Being More than a Teacher
Teaching your students how to identify and appropriately express their feelings are social/emotional lessons that can easily be weaved into daily classroom lessons. It is helpful for classroom management and for your own teacher self-care. After years of teaching social/emotional learning and working with teachers on how to deal with students that have emotional behavior […]
The teaching profession 79% white. I know what it feels like to be the “first” or the “only” in various scenarios in districts that I worked in – except in my classroom. With being the minority in my profession, I learned how to adapt and assimilate to work with the majority. But as I taught […]
One of the biggest concerns that I hear from with parents is hard is to get their child to read. As a parent and a teacher, of a son, who self-proclaims they hate reading. It’s a problem for many of us. Especially since I loved reading as a child and even now. Reading is was […]
According to a recent Department of Education report, there are 6.7 million students receiving special education services from ages 3 to 21. That means, 6.7 million receiving accommodations and modifications in the classroom! At least 95% of these kids with disabilities spend at least part of their day in the general education setting, with over […]
April is national poetry month. During this month, I always start my big poetry unit right after spring break. I know teaching poetry can be difficult but this works well. I actually call teaching poetry a “soft” lesson before state testing in May. And when I say, “soft” I mean it is super fun and […]
Today, while many children should be at school, they are at home learning. As parents transition a part of their day into teaching at home. Nobody would have ever predicted back in September that teachers and parents will all be taking on a homeschool approach to education. Parents are taking on these new teaching roles, […]