Sharing teaching ideas to work smarter, not harder.
Do you dread trying to get return forms from parents to schedule conferences? Then when you do get them back you need to spend hours looking over first, second, and third choices to schedule time slots. So much wasted time! This year I encourage you to… Keep Reading…
Creating a teaching portfolio was the best thing I did for myself. I strongly believe it has been an incredible deciding factor in being offered a majority of the teaching jobs I have interviewed for over the past several years. Making a useful teaching portfolio doesn’t… Keep Reading…
From my first teaching interview to my last one just a week ago, I’ve always had my portfolio right there with me. Each time, the interviewer has been very impressed and I’ve left the interviews with the feeling that it is not the norm to… Keep Reading…
If you follow other teachers online you know about the mad dashes to classrooms to grab supplies for remote learning. Sometimes teachers are only being given 10-15 minutes to get what they need so it’s important to have a list. I was able to dash into… Keep Reading…
When I was student teaching, we were told to keep daily reflections about what we were learning. I graduated and got my first teaching job and still kept hearing about how important it was to reflect on my teaching. For several years we were also… Keep Reading…
I don’t know about you but I have always been lucky enough that my school district never dictated exactly how I had to do my running records. They only said I had to have them quarterly and report the percentages. Can you say loophole? Because no one but… Keep Reading…
