Week 3/11 – 3/15 One of the things that I love doing as a teacher, to keep my students focused on reading their notes from class when at home, is giving pop quizzes in class. My kids hate it… I hated it as a student, but I understand the purpose and I do it often. […]
Posted inElementary School, Featured, From the Front Lines, Kindergarten, Opinion
Teaching Children How To Make a Difference
One of my favorite movies is “Pay It Forward.” Trite, I know. But I’m one of those people who believe that the smallest of rocks dropped in the ocean makes ripples forever, affecting everything that comes into its path. I’ll take trite over trendy any day. In my school, I try to place a major […]
Posted inCommon Core, Featured, Instruction & Curriculum, Literacy, Social Studies
Primary Source Documents—An Easy Tool for Implementation
“Primary source documents”…reading this phrase in the Common Core Standards I felt a bit of fear creep into my mind. I teach fourth grade. We are just mastering how to read maps and keys and legends. Primary source documents? How on earth would I incorporate those into our classroom and make it meaningful? Students at […]
Posted inInstruction & Curriculum, Uncategorized
{Book Signing} Keep the Fire Burning: Avoiding Teacher Burnout!
When: April 25th, 2013 5pm-7pm Where: Michon’s Smokehouse Restaurant, 1583 Virginia Avenue, College Park, GA 30337 Join us as we celebrate the book release of The Educator’s Room first book, “Keep the Fire Burning: Avoiding Teacher Burnout.” During this event we will have books available to purchase, a meet and greet with the authors and […]
Posted inBook Review
Book Review Disclaimer
In accordance with FTC guidelines, The Educator’s Room will always disclose where books being reviewed originate. Often, we review books provided for free by publishers, whether ARC’s (advanced reading copies) or post-publication. However, The Educator’s Room does not, nor do any of its book review authors, receive any compensation for reviews. All book reviews are […]
Posted inFrom the Front Lines, Instruction & Curriculum, Uncategorized
4 Myths About Unions That Most Teachers Believe
Before I entered education 11 years ago I never thought I’d be in a union. I believed unions were only necessary in the movies or years ago when bosses wanted workers to work in factories for 12 hours a day for pennies on the hour. So when I signed my teacher paperwork I was hesitant to sign […]
Posted inCurrent Events in Education, Featured, High School, Interviews
"Why I Hate High School"
In a dynamic change from the usual session at a conference, on the second day of ASCD 2013 in Chicago, one of the sessions was hosted not by a group of educators, but by students themselves. In “Why I Hate High School,” a five-student panel, moderated by Mickey Revenaugh, of Connections Education, shared how moving […]
Posted inInstruction & Curriculum, Principals' Corner, Uncategorized
10 Reasons the ASCD Conference Rocked!
I’m one of those educators who is cautious of any conference put on for educators. I’m always suspicious that these conferences are backed by some corporate giant that wants to feed me test rhetoric all day. So imagine my surprise after attending the ASCD Conference in Chicago and realizing that many big conferences can be informative and beneficial to […]