Comments on: All Time Best Teaching Advice http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/all-time-best-teaching-advice/ Providing HOPE for educators since 2007 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: nyc educatorhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/all-time-best-teaching-advice/#comment-1322 nyc educator Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:22:22 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/all-time-best-teaching-advice/#comment-1322 Don't hesitate to call parents with every lurid detail of what their children do in school. Don't hesitate to call a dozen parents in one day, especially if it's the day before a week off. Express to them how inconvenient it would be if they were to have to take time off from work to visit, tell them how bright their kids are and how much you want to see them improve. I've yet to encounter the parents who insist their kids are stupid and express strong desires that they fail. Don’t hesitate to call parents with every lurid detail of what their children do in school. Don’t hesitate to call a dozen parents in one day, especially if it’s the day before a week off. Express to them how inconvenient it would be if they were to have to take time off from work to visit, tell them how bright their kids are and how much you want to see them improve.

I’ve yet to encounter the parents who insist their kids are stupid and express strong desires that they fail.

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]]> By: Joelhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/all-time-best-teaching-advice/#comment-910 Joel Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:21:25 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/all-time-best-teaching-advice/#comment-910 Great stuff. I'm going to compile lists of what I have learned in the <a href="http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/reader-appreciation-month/" rel="nofollow">Reader Appreciation Month</a> and post them next week. Great stuff. I’m going to compile lists of what I have learned in the Reader Appreciation Month and post them next week.

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]]> By: ms_teacherhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/all-time-best-teaching-advice/#comment-873 ms_teacher Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:42:56 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/all-time-best-teaching-advice/#comment-873 I would say it is much better to over-plan than to under-plan. Every day I post on the board what we will be doing in class and oftentimes I do not get to everything. It is better to have stuff left to do than to have 10 minutes to try to wing it. When you're just trying to wing it, the students will inevitably try to test your patience :) I would say it is much better to over-plan than to under-plan. Every day I post on the board what we will be doing in class and oftentimes I do not get to everything. It is better to have stuff left to do than to have 10 minutes to try to wing it. When you’re just trying to wing it, the students will inevitably try to test your patience :)

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]]> By: Pathttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/all-time-best-teaching-advice/#comment-860 Pat Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:09:57 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/all-time-best-teaching-advice/#comment-860 I think the best advice I was ever given was to Learn to be flexible and not take everything the students do personally. Every day could turn out differently than expected and learn to live with this or you will be miserable. Also students do things for many reasons, and possibly because they are just kids so don't think the negative things they do are directly aimed at you. (I think your advice was perfectly on target too!) I think the best advice I was ever given was to Learn to be flexible and not take everything the students do personally. Every day could turn out differently than expected and learn to live with this or you will be miserable. Also students do things for many reasons, and possibly because they are just kids so don’t think the negative things they do are directly aimed at you. (I think your advice was perfectly on target too!)

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