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How to Nail the Interview for a Teaching Position – Nail #6: Have a Classroom Management St...

How to Nail the Interview for a Teaching Position – Nail #6: Have a Classroom Management Strategy

Here is the sixth Nail in the Nail the Teacher Interview Series. Have a Classroom Management Plan. There will most definitely be a question about your classroom management strategy. The members on the interview panel want to know if you know if you’re going to be able to keep the class on task. You can’t […]

How to Nail the Interview for a Teaching Position – Nail #2: Know Your Common Core

How to Nail the Interview for a Teaching Position – Nail #2: Know Your Common Core

This is the second installment of the Nailing your Teacher Interview series. The first nail – Make Building Positive Relationships – can be found here. Again, my goal is to better prepare you for what you can expect in an interview for a teaching position. Here is Nail #2: Know your Common Core. The Common […]

10 Ways to Find Success Without Lowering Your Bar in the Classroom

10 Ways to Find Success Without Lowering Your Bar in the Classroom

There was a time, in the good old days, when I would teach high level concepts, and the majority of my students would get it. Their parents were super supportive, and for the most part, the students were self-motivated. They cared about their education, and life for me as a teacher was good. I had […]

The Job of a Teacher – Help Every Student Get an A

The Job of a Teacher – Help Every Student Get an A

I was listening to the Dave Ramsey Podcast, EntreLeadership, and I ran across the episode with Tony Dungy, the former head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1996 to 2001, and head coach of the Indianapolis Colts from 2002 to 2008. I heard something Tony say that made me want to share it on […]