If you aren't yourself it will never work. That is the hardest lesson any teacher has to learn. The books/plans of others won't save you. You have...
Boy this Inclusion thing sure is working out well for everyone isn't it? I mean, it's working almost as well as it did when it was tried 20 years...
The old adage of "it's not what you know, it's who you know" needs an addendum for education: "it's not what you know, it's who you know and when...
I tell my kids on the first day that they likely won't use 90% of the the things they learn in my class but they are going to love it. I then tell...
Sounds like we are in a similar boat, sadly. I had about a 30% fail rate with my 7th graders last year. They actually did okay, some of them, on...
First of all, I don't have an answer. I had abysmal turn-in rates this year with my kids. That said, how are they performing on your...
We have similar issues in our program. When the kids and parents are together since kindergarten and are given everything by the district of...
We can do whatever we want. If I do the work to book the trip, book the bus, arrange the chaperones, contact the cafeteria, raise the funds, etc....
It isn't new but it is far more prevalent than even 5 years ago.
Here's about 50 mini-activities to break up your lectures. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_LeBqE6KPRRU0E1bmo0RUdGLWc
I've had an unlimited late work policy for years and this has never been an issue. I get, at most, a few kids each year who try to turn in a bunch...
Your post is very contradictory. You don't win Chopped based on how much you've learned. You win Chopped based on your performance. You don't...
This is all well and good if your primary concern for kids is that they feel included and not that they thrive academically. Academically it has...
I grade only for completion of the interactions. Their tests are the real grade of their notes.
Guided notes are basically worthless cognitively. If kids aren't taking their own notes they are doing almost no processing. That said, getting...
If my doctor misdiagnoses me I don't care how good his process was. If the bridge I'm driving on collapses I don't care how good the process was....
Waaay more than a day but www.stepitup2thrive.org has a tremendous Growth Mindset curriculum that is totally free.
When one expects their students to write analytical paragraphs while their science teacher gives extra credit for doing coloring pages it is...
Our profession is way, way behind. I'm reminded of it every time I'm sent to any PD. The teacher-presenters there tend to be awful at visual...
You just gave an example of such a teacher at your own site. What are you doing to change the situation? Parents absolutely should be able to...
