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EDIT: I replaced the original image I had on here. This one was taken from Transitions Abroad’s website. It’s a classroom in Guatamala. I so desperately want to go overseas (at least out of the US) and teach for a summer, or even for a year. That has nothing to do with the remainder of the article, but I thought I’d throw it in there.
On the first day of teaching, my Teacher gave to me:
- A classroom management plan
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On the twelfth day of teaching, my Teacher gave to me:
- Twelve (+3) tips to stay positive
- Eleven (+4) survival tips
- Ten Reasons to teach
- Nine (+1) organization tips
- Eight recruitment keys
- Seven career savers
- Six
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The new school year is two weeks and two days away. This time last year, our week of inservices was well under way. Thanks to the Texas legislature, we will not begin staff development until August 20th and are not allowed to begin school before August 27th. That’s fine with me, but I am ready to begin the school year.
We started our middle school band camp this past Monday and it is so much fun there. As I’ve mentioned before, these are students that I taught in 6th grade. I am moving from the sixth grade campus to the 7th & 8th grade campus this year. It’s so much fun for me to see all of these kids whom…
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On July 4th, author Timothy Ferriss wrote a blog entry about changing the world.
In response to his request for ideas, I wrote:
As a teacher, your book has revolutionized the way I intend on teaching next year. I am going to start the year checking emails once a day and then gradually decrease that to two days a week.
It’s amazing how much time most teachers waste with mundane and unimportant tasks.
Your points on the difference between efficient and effective have really changed my paradigm of work. I wrote a blog article about it.
I would definitely send at least a small chunk of the books to leaders in the National Science Teachers Association. Science teachers talkto other…
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Today is my sister’s birthday. Happy birthday Joel’s sister. :) My birthday is also this Wednesday.
It’s not an education post, but the organization stuff covered is great. I love Zen Habits, and Leo once again hits a homerun here. How to Simplify Your Filing System; or, Why Stacking Just Doesn’t Work. How many teachers need to read this one? I am specifically thinking about my high school and middle school English teachers here…
John Pearson over at Learn Me Good has written his 300th blog post. It includes a wonderful review of his recently published book of the same name, Learn Me Good. I think I want to buy me a copy of that book. Or maybe John will…
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We’ve all been there. The beginning of the first year of teaching can be daunting, to say the least. It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. First year horror stories abound. The number of teachers who quit after the first year or two of teaching matches or exceeds the number of teachers who stick with the profession.
My theory is that teachers leave the biz for lack of knowledge. College only can do so much in preparation. We hear of how much better student teaching was back in the day than it is now, and how poorly prepared prospective educators are these days. There may be validity in that, but lamenting these things doesn’t solve…
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