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When I was struggling to find hope early in my career as a teacher, I came across a few pieces of advice given by King Solomon from the Proverbs: He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly. — Proverbs 13:24 This
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The results to my most recent Twitter poll ( what is your classroom management secret weapon? ) can be seen over at Miss Cal.Q.L8’s blog . Be sure to go check out 27 Classroom Management Secret Weapons . While you’re at it, subscribe to her blog and leave
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This is an article in the Total Teacher Transformation series. Click here for a complete table of contents. As we’re going through the transformation, one of the key things to remember is that you must remain respectful to your students. As I’ve written
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This is an article in the Total Teacher Transformation series. Click here for a complete table of contents. When I was a new teacher, I had some really good classroom rules and expectations and consequences all lined up. It was good on paper. Unfortunately,
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This is an article in the Total Teacher Transformation series. Click here for a complete table of contents. I took the day off from blogging yesterday because it was Mother’s Day and I play in a mariachi. If you don’t know what that means, I started playing
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This is an article in the Total Teacher Transformation series. Click here for a complete table of contents. What a wild week this has been! I’m surprised by how much even going over these classroom management basics on here has impacted my teaching. When
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This is an article in the Total Teacher Transformation series. Click here for a complete table of contents. Face it, misbehavior has been around only slightly longer than behavior has been. As teachers, we are often expected to fill every possible role
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This is an article in the Total Teacher Transformation series. Click here for a complete table of contents. Let’s play a game I want you to think about your classes right now. Think about the four biggest trouble-makers on your roll sheet. Now imagine,
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This is an article in the Total Teacher Transformation series. Click here for a complete table of contents. Today’s lesson is simple , and yet profound . One of the most difficult concepts for me to grasp was one of the most important in my early days
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This is an ongoing series. Bookmark this page as a way of navigating your way around the series. Day 1 : Find a moment Day 2 : Find a mirror
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Congratulations First of all, I want to congratulate you on taking the first step of this journey toward becoming a great teacher ! I can’t even begin to describe for you the exciting possibilities that await you as you move through these lessons and
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As I suspected when I started this blog, there are a lot of teachers who don’t really have a strong grasp on how to be a great teacher. The number of emails and comments that I have gotten this year are a clear indication of that. When I take into account
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I got a comment on this post yesterday that I wanted to address more in-depth tonight. I posted a teaser this morning to see what kind of responses the community would come up. So far, I have read some incredible (and almost all positive) pointers. I’ve
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Okay okay. So I’m a band director. Why would anyone listen to me anyway. I’m just an elective teacher. My friend JD2718 emailed me and told me about some stuff that he does in his math class. So even if you ignore my advice about classroom management,
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A little bit of levity here, in light of my current Student Teaching Project. (By the way, if you are student teaching, join us by writing a blog and letting me know about it!) Brought to you by TeacherPortal.com. © SoYouWantToTeach.com - visit So You
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