1. Great teachers never forget that it is people, not programs, that determine the quality of a school. 2. Great teachers establish clear expectations at the start of the year and follow them consistently as the year progresses.
Can you remember a teacher that meant something to you? Maybe they challenged you in a new way or recognized you when many others hadn’t.
Did you ever have a terrible headache and then found it went away after a few ibuprofen and some “still time?” Well, when your mental health improves after making it a priority it is kind of like that only instead of the pain subsiding, you become empowered and solutions run through your mind instead of sadness, melancholy, and fatigue.
The world is so full of boring people. It’s important for leaders, teachers, writers, performers, and artists to share an influence that is NOT boring with this starved-for-passion world.
These are recent links I published to the blogosphere.
An alternative to traditional college that will provide you with the skills of success in the privacy of your own home is elearning through a company like K alliance.
The question for a new teacher then becomes: How do I think of, create, and deliver dynamic lesson plans? In this post I give you three tools, there are many many others, to do just that.
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This was originally posted November 2, 2008. The reading was added for the podcast later.
I took my kids on a field trip to a place where folks dress up like the Gold Rush era and act out that the students are in the 1800’s. They learned history that applies to real life, of course [...]
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I have an inkling there are more parents than teachers reading my blog currently. So, I send this message out to you:
Please show up if you have a parent-teacher conference regarding your child. There are 3 main reasons for this:
You appear flaky. A teacher needs you as his partner in your child’s education. When the [...]
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