My friend Patrick, is a counselor at my school, and he runs a Peer Tutoring program where middle school students go across the street to tutor the students at the elementary school. Part of the application process to become a Peer Tutor is to answer the question: What does it mean to be a person […]
With the school year starting up again, one of the objectives of many teachers is to create a positive classroom environment. Teachers want to have that class where every student is smiling and anxious to learn. Am I right? Unfortunately, creating this kind of environment is work. It doesn’t come automatically. In fact, there are […]
One of my favorite shows is Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives on the Food Channel. The host, Guy Fieri, travels around the country to highlight small, but super popular restaurants that serve awesome food. As I was watching the show, I was impressed on how successful these small, hole-in-the-wall eateries are. People are lining up to […]
Hello again, Now that I’ve spent a year as an administrator (My administrator blog is here, by the way), I’ve been able to see teaching from a different perspective. I believe this different point of view offers me some valuable information for new teachers or for soon-to-be teachers. Something that I noticed was that most […]