By: Geena Bergen Geena is a teacher and advocate for teachers’ health and wellbeing. After completing her degree in Elementary Education & Psychology with a concentration in Early Childhood Education from Rider University, Geena taught 2nd grade in public school for 7 years. This summer, she transitioned to virtual teaching to have more time to dedicate to diving […]
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Rebranding the Dreaded Essay: How to Demystify Essays and Make Them Meaningful During COVID-19
Whenever students hear the word “essay,” they groan, eye roll, and plead for something, anything else. Similarly, most adults I know remember high school or college essays they grudgingly finished just under the wire; late-night coffee, obsessive word counting, and a fair amount of teacher-specific bs-ing. It’s clear “The Essay” gets a bad rap, and […]
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Virtual Field Trips for Every Teacher, Parent and Students Who Loves Nature and Animals
By now teachers, parents, and students are adjusting to the new normal of school-going digital. To break the monotony, try out one of these virtual field trips that you can visit right in the comfort of your own home! Virtual Reality 360 Inside Rattlesnake Den Gatorland & AMAZE TV collaborated for 360 degrees of JAWSOMENESS! […]
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Teacher Self-Care Conference- We’re Back
“The kind of teacher you become will become will directly be related to the kind of teachers you associate with. Teaching is a profession where misery does more than just love company, it recruits, seduces, and romances it. Avoid people who are unhappy and disgruntled about the possibilities for transforming education. They are the enemy of […]
Using Your Teacher Expertise to Become An Educational Consultant
We’ve all been in that meeting where a “consultant” comes in to tell us how to do our job in the classroom. We’re trying to be nice, but the more they talk TO us, the more frustrated we become. The last straw is when the suggest some strategies like “just differentiate more” for your class […]
Posted inAsk a Teacher, Current Events in Education, Featured, From the Front Lines, Teacher Branding
For the Teachers Who Don't Support Other Teachers
Every week in my inbox, I receive emails from teachers who are teetering on the edge of total breakdowns. Sometimes they’re stressed about their evaluations while other times they are stressed about the ever increasing workload being put on them, but more times than not, they’re in virtual tears because they cannot feed their families. Sometimes […]
Posted inMiddle School, Principals' Corner, Teacher Branding, Uncategorized
A Teacher Who Took a Leap of Faith: Megan Mottley, Publisher of DIVINE Magazine
As the culmination of our month long articles about teacher branding, we want to highlight educators who decided to use their skills in the classroom to literally build their own brands. Today we are highlighting Ms. Megan Mottley, Publisher of DIVINE Magazine. 1. Give us some backgrounds of your experiences in education. I’m a former 8th Grade […]
Posted inOpinion, Teacher Branding, The Unemployed Teacher
New Directions: An Unemployed Teacher Looks at the Future and Creates a New Personal Brand
I spent most of the first year after my layoff just wanting to go back. Back to the job I had so passionately loved. Back to the routine that was so familiar. Back to the students with whom I felt so at home with. Back to the career that had been moving along at a […]