It’s a non-issue. I’m a college professor. There is a statement on my syllabus that says that if your cellphone goes off in class, or if you make a call in the classroom, you are required to dance in front of the class. I tend to use the […]
You work closely with your faculty and staff every day within your school. You trust their judgement in the classroom, their desire to further your mission, and their dedication to helping your students succeed. But sometimes a teacher in your school doesn’t quite fit the mold. Their actions […]
These are the rules of several teachers I won’t talk over students. I rarely raise my voice above a normal “presenter” volume. If students start talking while I’m trying to teach, I just stop and wait for them to finish. What doesn’t get done in class just becomes […]
School rules vary from school to school and district to district, so these might not be true for all schools. Just all of the ones I’ve worked at: We cannot leave students unsupervised for even a minute. That’s why we’re on our phones sometimes… we’re chatting with our […]
Warning Signs No clear sense of purpose. If school administrators and teachers don’t share a common goal, they will work toward their own agenda, which will eventually create conflict. Hostile relations among staff, students, and parents. When elephants fight, it’s the grass that suffers. When the adults in […]
Opinion of an American teacher I’ve known a lot of great teachers who left the profession well before retirement age. Here are the reasons, in the order that I’ve seen them happen, from most common to least common: They have children of their own and want to be […]
Here’s how some students think: Two rest days a week is already enough to relax, do homework, or spend time with family. If we had a three-day weekend, we would get into more of a “holiday” frame of mind and struggle to focus or be productive. Yes, the […]
