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Lessons on how to conduct your classroom from Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman, an African American abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Not all of my teaching idols were necessarily teachers themselves. Next year (or I...
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Stark Reality: 857 Students Drop Out Every Hour
Photo: CollegeBoard.org Pictures of a recent Washington D.C. demonstration seemed to be all over social media recently to illustrate an important point: 857 students in the United States drop out of...
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Book Review: One author explores how little choices have big effects
We’re faced with choices every day. Some, are small — Go for a run or watch a movie? Call a friend or go on GChat? Go out to dinner or eat at home? But what about the big choices, the ones that will...
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Three Dos and Don’ts to Start the Year Right
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Rule to the wise: Do not put your 7th grade students in full-fledged group work the first day of school. This may seem obvious, and I’m sorry if I insult anyone, but this is...
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Dreamers and Realists: Balancing the vision for your classroom
How do you balance keeping your feet on the ground and head in the clouds? (Photo credit: dcarrero) Vision and goal-setting are probably the most important work we do as teachers during the summer...
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Give Your Vision A Refresh
Time to dust off that vision from last summer. (Photo credit: Proxy Indian) Remember that ‘vision’ you wrote waaaaay back in July that gave the nitty-gritty details of what your classroom was going to...
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Your Happiness Matters: How To Give Yourself A Boost
(Photo credit: South Carolina’s Northern Kingdom) January isn’t the easiest time to be happy. Maybe you’re not where you want to be right now in your teaching journey. Maybe you’re not happy living in...
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A Quest for Meaningful Test Prep
(Photo credit: COCOEN daily photos) Teaching to the test seems to be a necessary evil sometimes. Since I teach ELA, I often feel like pulling out old ‘Released Items’ from previous years’ state tests...
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How to Get Your Personal Life in Order After Institute
Many 2015 Teach For America corps members have just finished their summer training and are likely thinking, “now what?” We thought it was a great time to revisit one of our favorite posts from the...
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7 Ways to Prep for Your Placement Community
I wanted nothing more than to go home and spend time with my family before officially moving to my new home in Arkansas. I missed them, but I ultimately decided that logistics wouldn’t work in my...
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How to Prepare for the First Day of School
As a new teacher, my professional development focused on being student-centered. I wanted to make the students in my classroom as self-sufficient as possible, so after hearing my principal talk about...
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