5 Things You Should Know Before You Accept That Teaching Job
Caring about education and our long-term careers means considering the following before we accept a position.
14 Questions Every Teacher Should Ask About Lesson Plans
Good questions to guide teacher lesson plans should help move the teacher from ‘What will students do?’ to ‘How can I help them understand?”
The Year Is Almost Over. Don’t Miss The Opportunities.
When the school year is almost over, finding ways to stay engaged, motivated and working right up until the end can be a challenge.
How To Reach–And Change–Your Students
Assuming our goal is to make a difference in the lives of others, we might consider the legacy we leave in the minds of students.
15 Simple Tips To Keep Your Sanity During Testing
15 Ways To Make Testing Fun–Or At Least To Keep Your Sanity While It’s Happening Let’s get through this together. In most public, private, elementary school, middle school, high school, or higher education institutions, there is some form of formal assessment–a testing window that changes the climate of the school and the tone of your day from…
20 Ways To Improve Student Follow-Through And Accountability
What about holding the student accountable? Let’s research-based strategies that give students the best chance for success.
The Illusion Of The Widget
We should be cautious not to view learners as little widgets in an education machine that wheezes and chuffs and spits out educated learners.
7 Teaching Secrets For Long-Term Growth
What Are The Teaching Secrets For Long-Term Growth? by Terry Heick Ed note: This post has been updated and revised from an earlier post Good teaching is a major undertaking. Make no mistake–teaching has never been easy. But as we come upon 2014, as a profession teaching is increasingly characterized by its possibility, accountability, and…
Dear Teachers, Today Is An Opportunity
Here’s a quick thought for you: Today is an opportunity. Today is your chance. Not some day generally or metaphorically. Today.
Teaching Math Without Words
This TED Talk by Matthew Peterson seeks to explore what it would look like to teach math without using words.
Building A Thinking Classroom Without Technology
The onus isn’t on school budgets or clever technology but rather ourselves–our collective ability to forge truly thinking classrooms.
9 Ground Rules For Great Principals
The following graphic from weareteachers.org takes a more general approach, but provides 9 clear tips–‘ground rules’–for great principals.
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