This is an article in the Total Teacher Transformation series. Click here for a complete table of contents. I hope that this…

This is an article in the Total Teacher Transformation series. Click here for a complete table of contents. Let’s play…

I started my teaching career in 2002. Our world and the digital landscape have changed dramatically since then. Navigating this…

As the new school year approaches, many new teachers find themselves entering the ranks of professional educators for the first…

Most teachers came to their first teaching job with some beliefs that we have since learned were not true. This…

Another school year has come and gone. For many of us, it was a year of a few huge successes,…

This is an updated version of one of the first articles written on this blog about treating education as a part…

In this article Lucas Allen, a former math educator from Illinois writes about his experience quitting teaching and the transition…

See if you can relate “I regret choosing this profession! I wish I was still back in college! I just want to…

Why don’t my students respect me? We’ve all been there at one time or another. For me, it was nearly every…

“You’ll understand when you’re older.” We tell that to our students, and they don’t like. We hear it when we…

Disillusionment is common to most of us involved in the teaching profession. We all deal with it at one point…

The first year teacher is often a very lonely and isolated person. They often feel like everyone else has everything…

Teachermum is a mum, a wife and a special education teacher. She also believes in the “Crumple Effect” and loves…

I participated in the Reform Symposium recently and hosted a session entitled 10 Things I Wish Someone Had Explained Before My First…