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…
Is it truly possible to have a bully-free classroom environment? There are numerous resources out there that say they can help you achieve a bully-free classroom, but do they work? While some of them do, every day you will read about or see a student being relentlessly bullied. There are blogs, websites, programs, and pamphlets…
Two favorite words of nearly every student are Field Trip, and for teachers, the words can bring a smile to faces or cause anxiety. Either way, field trips are an interesting and exciting way for students to learn something new or to enhance the curriculum. A field trip should be the extension of the classroom,…
One of the best strategies to help students learn in the classroom is to use effective questioning techniques. A question of any kind immediately sparks the thought process in people of all ages, especially children. Even if a student initially believes they do not how to respond to the question, you can be sure they…
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…
Clarendon Learning Lessons include many creative ideas for classroom instruction and student learning. Students are asked to work independently or with their peers, fostering their collaboration skills. Of course, the lessons also include many traditional learning exercises such as multiple-choice questions, matching, fill in the blank responses, and others. And since every school and classroom…
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.…
Educating young people is an industry like any other. It may not appear the same as the industries that were built around the manufacturing of automobiles, airplanes, buildings, or other products. However, and whether fortunately or unfortunately, education is also an industry and with that comes a demand for paid resources. Companies all over the…