Week 1 Summary (Total Teacher Transformation Day 7) Classroom Management by Joel Wagner - May 9, 2009June 30, 20102 This is an article in the Total Teacher Transformation series. Click here for a complete table of contents. What a wild week this has been! I'm surprised by how much even going over these classroom management basics on here has impacted my teaching. When I preach this stuff, I sort of have to force myself to follow through. I've been discussing this stuff with a couple of friends this week, and just in case one of them walks into my classroom, I want to make sure they see the same stuff! So if you've been following along, you are coming to a realization of just how important classroom management is to your overall effectiveness as a teacher. I know that the week
Total Teacher Transformation: Hope For All Teachers Classroom Management by Joel Wagner - May 3, 2009June 30, 20100 This is an ongoing series. Bookmark this page as a way of navigating your way around the series. By the way, this was my 400th post on the blog. Day 1: Find A Moment Day 2: Find A Mirror Day 3: Find A Mentor Day 4: Find A Mother Day 5: Find A Motivation Day 6: Find A Mentor (Again) Day 7: Week 1 Summary Day 8: Be Prepared Day 9: Be Consistent Day 10: Be Fair Day 11: Be Respectful Day 12: Be Respectable
52 Teachers, 52 Lessons Blogging & Technology by Joel Wagner - January 19, 2009June 30, 20100 My buddy Mr. D who writes I Want To Teach Forever has started up a little project this year that I hope lasts all year. He is asking teachers to email him and write a guest post for him about "What is the most important advice you can give to other teachers?" The project is 52 Teachers, 52 Lessons. I will obviously be submitting an article to the project (I had intended to do so before the end of December, but it didn't work out). I wanted to provide him with a larger audience of people who might potentially write an article for him and get featured in this project that is sure to be a valuable addition to the
Student Teaching: Week 2 Review New Teachers by Joel Wagner - January 18, 2009June 30, 20105 So most schools have started their student teaching by now. If you know someone who has a blog and is student teaching this semester, please encourage them to contact me (or leave a comment) so that I can add their blog to my list. I was encouraged to read some of the great comments that came out on some of the posts from last week. Hopefully you can keep doing that this week. Here's what I found in the world of student teaching this week. Saturday January 10 G Broaddus was Reflecting on student teaching , week 1. He also writes about Myths in the teachers' lounge. Some good reflection, and some not-so-good reflection happens in there! Wish him