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Monthly archives for May, 2011

20 Ways to Make Your Students’ Day

20 Ways to Make Your Students’ Day

Go Ahead Teacher. Make My Day.   Recently our school had a visit from one of my former students. His name is Toby Gerhart, and he’s a running back for the Minnesota Vikings. He came by to encourage the students and to sign autographs. It was a really nice gesture from a really nice guy. […]

Professional Dress For Teachers – Sending an Important Message

Professional Dress For Teachers – Sending an Important Message

When I was first hired at my school back 16 years ago, I was told that there was a teacher dress code, which kind of suprised me, since at my previous school there wasn’t. Male teachers were to wear shirts and ties along with dress slacks or casual pants. Wearing jeans was frowned upon. I […]