Ask any teacher the worst part of their job. Less than 5% will say ‘the kids’. Non-educators can moan and groan saying things like, “I don’t know how you do it” and “No way could I deal with bad kids all day”. You’re definitely right. YOU couldn’t deal with kids all day–so you don’t. However, […]
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Elizabeth J. – Our Stellar Educator of the Week!
Name: Elizabeth J. School: Arrowhead Union High School, WI Years Teaching: 7-8 years Specialty: English Language Arts Congratulations to Elizabeth J., our Stellar Educator of the Week! Elizabeth has the unique and very awesome honor of having been nominated by THREE separate people! We heard from a colleague, a student, and a parent about how […]
Posted inClassroom Management, Elementary School, How to Fix Education, Instruction & Curriculum, Kindergarten, New Teacher Bootcamp, The New Teacher Chronicles, Uncategorized
Classroom Management: Ten Tips for New Teachers
The following article is from the “New Teacher Bootcamp” archives from the site. Each article is meant to not only empower new teachers but to let them know they are not alone in their struggles. Join us each week for new articles dealing with everything a new teacher would want to know. 1. Don’t be […]
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John D. – Our Stellar Educator of the Week!
Name: John D. School District: Anaheim Union High School District Years Teaching: 10+ years Specialty: English Language Arts Congratulations to John D., our Stellar Educator of the Week! John was nominated by a colleague who started by using three main words to describe John: Selfless. Honorable. Inspiring. Here’s what else his colleague had to say […]
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From The Classroom to Home– Effective Strategies for Communicating With Parents
My children are the center of my world…my personal children. The three amazing and challenging creatures I gave birth to and live in my home. Often when talking with my mom and sharing stories she will say, “Oh, you were talking about your classroom, weren’t you?” There is a fine line. Our classroom kids are like our […]
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Reading Strategies – By Kids, For Kids
One of my favorite things to do is read. Before bed each night, I crawl under my big cozy covers, grab whatever current novel I’m reading and disappear for at least thirty minutes into a different world. Usually I lose track of my thirty minutes and I’m shaken back into the real world by my […]
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Data-Driven Politics
One of the driving forces behind the advancement of bubble-test tyranny in our school systems today is the concept of data-driven decision-making. Back before we tested every student in every subject on almost every day of the year, cigar-chomping school administrators just pulled decisions out of their backsides and hoped they worked. They threw the […]
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If You Build It, They Will Come: How to Build a Successful Choir Program – Educate the Administrative Team
By Anne Guess Read part one here. Part 2: Educate the Administrative Team In all my years in the Texas public school system, both as a student and a teacher, I have met very few school administrators that were ever music educators. By very few, I mean I can count them all […]