The “Busyness” of Teaching: My Top 10 of How Business Principles Can Improve the Classroom
At first glance, corporate America and public education seem to be vastly different. As a teacher, I assumed the values of the business world are only about money, while the values of educators are selfless. I realize now I had a skewed idea of how the highly successful business people operate. Of course you can…
10 Joy-Building Games Your Middle School Students Will Love
As teachers, we have to constantly be showing our kids we care about their well being. Taking the time to play is one way to do that.
Why I’m Failing My Diverse Students, and What I’m Doing About It
This is a tough topic. I am a language teacher. I have struggled to keep heritage students to sign up for my Advanced Spanish class. Even though they’re the ones that should love it the most. I’m from “vanillaville” as my teacher friend Angie described it. I have an appreciation and love for others cultures.…
9 Easy Ways to Build Community in Your Classroom that You Can Start Today!
I teach middle school world language, Mostly Spanish with a little French. In my 19 years of teaching, the first 9 were a mish-mash of textbook activities. I used Do Nows or Bellringers, some projects and other activities I thought would be fun. Sure, I had moments of genius, like the clothes game where kids…
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