New Teacher Resources
So you got that elusive first teaching job. Congratulations. If you experience is anything like mine has been, you now get to spend a few days […]
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50 Things Every First Year Teacher Should Know
The first year teacher is often a very lonely and isolated person. They often feel like everyone else has everything already figured out, and they […]
10 Years of Teaching: How Do I Keep My Students Quiet?
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 […]
5 Classroom Management Skills Every Teacher Must Have
It’s one of the most underrated professions in the world – most people assume that you don’t need any special skills to be a teacher, yet […]
How Do We Show Our Students That We Love Them?
When I was struggling to find hope early in my career as a teacher, I came across a few pieces of advice given by King […]
Happy Blog-iversary to Angela
If you haven’t visited Angela Maiers’ blog before, you’re missing out. Her blog turned two years old today. She has been blogging for almost as […]
Be Respectable (Total Teacher Transformation Day 12)
This is an article in the Total Teacher Transformation series. Click here for a complete table of contents. As discussed last time, part of gaining respect from […]
Be Respectful (Total Teacher Transformation Day 11)
This is an article in the Total Teacher Transformation series. Click here for a complete table of contents. As we’re going through the transformation, one of the […]
10 Keys To Unlocking The Best Possible Student Teaching Semester Ever
I am getting emails coming in and have some friends who are about to start student teaching. Many of them seem to be expressing the […]
Life Lesson 4: Choose Your Battles
Everybody loves being right. Everybody loves to win an argument. What if we change our mindset completely? What if we aim not to win outright, […]
Transforming A Tense Relationship Where There Is Low Respect
Recently, a reader wrote to me saying: I am currently midway through student teaching and am struggling with classroom management (surprise!). I am not really […]
Are You Still Out Of Control In Your Classroom? [VIDEO]
I know some people who seem to have been born with an innate ability to get others to do things they really don’t want to […]
How Do I Keep My Students Away From Me? (4 Tips To Establish Boundaries)
This article is part 5 of the series Questions That Will Save Your Career. Please read the other articles in the series. How Do I Keep […]