Tag: classroom
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44. Send lots of photos
All day long, the parent is thinking about the child sitting in your classroom. She is wondering what the child is learning and how he is behaving. She is wondering if he came to school and told everyone about that unfortunate episode last night. That child may be one who jumps in the car and…
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20. Evaluations
You are probably fully aware of how you will be evaluated as a teacher. If you are new to a grade level, a school, a district, or a state, you will most likely have more evaluations per year than someone who has been teaching the same grade in the same school for fifteen years. You…
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19. When an Administrator Tells You Something You Have Done Wrong; Just Own It.
Unless you are some type of cyborg, you are going to make mistakes. All humans make mistakes and it is the foundation of learning. When someone tells you that you sent the form home on the wrong day or you were not on your duty post by the time the bell rang, just own it.…
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11. Develop Routines and Practice Them.
The value and development of routines is definitely taught in college. Where many new teachers miss the mark is in the practice of them. They are ready to get all that stuff out of the way and start teaching lessons. There are several books that tell a teacher how to handle the first three days…
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12. Proximity Will Help You Manage a Group of Children.
When you arrange your classroom furniture, make sure you can easily get around every desk where a child sits. It is difficult for someone to misbehave when the teacher is standing right beside him. The teachers who sit behind a desk or table seem to have the most trouble with classroom management. You can offer…
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7. One Rule. Do the Right Thing.
In most every classroom there is a prominently displayed list of rules. Some were created by the class while others were laws laid down by the teacher. It doesn’t really matter who contributed the content, they all involve a whole bunch of “don’ts” in regard to raising your hand to speak, leaving the room, doing…
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5. The Teacher Hasn’t Taught Until the Student has Learned.
One of the biggest lies a teacher tells herself when her students don’t perform well on an assessment is that she taught the content. What she did was a lot of talking about it, and a few volunteers accurately responded to her questions, so she believed the class was ready to test. You can talk,…
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Fire Drills
This blog is written especially for brand new teachers entering the profession. Most have had four years of university experience learning how to develop lessons that address curricular standards, differentiate for multiple learning styles and modalities, manage classrooms, and integrate technology. I was once that brand new teacher; ambitious, creative and ready to change the…
Fire Drills 