by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration, SEAL: Social-Emotional Artistic Learning
One of the most valuable things you can do for yourself as a teacher is to build trust with your students and THAT boils down to one word: RELATIONSHIPS. Let’s look at 3 ways you can build that trust with your students in this video here. Happy viewing! ...
by guest blogger | General Education Topics, STEAM and Technology in the Classroom
More than three billion people worldwide use the internet every day; with the click of a button anyone, anywhere, can access a wide array of websites on multiple devices. As a teacher, this can benefit you. Being able to show your students ways to research things on...
by Elizabeth Peterson | General Education Topics
I could focus on the negative things that have to do with standardized testing: for students, parents, and of course teachers. But today I’m going to try and be positive and focus on something good that actually came out of testing this year. Something I...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration
The Teacher Art Retreat is underway and we have an excited group of educators. Today we move, tomorrow we listen and Wednesday we decoupage. All through the three days we will be puppeteering, drumming, creating and growing as we learn new skills and develop our...
by guest blogger | General Education Topics
It is important to help our students feel valued. For many teachers, although we see students every single day, it can be very hard to remember what it was actually like to be a kid. Our hardy, grown-up personalities have weathered through decades of disappointments...