10 Mistakes New Teachers Make (And How To Avoid Them)
If you’re anything like me, you gained a great deal of academic knowledge about your content area in college and very little actual knowledge about getting students […]
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Make This School Year Amazing!
How is this year going to be different from every other year you’ve taught before? Do you have a specific plan to ensure that it […]
10 Years of Teaching: How Do I Keep My Students Engaged?
Five years ago, I wrote a series of seven articles called “Questions That Will Save Your Career†that still remain among the most visited articles […]
Texas Bandmasters Association 2010: Miscellaneous Thoughts Day 2 & 3
This week, I went to San Antonio for the Texas Bandmasters Association convention. I attended some really good sessions and took a few notes on […]
Texas Bandmasters Association 2010: Miscellaneous Thoughts Day 1
This week, I am in San Antonio for the Texas Bandmasters Association convention. I attended some really good sessions and took a few notes on […]
The Years Are Building Blocks: Part Five
This is a guest post by Drew, who currently teaches 7th Grade Texas History in the San Antonio area, where he has taught since 2004. Maybe this […]
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 […]
Cut the Cord
For the first time since started my blog three years ago, I am going to be taking a break for at least a month. No […]
Seven Deadly Sins of Veteran Teachers
So here’s the situation: You’ve been teaching for quite a while. You’ve pretty much gotten a handle on classroom management, paperwork, classroom rules, and any […]
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 […]
85+ Cool Sites I Found In October Via Twitter
I have been getting more and more into sharing information via Twitter recently. With 1,300 RSS subscribers, and only 850 Twitter followers, I know that […]
20 Ways I Really Use My iPhone To Teach Band Class
On the day that the iPhone 3G was released, I rushed out to the local AT&T Store to pick up my very own. I was […]
Social Media Update: Become A Facebook Fan
I don’t use a whole lot of social media outlets, but I know a lot of my readers do. Over the last few months, I […]
Video: Texting While Driving A School Bus? Are You Serious?
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy I gotta come clean. I’ve texted while driving. Quite a bit. I […]
Spring Break Is Here…What to Do, What to Do…
Well, I’m sitting here in a motel room in San Antonio. I am trading some of my time with a band director friend. I came […]