Meeting Student Needs
You know it’s interesting that as teachers we generally assume students know what they want or need, when the reality is in many cases they have absolutely no idea what […]
Read more »Good Activity, Poor Planning
Many times as teachers we try to find engaging activities beyond the classroom to motivate students and increase their desire to grow and learn. This is especially the case with […]
Read more »You Don’t Always Get What You Give
Teachers as a group make a valid attempt to connect on some emotional level with most all of their students, especially those in smaller classes or self-contained, full-day classrooms. We […]
Read more »Who’s To Blame?
Another interesting point about teaching is that there are many people in the country, and I’m sure your own district, who believe the individual teachers are somehow responsible for the […]
Read more »Life in Special Ed
There can be a feeling that special education teachers somehow have it easier than regular classroom teachers because their class size is generally a dozen students or less where a […]
Read more »Student Motivation
I find myself wondering sometimes what is actually expected of teachers nowadays. We’re mandated by the states and Federal government to teach academic skills at a standardized level, but are […]
Read more »Take advantage of down time.
There always seems to be a collective sigh of relief when the last day of the school year has arrived. The warm summer months can be spent immersed in many […]
Read more »Beyond the Teaching of Academic Content
The national focus on student achievement has increased in recent years and meeting state standards has become the focus of many districts and schools. Although academic achievement is always a […]
Read more »Reading Standards
The teaching and remediation of reading has been an issue in education as long as there has been formal education. One could make an argument that most all formal learning […]
Read more »National Standards Quandary
The trend seems to be setting national standards for education rather than teaching those skills to all K-12 students regardless of each student’s individual strengths and weaknesses. This is the […]
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