I’m so excited to share it with you...
Teacherbag: Teacher Appreciation Week Edition
Welcome back to the new and improved TEACHERbag!
The Interview
Here are 5 essential questions you should absolutely be prepared for in an interview (and how you might want to answer them).
Helicopter Teachers
Are you doing too much? Maybe you’re a helicopter teacher…
April Showers
“Are you crying, Mr. West?"
This was how my week started.
Sacré Bleu! The Parisians Have Mastered Teaching!
It’s true! The French are, by my estimation, the best teachers I’ve ever come across.
How to Recover From a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad School Day
There are days in this
Hallway Celebrity
How developing relationships with students (especially challenging ones) can start through word of mouth.
Work/Life Balance and the Modern Teacher
Teaching is an extremely demanding career. The question we need to ask ourselves is: what am I doing for myself and my mental well-being?
The Least Important Person in the Room
How can you better serve your students? Become the least important person in your class.
Finding Your "Why"
It’s really easy to confuse your “what” for your “why.” As educators, that’s the trap we need to avoid.
#WhatsYour17
How can we all make a daily difference?
The Educoaster
Does this look familiar to you? If you’re a teacher, it probably does.
Thanks, Obama.
What? I mean that! Sorry if it sounded sarcastic…
Two Thousand and Late-Teen
Allow me to offer up a theory on late work that you may or may not agree with...
The Nuclear Zero
Giving a zero out of 100% is tantamount to dropping a nuclear bomb on a student's grade.
Hitting The Pause Button
I’m not gonna lie…this week has been a rough week.I’m going to take this long weekend to pause, breathe, and recover mentally and spiritually
Formative & Summative Assessments
The way in which we assess our students can have a significant and detrimental impact on both our student success rates and on our students’ mindsets about what it means to be a learner
"Down With Homework!"
This week’s post is the first of a 5-part series I’m writing on
Not Half Bad!
As the semester winds down, I wanted to take a moment with you to reflect on some of the best/most positive things that I have experienced as an educator so far this year. Think of this post as a New Year’s retrospective for educators and, possibly, severe procrastinators.