination. Hoping to try writing this for a few months or so and see how it goes. With some luck it will hopefully continue to help me develop and grow, and if anything resonates or agitates then feel free to reach out so we can have a conversation!

The easiest way to find me is through my email: omatchim@gmail.com and I would love to hear from you for feedback or to discuss ideas.