One of the best ways to take a boring topic and make it interesting to your students is to connect the lesson with the students’ personal lives. Before I entered administration, I taught history for over 20 years. Many times, I had to present a lesson on a particular subject that I know was boring for […]
As you know, after 23 years of being a classroom teacher, I’m working as an administrator. I must admit, the view from this side of education is a lot different. One of the conversations that I’m now privy to is the one about teacher ability. I’m quickly learning which teachers are seen in a positive […]
I recently had a conversation with a teacher from another school who was telling me about the biggest obstacle to their school’s success – lack of collaboration among teachers. According to her, there are many teachers at her school who just don’t want to work together. Instead of sharing ideas on how […]
Again, I’ve been reading a book that my new principal gave me. His goal is to have the entire staff embrace the ideas found in it. Although I’m no longer a teacher, I thought it would be good to pull out some of the best ideas in the book and share them on SITC. […]