I do a teacher true false test on the first day to help the kids get to know me. I give them a paper with 10 - 15 statements about me and they...
I used my iphone to track both my personal and professional google calenders. Just sync both of them.
Some of this is general HS advice, while some comes from the fact that I work with our lowest performing/worst behaved HS students, so don't let...
See if there are any unused bookshelves in your school before buying your own. I really lucked out last year when I asked and the front office had...
Absolutely talk to the teachers whose rooms you'll be using. If they can give you some shelf space and a spot on the board, it will make your life...
The best thing you can do is get in touch with the gen ed teacher and find out how they like to do it, and/or what the school or district policy...
I go over general procedures during the first day or two, but save any detailed procedures for when it's relevant, so on their first quiz day we...
I usually do vocab quizzes every Friday. If we didn't add new vocab that week I bring back some of their older words to refresh them. If the words...
In SubFinder you can check off which days you are available to work, and you won't be offered jobs for any other days. I went to school and...
I'm hoping we'll integrate AfE in our district eventually. All of the teacher accounts were switched to Google a year ago, and there's still some...
That's a really cute idea. My kids love the chance to write on the board and leave messages for their friends in my other classes, so a birthday...
I must confess, I buy a yearbook every year, just so I can get my students to write notes to me :lol: I did it my first year as a sub and it's...
Yeah, I had to do small groups too. It was ridiculous because the kids doing independent work were two feet away from us :rolleyes: There was no...
Actually, the GK test isn't a subject area exam. It tests math, reading, writing and grammar skills. I do think all teachers should have basic...
I don't think I could not greet the kids with a smile if I tried :lol: In my class last year it became a running gag that I simply cannot keep a...
That's a bummer. I just finished my first year where I shared a closet of a room (it was originally intended as a utility room) with no windows. I...
I love the Whole Brain Teaching rules: Rule One: Follow directions quickly Rule Two: Raise your hand for permission to speak Rule...
In my school the rent the caps, gowns, tassels etc for all of the staff.We fill in a sheet each year to update our sizes and our degree earned so...
I made my own template in Word. You can download it here if you want. It's broken down to 9 Weeks because that's how my school refers to each...
You could use those as long term rewards and perhaps implement something smaller for short term rewards. One of my coworkers has a friend who...
