“Teachers and administrators demonstrate all too well a capacity to either enrich or diminish one another’s lives and thereby enrich or diminish their schools”- Roland Barth As a consultant, I spend a lot of time in school staff rooms. They are fascinating places and tell us a lot […]
So the thing is that this is a “half-truth” – the perception that districts don’t fund teachers – that goes from “half” to “full” truth across the course of a year… but since it doesn’t start that way, there’s very little impetus for change. Generally a district either […]
As a former classroom teacher, I always remember making it to the end of the school year with a combination of exhaustion and relief. The final month of school often felt like a sprint to the finish as my colleagues and I worked hard to complete our expected […]
Us educators hear an exorbitant amount of hysterical, shocking, and downright ludicrous things from students. Here are the top 20 things that students say that teachers don’t want to hear. TWO QUESTIONNAIRES FOR PARENTS FOR IDENTIFYING GIFTED STUDENTS I was absent. Did I miss anything important? We were […]
It’s often said that a school year is a marathon — not a sprint. And just like those who run 26.2 miles, teachers need to find a way to rest and recharge when their annual race is done. End of Year Party Games (Fun End of School Year […]
You’re no longer the eager beaver. I remember my husband showing up for the first workday of his first year of teaching in a full suit. How adorable, right?! But seasoned teachers know the first day back is a long one of sitting in the library, looking at […]
Picture it: a teacher hovering over a lukewarm microwavable meal while making copies and simultaneously grading this week’s essays. It’s summer, so that overworked teacher is surely relaxing poolside somewhere, right? Wrong. While many think teachers “get summers off,” most of us are extremely busy planning lessons or […]
