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Find A Mentor (Total Teacher Transformation Day 3)
This is an article in the Total Teacher Transformation series. Click here for a complete table of contents. Let’s play a game I want you […]
4 Digital Safeguards For Modern Teachers
I started my teaching career in 2002. Our world and the digital landscape have changed dramatically since then. Navigating this new landscape can be challenging […]
10 Things To Do Before The First Day of School
As the new school year approaches, many new teachers find themselves entering the ranks of professional educators for the first time. Maybe that’s you. Or maybe […]
10 Teaching Myths Busted [Infographic]
Most teachers came to their first teaching job with some beliefs that we have since learned were not true. This article explores ten of those teaching myths.
Failing Forward: Turning Setbacks Into Triumphs
Another school year has come and gone. For many of us, it was a year of a few huge successes, a few colossal failures, and […]
Should Teachers Provide Great Customer Service?
This is an updated version of one of the first articles written on this blog about treating education as a part of the customer service industry. […]
Quitting Teaching, A View From A Former Teacher
In this article Lucas Allen, a former math educator from Illinois writes about his experience quitting teaching and the transition into the corporate world. Why […]
5 Steps That Took Me From “I Hate Teaching” To “I Love Teaching”
See if you can relate “I regret choosing this profession! I wish I was still back in college! I just want to go live at home and […]
Just A Little Bit: 29 Tweaks That Help Me Gain The Respect of My Students
Why don’t my students respect me? We’ve all been there at one time or another. For me, it was nearly every day during my first two years . […]
Why Experience Is The Best Teacher
“You’ll understand when you’re older.” We tell that to our students, and they don’t like. We hear it when we start out in the teaching […]
What To Do When You Hate Teaching
Disillusionment is common to most of us involved in the teaching profession. We all deal with it at one point or another. But what do […]
50 Things Every First Year Teacher Should Know
The first year teacher is often a very lonely and isolated person. They often feel like everyone else has everything already figured out, and they […]
The Good Part of Sad by Teachermum
Teachermum is a mum, a wife and a special education teacher. She also believes in the “Crumple Effect” and loves sharing her ideas, experiences, philosophies […]
10 Things I Wish Someone Had Explained Before My First Teaching Job
I participated in the Reform Symposium recently and hosted a session entitled 10 Things I Wish Someone Had Explained Before My First Teaching Job. Go to the […]