August 2007 - Posts
We put a sign up a few places around the band hall on Wednesday. It says: EVERYONE NEEDS AN ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT
Choose Your Attitude I decided that I needed to take that advice myself. So I am going to adjust my attitude.
I was reminded yesterday just
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I realized something this week. As I start my sixth year of teaching, I finally have an amazing level of confidence when going into ANY group of students and knowing that I will be able to get them to be quiet and follow whatever directions I give them.
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Today is the first day of school in Texas. Even though the school year starts later, the football season doesn’t. I’m sure some of the kids have already begun to burn out because of so much practicing for the last four weeks or so. But the high school
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I want to take a look into the depths of the archives of SoYouWantToTeach.com and see if maybe there are great articles hidden that some of the newer readers have never bothered reading. I think there are.
As we enter the new school year, hopes and expectations
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It’s nearing the end of August. Hopefully, you are not looking for a new job this early in the school year, but studies say that 60% of people are thinking of switching jobs at any given time. If this is you, you may want to check out The Ultimate Job
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Last week, Michelle wrote learned that one of her colleagues recently passed away. She writes a popular blog on blogging and was wondering if she should take some time away or just how to handle her desires to grow as a writer, generate income with the
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Happy Monday morning. I begin staff development this week. School begins in Texas next Monday.
This spring, I began to make myself familiar with the Getting Things Done (GTD) approach to personal productivity. My views on effectiveness went into overdrive
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I want to take a look into the depths of the archives of SoYouWantToTeach.com and see if maybe there are great articles hidden that some of the newer readers have never bothered reading. I think there are.
As I come to the end of the summer, I am doing
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Admitting that you are wrong is a sign of strength, not weakness. As a teacher, you will earn much more respect from the students if you do not pretend to be right all the time.
Such is the case with my blog earlier this week.
I read a post on another
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I hopped over to Confessions From The Couch this evening to check in and see how things were going for Miss A. Boy am I glad I did! She wrote about her first day from hell: It was the worst possible first day anyone could imagine. I’m on the verge of
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Another week begins. Now that Summer Band is in full swing, I am reminded how difficult and full my schedule is during the fall. My blogging will come when it comes. Now on with the wrapup…
CaliforniaTeacherGuy has accepted a position in Small Desert
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On the first day of teaching, my Teacher gave to me: A classroom management plan On the second day of teaching, my Teacher gave to me: Two Administrators
And a classroom management plan On the third day of teaching, my Teacher gave to me: Three days of
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The new school year is two weeks and two days away. This time last year, our week of inservices was well under way. Thanks to the Texas legislature, we will not begin staff development until August 20th and are not allowed to begin school before August
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I want to take a look into the depths of the archives of SoYouWantToTeach.com and see if maybe there are great articles hidden that some of the newer readers have never bothered reading. I think there are.
This week, I’ll point you toward 6 Motivation
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On July 4th, Timothy Ferriss wrote a blog entry about changing the world.
In response to his request for ideas, I wrote:
As a teacher, your book has revolutionized the way I intend on teaching next year. I am going to start the year checking emails once
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Today is my sister’s birthday. Happy birthday Joel’s sister. My birthday is also this Wednesday.
It’s not an education post, but the organization stuff covered is great. I love Zen Habits, and Leo once again hits a homerun here. How to Simplify Your Filing
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I want to take a look into the depths of the archives of SoYouWantToTeach.com and see if maybe there are great articles hidden that some of the newer readers have never bothered reading. I think there are.
This week, I’ll point you toward Five Keys To
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We’ve all been there. The beginning of the first year of teaching can be daunting, to say the least. It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. First year horror stories abound. The number of teachers who quit after the first year or two of
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I took out nearly every advertisement from the site. The exception are links to books on Amazon, and a couple of Text Link Ads. Why? They’re simply not making money and they cause screen clutter. So away they go.
I additionally got rid of the SnapPreview
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