Today is National Teacher Day. With so many mixed feelings about our profession, a day like this is important to remember and even take a little seriously. Our job is not easy; there are many obstacles and challenges. From the struggling students we yearn to reach to the occational parent that doesn’t do their part, from the testing [...]
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Before I begin, I want you to know that I hear you rapping the title of this post to the line in Bust a Move by Young MC, “No fine girls, just ugly faces…” Ok, I know that’s bad, but stick with me! There is an actual post coming… I was rereading a post from [...]
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When you think about appreciating those who have taught you well, do you also think of your mother? I do! She has taught me so much. I think of all the lessons she has modeled for me throughout my life in topics from boys to academia to love in and of family to the meaning [...]
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I am SO looking forward to today!!! I love it when our wonderful PTA provides us with a Teacher Appreciation lunch. It is truly lovely, relaxing and, well, leaves me very full of great food! (I remember blogging about this luncheon last year! ;-p) But to top it off, they cover our duties so that [...]
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Share, share, share (and take turns). I find myself saying it to my students and my children all the time. Maybe it’s time I take my own advice! Share Your Stuff As we clean out our rooms and spaces for the end of the school year, we come across so many things: lessons, materials, books… [...]
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I cruised down the road for my morning commute to school. It was Friday, no kids in the car, sun was out, radio was on and then the beat started to pound, Lady Gaga’s Just Dance started. YES! Volume turned up, hips started to move, head bobbed and fingers tapped. “I need to get out [...]
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The title says it all here. The question then becomes, “How do you make teachers happy?” Happy Teachers are Driven Teachers I would like to take some time to refer to Daniel Pink, a motivational speaker in the business world. He is an author, consultant and speaker who speaks mostly of business related issues, but [...]
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Arts teachers, specialists, enrichment instructors, whatever title they carry, these teachers are invaluable to our education system. They teach our children skills in creativity, culture and life. All too often they are the unsung heroes of the education world and unfortunately the first to get cut in a budget crisis, but their part of our [...]
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Sure, Teacher Appreciation is really only a week and let’s face it, generally is only celebrated one day, but we are giving props to teachers all month this month. Here are two nice ways to do just that: for yourself and for another! Read on! ebook for you Richard Lakin of thanks2teachers.com has done a [...]
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