Classroom Management is something all teachers worry about. Whether I’m helping a school or district with Mastery Learning, or presenting at a conference, the topic of classroom management never seems to go away. This is for good reason, especially because if your classroom is not managed well, it’s hard to create an environment where learning can thrive. Classroom management is … Read More
3 Ways a Mentor can Save Your Teaching Career
When I first started my teaching career, I thought I knew basically everything. I rarely asked questions, and I assumed that the new theories, practices, and techniques I had completed during my master’s degree would be more than enough to keep me on the path to pure awesomeness. I actually did know a few things, but I found out very quickly that … Read More
Why Student Success Isn’t A Competition
Teaching Should not be “Survival of The Fittest” As a teacher, it can be hard to escape the political aspects of the job. As a mentor of mine once cleverly stated: “Choosing a career in education is choosing a career in politics.” These politics are not making our profession any easier, and they tend to increase pressure on teachers to produce … Read More
Stop Teaching to The Middle
A Broken System. This is something that I’ve heard a lot of college professors utter when talking about lesson planning or unit design: “teach to the middle.” This idea makes sense in a more traditional lecture based instructional model, but fails to meet the needs of the modern student. This also only makes sense if we want to continue destroying … Read More
3 Things Your Administrators Wish You Knew
Sometimes things aren’t what they seem… As a teacher I very rarely thought of things from the perspective of my administrator. I still tend to develop training, development, and the services I provide to schools and districts from a teacher-centered perspective. It has always been and always will be my belief that initiatives and instructional