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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...
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.
Mailbag
Welcome to the first ever TMMW mailbag post! As will always be the case, these are real questions from real readers.
"I only know one truth. It’s time for 2017 to end."
Strap in and prepare yourselves for another clichéd, self-indulgent, and shirtless year-end post