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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Adieu, Homework: Let’s Explore Alternatives to Traditional Homework
This article explores some of the history of homework and also a few homework alternatives. If you end your class with homework and you hear groans, […]
A Step-By-Step Framework for Incremental Growth
I want you to watch the first 3:40 of this TED Talk by Benjamin Zander Notice the Dramatic change in the piano player from 7 […]
Quitting Teaching, A View From A Former Teacher
In this article Lucas Allen, a former math educator from Illinois writes about his experience quitting teaching and the transition into the corporate world. Why […]
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 […]
Just A Little Bit: 29 Tweaks That Help Me Gain The Respect of My Students
Why don’t my students respect me? We’ve all been there at one time or another. For me, it was nearly every day during my first two years . […]
10 Years of Teaching: A Reflection
I started this blog more than five years ago. I have now come to the conclusion of my 10th year of teaching. In this article […]
Top 10 Ways To Make A Living While Making Music
Many musicians fall into the incorrect assumption that the only way to make money in music is to be a famous performing artist. There are […]
5 Killer Classroom Management Tips
This article discusses some simple classroom management tips that teachers can immediately implement in their day-to-day teaching. Inspiring students to be motivated and engaged in […]
8 Teachers Who Changed History
Throughout history, teachers were making discoveries, taking actions, or participating in events that forever changed the world. Today we’ll look briefly at 8 teachers who […]
Why I Hated Teaching During My First Two Years
Newby writes: I have noticed lately in a couple of your posts you mentioned how terrible your first couple of years of teaching were. As […]