Let’s Talk About…Finding A New Teaching Job General by Joel Wagner - July 2, 2014July 29, 20160 Talk amongst yourselves This weekend, let's discuss finding a new teaching job. It's summer (in the northern hemisphere) and many of us are out of school. With the summer also comes many newly certified teachers, as well as veterans who are seeking greener pastures. Lots of us are looking, even if we are not seriously considering moving. So let's talk about it. I'm asking you to help out by contributing comments. I know, I know. Blogging has changed. People rarely ever leave comments any more, they just look for the like button or share it with their social media friends if it's a great post. Well, let's leave some comments and answer this question: What are some key elements to successfully finding a new teaching job?
Frozen And The Value of Quality [VIDEO] Music Education by Joel Wagner - March 17, 2014June 8, 20160 So recently some friends of mine did a video of themselves singing Love Is An Open Door from the movie Frozen. It showed up as a blip on the radar, but I didn't act on it until today. I saw their clip again, but this time it had been picked up on another website and was starting to gain a little bit of traction across the Internet. So I watched it. It was nice. It was cute. It was adorable. I shared it on Facebook. Then I began to think about it a bit more. So I watched the original and realized it was some parents lip-syncing their way through the movie soundtrack. Like what you or I have done in the bathroom
5 Reasons I Loved Teaching Middle School General by Joel Wagner - February 9, 2014July 3, 20161 This past summer was a whirlwind tour for me and someday I may share a bit about the amazing experiences I had traveling by myself across the country (including three nights stranded in airports, a fourth of July parade in a small town outside of Boston, following my beloved Texas Rangers to Saint Louis, New York, and Baltimore, a ride to the airport from Shelly Terrell, and an amazing time in some of this country's finest cities). But now is not the time for this. Now is the time to address the biggest change in my educational life. After 11 years of fighting in the trenches, I have finally moved on to the major leagues. I moved on from my previous