60 Very Practical Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Started Teaching
While I’ve had my ups and downs over the years as a teacher, my first two years were extremely challenging. Many of these pitfalls were avoidable. If I […]
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From Burnout Into Ignited Passion: How Blogging, Information Overload, and Running Made Me A Better Teacher
I don’t care if it’s your teaching job or your personal habits or your social life or what it is, we all face burnout at […]
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 […]
Should I Keep My EduBlog Anonymous?
A reader writes: I’m currently student teaching. I’m very passionate about music and music education. A couple of years ago I felt a sudden terror […]
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 […]
Where Have YOU Been?
This school year is turning out to be pretty crazy in a lot of ways. I’m now in my ninth year of teaching and am […]
Rookie Mistakes
This year I am in the position to be able to work relatively closely with two first-year teachers and a second-year teacher. I also am […]
How To Make This Year The Best of Your Career
This guest post was written by Atticus from www.atticusparker.com/education I was chuffed earlier this month when Joel asked me to write guest post for his […]
Call for Guest Bloggers
I have a few things planned for the summer, but one thing I really would like to do is feature a series of articles by […]
Do What You Can
This year has been one of learning for me. Physical activity has been a struggle for me for years, and so in January when I […]
No Kidding…
Sorry, no April Fools Day jokes from me this year. But I am actually posting a little bit. Last night, I took my band to […]
7 Ways To Impress Your College Professor
This is a guest post by Liz Cutten, who helps run FindCollegeCards, a college student blog that helps students learn about everything college. All college […]
Three Years of So You Want To Teach?
I am leaving tomorrow after school to go to the annual Texas Music Educators Association clinic/convention in San Antonio. I’m not taking my laptop with […]