You do not need to become best friends with your students to build rapport with them. Just seeing your students every day gives you a special type of relationship with them. Some of your students may see you as a caring parent, others may view you as an overbearing mother or father, and some may…
A classroom newsletter may not be something you have time to create each week or month, but a newsletter can be an effective communication tool that parents will look forward to. The newsletter can be housed on your classroom or school’s website, sent as a PDF to parents’ email addresses, or distributed to your students…
Technology can be a wonderful tool for students, but excessive use of technology outside of school may be disrupting healthy social connections with family members, friends, and other adults, such as their classroom teachers and instructors. The rise of technology has made it even more vital for teachers to build healthy connections with their students.…
As of 2017, there were over 3.6 million public and private elementary and secondary school teachers in the United States serving nearly 6 million students. In addition, there will be thousands of first-year teachers starting their first day of school along with the millions of students attending school following their summer breaks. These new teachers…
What is a role model? The definition of a role model according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary is: A person whose behavior in a particular role is imitated by others. Teachers definitely fit the definition of a role model for their students whether they like it or not. It is something teachers must accept when they…