November 2007 - Posts
As we come to the conclusion of Reader Appreciation Month, I want to summarize some of the things that we have learned. Today, I’ll focus on some of the reasons my readers have shared with me about why they love their jobs. Here are 50 reasons to love
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As we come to the conclusion of Reader Appreciation Month, I want to summarize some of the things that we have learned. Today, I’ll focus on some of the character traits of people who were indicated by my readers as their favorite teachers. Some of the
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This is just a quick reminder that So You Want To Teach? will be hosting next Wednesday’s Carnival of Education. Please fill out the handy submission form by next Tuesday at 5pm Central. Thanks! [...]
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As we come to the conclusion of Reader Appreciation Month, I want to summarize some of the things that we have learned. Today, I’ll focus on the incredible depth of blogs that readers have told me they read. So here are the 47 blogs that my readers are
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As we come to the conclusion of Reader Appreciation Month, I want to summarize some of the things that we have learned. Today, I’ll focus on the incredible wealth of knowledge that we have learned about classroom management. I found that when I put all
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With all of the great responses I have read with the Reader Appreciation Month, I decided to go ahead and fill out the survey as well. Name: Joel Location: The border of Texas and Mexico Occupation: Middle School Band Director Blog: So You Want To Teach?
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So Christmas is just around the corner. One month away, to be exact. For the last two months I have been posting articles nearly every day. Common wisdom says that you will build your blog most by doing just that. The blog has indeed grown. But I also
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Educators are not the most technically proficient people in the world. How many times did I have a teacher when I was in school who couldn’t operate a VCR? I happen to be an ultra nerd (I was co-president of the computer club and went to the Texas state
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November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Pamela. Name: Pamela Location: Michigan Occupation: Elementary Teacher, Reading Specialist Blog: Blog may be coming soon, but none yet Tell me some of your favorite
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November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Jonathan. Name: Jonathan Location: The Bronx Occupation: High School Math teacher Blog: JD2718 Tell me some of your favorite things about your job I love kids and
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November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Jeremy Aldrich. Name: Jeremy Aldrich Location: Harrisonburg, Virginia Occupation: Middle school (6-8) electives - French, Foreign Language Exploratory, and Global
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November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Clix. Name: Clix Location: Georgia Occupation: Freshman English; Journalism Blog: Epic Adventures Are Often Uncomfortable Tell me some of your favorite things about
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I have decided to compile all of the articles from my series 25 Tips For Less Stress into one handy ebook. The Instant De-Stress Handbook is completely free to download. To get your copy, simply subscribe to my RSS feed. A link to download the ebook should
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Here’s a quick note that I have closed interviews for the Reader Appreciation Month. We will finish out this week with interviews and I will spend next week summarizing what I have learned through this process. Thank you to everyone who sent in their
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As teachers, how often do we stop to think about how much of an impact we could potentially make in the life of one of our students. Even if that student doesn’t ever thank us or even show marked improvement in their academic skills or behavior or whatever,
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As I have been reading the interviews for the Reader Appreciation Month (by the way, there is room for another 7 interviews. If you don’t send them in, they end on Wednesday!), I have been amazed at the depth of knowledge of some of the readers of this
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November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Athena. Name: Athena Location: South Texas Occupation: ELA 9th & 10th grade Blog: http://athena81469.blogspot.com/ Tell me some of your favorite things about your
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November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Jane Little. Name: Jane Little Location: Los Angeles, CA Occupation: Third Grade Teacher Blog: My Many Colored Crayons Tell me some of your favorite things about
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November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Miss Profe. Name: Miss Profe Location:The Northeast Occupation: Middle/High School Spanish teacher Blog: It’s A Hardknock Teacher’s Life Tell me some of your favorite
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November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Miss A. Name: Miss A Location: Urban city in the South Occupation: Teacher, World history, African American History 9-12 grade. Mostly 9th grade Blog: Confessions
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November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Angela Maiers. Name: Angela Maiers Location: Des Moines, Iowa Occupation: National Education Consultant, author, Adjunct Professor teaching post graduate work in
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It never hurts to go back and polish your résumé from time to time. Here are some great links to help get you started in that direction. But I Don’t Want To Teach — So You Want To Teach? Help! My Résumé Is Blocking Me From Interviews — Record Eagle Blogs
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This past Tuesday, I took a day off of school. This is not normal for me, and I even had to fight my urge to go up to school and make sure things were running smoothly. I even drove up to the school and chose not to get out of the car. Why? Because I
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November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Mister Teacher. Name: Mister Teacher Location:Near Dallas, TX Occupation: Teacher, 3rd grade math and science Blog: Learn Me Good Tell me some of your favorite things
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November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Eric Turner. Name: Eric Turner Location: Tennessee Occupation: History/Secondary Ed Student Blog: Secondhand Thoughts Tell me some of your favorite things about
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November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Gillian King. Name: Gillian King Location: Sydney, Australia Occupation: I run a marketing consultancy, but I started out as a High School teacher Blog: School of
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Reader experience is the most important element of any site. Whether it be an entertainment site or an information portal, the ease of use for the reader is vital. I run this blog using WordPress because it gives me incredible control over the reader
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November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is ms_teacher. Name: ms_teacher Location: Northern California Occupation: Professional Educator (aka teacher); Grade 6, mostly Language Arts and Social Studies Blog:
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Want to make my day? Nominate So You Want To Teach? for Best Resource Sharing Blog. I could also qualify for Best New Blog and Best Teacher Blog, but I have a feeling that my best chance of success is in the first category, so that’s where I’m asking
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November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is José Vilson. Name: José Vilson Location: New York, NY Occupation: 6th Grade Math Teacher Blog: The José Vilson Tell me some of your favorite things about your job
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Recently, a reader wrote to me saying: I am currently midway through student teaching and am struggling with classroom management (surprise!). I am not really getting any feedback from my cooperating teacher, other than “use short, quick redirects” and
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We come now to the final chapter of our 25 Tips For Less Stress. This is perhaps my favorite one of all. Without this decision, you cannot have a stress-free life. The key is to choose to have fun at work. No matter what industry you work in, if you love
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I wrote a couple of days ago about a plan to reduce the amount of papers that you take home. Preferably, that number will approach zero as your systems get refined. That is NOT the focus of this entry. The goal here is to truly liberate you from your
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