We usually post 19-20 on jobs when they're posted during the 18-19 school year to differentiate between jobs that are for the current year and...
I was chaperoning a middle school summer trip to Europe. While we were in Wales I ran into a student who had moved to another state during the...
Perfectionism can often be tied to giftedness. It is definitely something that should be addressed. Consider a read-aloud using The Most...
When I was debating whether or not to go to school to become a teacher someone wise told me that in four years I could be four years older with a...
Going against district policy may well land you in trouble you don't want or need. I think collecting phones at a back table is begging for...
I would argue that, if you follow the guidelines for PAT which means education-related activities, you're not sending a message that class time...
As someone who doesn't have my own class, but does have lunch duty, I think the principal is right in this case. In my school, there are two...
I would think it depends on the state you're in. There used to be a K-8 cert in the state I'm in, I think, but it no longer exists. A school here...
I can tell you that if they're saying call me if you get an offer, they want you. Principals only do that if they know you're their first choice...
Thanks for the information! I definitely agree that watching and hearing her in the first course deepened my understanding of information in the...
And the school is thinking, "If we were her top choice, she'd have found a way to make it." I'm not saying they're right, I'm just throwing that...
I've been debating taking the second course. I just finished the first one in May. I'd love to hear what you think about it. Jo Boaler has helped...
Absolutely one of my favorite books. It saved me my first year of teaching math. As a gifted specialist, I reference this book a lot with parents,...
It's not the job of a college to teach social skills. The fact is most people in college have those skills already or learn them through their...
I'm honestly not sure any of us were well-prepared by our colleges and universities for the reality of teaching. In my first years of teaching I...
It absolutely was great to add it without taking additional classes, though I can see where it could cause issues in some cases. I lay a lot of my...
In the state of Virginia, the standards of learning are reviewed (and so far, every time - updated) on a 7 year cycle.
In Virginia, you just have to pass a test to add secondary endorsements. I added a history endorsement to my elementary license by taking the...
You don't think you're doing good at your job and the kids are certainly making it obvious that they don't think you're doing good at your job....
It is really, super, extra hard, but I've found that in most cases, simply ignoring the rudeness and not rising to the bait will cut back on...
