More and more schools becoming eco-friendly, reaping the benefits
by Krista Peterson There’s been a perpetual movement over the last decade or so to “green” just about everything that we may live in, use, or own. What about making our schools green, or eco friendly?...
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Start of the School Year – Avoid Being Over Committed
It’s the beginning of the school year, and for many teachers this is their first year teaching. One of the biggest challenges new teachers face is finding balance between work and their personal lives....
View ArticleHow To Adapt to an Unfamiliar Teaching Position
Teachers are a unique group with certain talents far beyond individuals in other professions. However, with all their knowledge and know-how, what happens when they’re uprooted from a well-known...
View ArticleFree Learning Management Software (LMS) for Teachers!
Want a (or better) LMS systems for your class? I recommend Canvas – a free online software that has rich features around common teaching tasks – grading, communicating, calendaring, creating...
View ArticleTeachers Staying Relevant
by Elaine Hirsch Ever-changing federal, state, and district mandates and increased teacher accountability have forced many teachers to find new ways to adapt in today’s diverse classrooms. This is...
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Blow Up Your Practice with Teacher Feedback
“You are fine. None of the students complain about you.” This was my former principal’s evaluative feedback on my first year of teaching. I thought “Seriously? I am a first year teacher and this is...
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Student Voice: Blow Up Your Practice with Teacher Feedback
This series is intended to give teachers new ways of improving their practice through practice-based feedback. Rarely in the K-12 system is student feedback intentionally sought and reflected upon as...
View ArticleStudent Teacher Question: What are suggestions to improve classroom...
Great question and a pertinent issue to student teachers and classroom teachers, in general. Here’s my attempt to answering this question, but would love to hear from our global community additional...
View ArticleHow to Address Poverty in the Classroom
Should we, as teachers, ignore poverty and other external factors affecting our students? This question was explored from different perspectives in a recent Washington Post article. I argue, as many...
View ArticleHow are you doing as a teacher? Get the feedback you need to become a better...
Concern When I was teaching I was evaluated twice a year. Is that enough to identify areas of improvement, provide targeted professional development and feedback, and measure its impact on student...
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