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 […]
I had a conversation recently with a colleague, and we agreed that in order to have a classroom with fewer behavior problems, all teachers have to do is enforce two rules: respect yourself and respect others. I remember having a poster in my room that listed all the rules of my class. It had rules […]
As many of you know, I’m working in the front office this year as part of the school’s Administrative team. (If you’re interested, I have my school administrator’s blog here.) For over 20 years, I was in a classroom where I decorated my walls mainly with student work. Now, however, I’m in an office, and […]
One of the greatest dangers to the success of a new teacher is the influence of what I call Poison Teachers. Poison Teachers are those teachers who spend their time complaining about everything and everyone. They complain about the students. They complain about the parents. They complain about their workload. They complain about other teachers. […]
