It may be a controversial topic to discuss but teachers teach values in their classrooms every day, whether a parent or teacher agrees with the idea of value teaching or not. The dictionary defines values as: a person’s principles or standards of behavior; one’s judgment of what is important in life. Teaching values, it is…
Effective classroom teaching is not simply a job taken on by someone with a college degree — it is an art that cannot fully be taught by attending classes and receiving a bachelor’s or master’s degree in education. Of course, college students can and should be instructed in the theories, strategies, and other aspects related…
Whether you’re a novice or an experienced teacher, everyone knows that an ineffective fellow teacher can make teaching at your school unbearable. The actions of other staff members may lead you to search the help wanted ads every summer. They can also cause you to spend more time worrying about things that have very little…
It happens every year: the end of the school year is around the corner and some teachers will be considering a change in their career and move to another school district or perhaps a private school. You may no longer feel satisfied with your current position, are seeking a higher salary, or simply want a…
The substitute teacher: Sometimes respected by other teachers, less so by students, but always in demand by principals trying to fill in for absent instructors. Substitute teaching can be challenging and rewarding at the same time. A classroom teacher may define the substitute teacher’s success based on how well controlled his or her students were…
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…
I don’t have time to… One thing is certain – nearly every teacher feels like they don’t have enough time to do everything that they need to do. Finding the time to organize supplies, develop lessons, find resources, discipline students, eat lunch, record grades, call parents, and – oh yeah – teach is a problem…