The Most Common Myths New Teachers Believe
This will be your first-year teaching, and you are all pumped up! The truth is that most teachers, new and veteran, get excited about those first days of school. So, it is understandable that you can’t wait to get to your new classroom.
Unfortunately, your enthusiasm can make you an easy target. What I mean is, you may become the victim of misinformation…or outright lies. Here are five of the most common lies that new teachers are told.
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Separating Personal Feelings from Your Job
Whether you are a teacher or just another person working hard on the job, we all need to know what it means to separate our personal feelings and our personal lives from our jobs. This in a nutshell is called work ethics. Being able to separate how you feel “personally” from your “professional” job can be challenging. And, so can maintaining an identity that is complete separate from your work. Let’s be honest. When we go to work, a big part of our personality and our personal feelings go with us. However, it is in everyone’s best interest if we can separate our personal lives and opinions from our job.
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Decorating Your Classroom Winter after the Christmas Holiday
Santa has yelled his last “Ho…Ho”… Christmas is over, but it’s too early for Valentine’s Day décor. Winter is still here. So, you may be wondering how to decorate your classroom after the Christmas Holiday days. I know I have been stuck in this winter conundrum before too. However, there is a safe middle ground for decorating your classroom after the Christmas holiday. Here are some cute, and cozy, winter decorating ideas.
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Ways Teachers can Effectively Teach Writing
Teaching writing can be extremely difficult. That’s because, for a lot of teachers, they don’t understand how to go through the writing process themselves. Because they don’t understand how to go through the writing process, they have a difficult time explaining it to their students. And, you may be one of those teachers.
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How Teachers can Work ONLY Their Contracted Hours
Have you ever seat at your desk at the end of the school day and wondered how you were going to be able to spend time with your family, cook dinner, help with homework, plow through those piles of papers, and still have some time for yourself? Then, you are not alone. I have done it countless times, and no doubt, so have countless other teachers. I have give up weekends, holidays, and “me time” to try to get all of the things done that I thought were required by my job. Have you ever taken phone calls from parents and/or your boss after-hours? Have you responded to work emails sent during family time? Again, me too! But, this has to stop. Teachers have a right to have a life outside of school. So, if you want to know how to stop working beyond those contracted hours, then, here are 20 ways for teachers to only work contracted hours.
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7 Tips on How to Be a More Productive Teacher
Teaching can be a demanding job. And, if the last few years have taught us anything, it was this. It is almost impossible to keep up with all the paperwork, be a successful teacher, and still have a family life. However, it can be done. But, how? What can you do to get it all done in a day and still have time for your family and yourself? Here are 7 things that you can do to increase your productivity at work while still maintaining your personal sanity.
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The Reasons Homework is Beneficial for Students
The debate over homework has raged on for years. Some parents and educators alike have argued the uselessness of assigning students’ homework. Some people have argued that homework is time-consuming, and that it doesn’t truly reflect the ability of the student because many of them cheat on their homework. Despite the protests from students and some parents, homework does have many benefits.
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The Reasons Teachers Should Use Interest Inventories
Whether the school year has just started or it’s in full swing, teachers could help improve their classes and instruction by doing interest inventories with their students. Interest inventories are usually quick and simple ways for teachers to assess their students likes and dislikes. Most importantly, they can be a vital tool for driving instruction, and they are great way to find student engagement activities to use with your class.
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Surefire Ways to Motivate Your Under Achieving, Under Performing Students
Not all of your students are motivated to learn. Some of your students simply need that extra nudge to get them to perform at the level they need to in order to be successful. So, what do you do?
Well, the first thing you don’t do is give up. Let’s take a look at the things that cause students to be underachievers, and then, you can determine what you need to do to change things.
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Ways to Increase the Likelihood that Your Homework Assignments WILL Get Turned In
It has happened to all of us. You give a student a homework assignment. You go over the correct procedure for completing it. You explain what you want. You explain when you want it. You even send the directions home to your students’ parents. But, when it’s time for the homework assignment to be turned in, it isn’t. You are at a loss. Nothing seems to work. So, what do you do? Do you stop giving homework assignments? Do you punish the students? Do you drive yourself crazy trying to get your students to care enough to do the work? The following are solutions to your homework problem:
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