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 teaching community for years to come.

Additionally, I wanted to be able to provide a sort of hub where each lesson is listed. I will be updating this throughout the year.

1. Week 1 by Dorit Sasson (The New Teacher Resource Center)
2. Week 2 by Jen Carboneau  (Jen Carbonneau’s Web Log)
3. Week 3 by Tammy Gillmore (Treasure Chest of Thoughts)
4. Week 4 by Joel (So You Want To Teach?)
5. Week 5 by Kate (f(t))
6. Week 6 by Miss Cal.Q.L8 (Miss Cal.Q.L8)
7. Week 7 by Keith Schoch (Teaching That Sticks and Teach With Picture Books)
8. Week 8 by Matt from Massachusetts
9. Week 9 by Maddy (Mad Hot Math)
10. Week 10 by Lauren Teather from South Korea

Joel Wagner

Joel Wagner (@sywtt) began teaching band in 2002. Though he had a lot of information, his classes were out of control. He found himself tired, frustrated, disrespected by students, lonely, and on the brink of quitting. He had had enough. He resigned from his school district right before spring break of his second year and made it his personal mission to learn to be a great teacher. So You Want To Teach? is the ongoing story of that quest for educational excellence.