Undercover Boss – School Style!
…will often sense a negative tone. Teachers are facing more and more pressures today. Critics of new curriculum and standards, larger class sizes, less resources, and the list could go…
…will often sense a negative tone. Teachers are facing more and more pressures today. Critics of new curriculum and standards, larger class sizes, less resources, and the list could go…
…conducted that had astounding results. This research was also referenced in a terrific article in the New York Magazine called How Not to Talk to Your Child: The Inverse Power…
…when educators face the reality of their current teaching situations. The glow of excitement about the new school year may be fading, and many feel overwhelmed by the challenges ahead….
…students. So I’d like to share two strategies that worked well for me in the classroom, as well as a new game called Mystery Vocabulary Detectives. Hopefully you’ll find that…
…make sure to show next year’s group at “Back to School Time” all of the exciting things that they will learn in their new grade. This would be a perfect…
…new mandates to include engineering in their curriculum, are experiencing the same anxiety. However, it is entirely possible to integrate engineering into your classroom, even if you have an inclusive…
…and I know that a lot of their energy goes into things like setting up classrooms, finding new materials and activities, learning new technology, and downloading beautifully designed templates and…
Guest post by Dr. Shirley Disseler The way we do math has changed! The Common Core offers a new way to look at an old subject and encourages us to…
…new ways to use it! To get started, I set up an account at Plickers.com and watched the tutorial videos. The basics were fairly easy to master, but what I…
…Beneficial New Challenges Each engineering challenge gives students something new to solve and more than likely, it is a challenge they have never tried before. Critical Thinking Skills Students aren’t…
…who’ve learned that mistakes are an important part of the growing process may still be reluctant to try something new or to tackle a challenging assignment. Similarly, students who’ve learned…
Imagine yourself as a student in a new classroom during the first week of school. Unless your teacher starts off with at least a few getting-to-know you activities, it might…
