You earned your break
We hope you’ve had a wonderful, restful time off. Can’t agree more that teachers need a good, restful break. What high school student reflect on their teachers’ work-life balance? None that I know of. I remember turning in essays in English class on Friday and receiving them back the following Monday. Each essay was returned […]
By: Nisha R Category: Articles Tags: breaks, TEACHERS, vacation
What Teachers Do
Welcome back if you are back, here’s to a wonderful Monday. If you are on vacation… enjoy it! Here’s a video you might like:
By: Nisha R Category: Articles, Videos Tags: TEACHERS, videos
Wanted: Time to Collaborate
Collaboration improves student performance. A study [PDF] from the University of Pittsburgh found that fostering teamwork in schools improved student test scores. Collaboration hones #teachers’ skills. Boston College #education professor Andy Hargreaves argues that we can’t make great schools just by hiring great teachers. If schools become spaces where teachers learn alongside students, both new […]
By: Nisha R Category: Articles Tags: education, TEACHERS, teaching
Florida Teacher Starts Each Day Complimenting Students One by One
If you enjoy this teacher and his ideas, you can go and like “Special Books by Special Kids” and support the project. In a video posted to Facebook that’s been shared more than 8,000 times since it was posted on Sunday, Ulmer takes the time to pay several compliments to each and every one of […]
By: Nisha R Category: Articles Tags: education, positive news, special education, special kids, TEACHERS, teaching ideas
