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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…
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...
Mailbag
Welcome to the first ever TMMW mailbag post! As will always be the case, these are real questions from real readers.
The Abhorrent Teacher Is Me
"I realized I wasn't the teacher I wanted to be, but rather, I was the abhorrent teacher I vowed never to be."
The Myth of the 1.5% Savior
Teachers are not the great saviors that Hollywood pretends we are.
"Why Are We Doing This?"
No, this post is not an existential exploration about the seemingly futile actions of what basically amounts to billions of micro blips in the infinitely vast and expanding universe. This post is all about identifying and clarifying the validity and purpose of what we do in our classrooms and our schools.
Not That You Asked...
Well, now I've gone and done it. I've become my worst nightmare. I'm a blogger. Try not to judge me too much.