Teaching Posts

Should Teachers Give Their Phone Number To Parents?

TeachThought StaffMar 13, 2019

Don’t go giving parents your personal phone number. Bad idea. Very bad idea. Sign up for Google Voice to text parents.

Modern Trends In Education: 50 Different Approaches To Learning

What if a class consisted of words that led to information that whirled into blended realms of creativity set up just…

10 Ways To Give Students More Control Of Their…

TeachThought StaffFeb 24, 2019

One way to give students more control of their education is to allow them to create their own schedule–and revise it…

An Efficient Classroom: 6 Factors Of Academic Achievement

Terrell HeickFeb 24, 2019

What are the primary factors of academic performance? While literacy skills and background knowledge matter, so does motivation.

I’m Not Sure What To Think About Backward Design

Terrell HeickFeb 21, 2019

Backward design encourages you to plan for a destination not by anticipating but visualizing the end and planning backward from there.

What Is The Identity Of Your Classroom?

Terrell HeickFeb 21, 2019

Whether or not they’re accurate, how you’re perceived–and how your school, grade level, content area, and course are thought of–matters.

12 Things Teachers Worry About Today

TeachThought StaffFeb 21, 2019

Here, we discuss things teachers worry about today, in addition to student performance, mindset, wellbeing, and college/career readiness.

What Every Teacher Needs In Order To Grow

Terrell HeickFeb 19, 2019

What Does Every Teacher Need In Order To Grow? by Terry Heick Teaching can do weird things to you. It […]