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Seamless, Transparent, and Consistent
Christina Shoemaker feared the worst. What would greet her when she was 8 minutes tardy for her own class? As she entered the door, there was the Concert Choir partially through their warm-ups! She asked them what they were doing and they told her they just went ahead and started class without her!
TEACHING is … Recommending the New Book by Marjan Glavac
By Robert RoseTeaching Is … is a colorful book with statements, questions, and commentaries about teachers, children, and teaching in general. Marjan Glavac is a Canadian veteran teacher who has seen and done it all and we shared our experiences in two one hour radio sessions.
Part 2: Disorders Usually First Diagnosed In Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence – Part 2: The Selected Mental Health Disorder Overview
By Alicia Backus, LCSW and Lisa Bundrick, LMSWADHD, ODD, Conduct Disorders, PDD and strategies for the classroom.
*Disorder: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Key Features
Inattention (i.e. fail to give close attention to detail, does not seem to listen when spoken to directly, does not follow direction and fails to finish schoolwork, unorganized and looses …
BUSTED: Myths Exposed for New Teachers – Myth #7: There Are No Homeless Kids in Your Classroom
By Betsy WeigleAsk yourself…How eager to learn would you feel if you:
woke up on friend’s sofa this morning
fought eight people for bathroom time
pulled on yesterday’s clothing
headed out with no breakfast
This is the daily life of homeless …
Education As It Could Be: Integral Education
By Robert RoseIn our normal education structure we tend to ignore great ideas, especially those that encourage the kind of deep thinking that integral education encourages.
October is…
By Ron VictoriaOctober is . . . National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, National Crime Prevention Month, Family Health Month, Fire Prevention Month, National Aids Awareness Month, And National Family Sexuality Education Month.
Pumpkin Card Games – Karen’s PreK Page
By Karen CoxThis is a symbol game that can be played two ways, and with different symbols: letters, numerals, or shapes. You will need to make some cards using cardstock or index cards (I made mine about 2″ square). Place pumpkin stickers on the back of each card or use clipart. Of …
Too Tense to Meditate!
By Teachers.Net CommunityI have never been able to relax. Revving very high comes in handy. I accomplish a great deal more than most people on any given day. The end result is that I look fabulous on a resume, but irritate the daylights out of lots of people…
Bird by Bird
By Todd NelsonHe’d had three months to write it. It was due the next day, He was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead…
New Book Helps Teens and Parents Deal With Harassment
By Teachers.Net News DeskHey, Back Off! Tips for Stopping Teen Harassment by Jennie Withers with Phyllis Hendrickson, M. Ed (New Horizon Press, September 2011) offers parents, teens and educators the first book of effective tools for combating the growing epidemic of harassment among teens. Written in clear, easy-to-read, teen-friendly style, this …
Let’s Keep the “Fan” in Fan Fiction
By Nicole Luongo, Ed.DFourth-grader Emma logged on to her computer, into her AIM program, and into her personal
FanFiction.Net account. She found the fan fiction story she had been telling her friends about,
and copied the link to share it.
"I Don't Teach a Subject, I Teach Kids!"
By Bill Page
Teachers use a great variety of communication elements or clues and cues for student learning, classroom management, individual control, and preventive discipline, as well as whatever else they need to attend to during the lesson. Lecturing to a class, as we usually think of it, is a one dimensional, or maybe a 95% teacher to 5% student communication interaction. However, that is because we usually ignore the fact that lessons are always 100% teacher to 100% student involvement(beginning at the level of being present) whether it is an uninterrupted lecture or an entire period of student small group activity.....
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Bill Page says: Ron Clark’s “Not Every Child Deserves a Cookie” is “Repugnant”
By Bill PageBill Page I want to express my repugnance to the lead article in the September Gazette, Not Every Child Deserves a Cookie, by Ron Clark. I found the content …
5 Sites for Busy Educators
By Marjan Glavac5 sites teacher/author/consultant Marjan Glavac knows you’ll want to add to your bookmarks!
Project for Excellence in Journalism: Ethics Codes
By Teachers.Net News DeskFrom The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2011. http://scout.wisc.edu/
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Project for Excellence in Journalism: Ethics Codes
http://www.journalism.org/resources/ethics_codes
For those persons teaching journalism students, this selection of ethics codes from a range …
Teacher at Sea Program: Hands-On for Science Teachers
By Teachers.Net News DeskA high school science teacher spent 12-days at sea on a science expedition, helping NOAA scientists survey clams off the New England coast as part of the Teacher at Sea …
Apple Seeds – Quotes for Educators
By Barb Stutesman09-01: The secret to getting things done is to act! ~ Benjamin O. David
09-02: So many fail because they don’t get started – they don’t go. …
Question the Questions, Instead of Answer the Answers
By Bill PageIn our concerns for at-risk kids, we need first to examine our questions very critically.
Teacher Comments on Report Cards
By Leah DaviesReport cards provide parents with essential information concerning their child’s progress in school. Various formats are used including letter grades, numbers, checklists and teacher comments that indicate how a child …
Educational Comics Collection
By Teachers.Net News DeskThis compelling collection contains educational comics created by a raft of different government agencies and other organizations, presenting a rather diverse portrait of the ways in which various topics were …
Laying the Foundation Launches Annual Educator Award Programs
By Teachers.Net News DeskDallas-based nonprofit teacher training organization launches annual teacher and teacher trainer award programs.
Printables for PreK-12
By Teachers.Net Resources* September Apple Seeds Quotes
* Classroom Rules
* Classroom Expectations
* August Apple Seeds Quotes
* Weekly News Letter Form
* Interview Questions for Grandparents Day
* “Hello Friends” Song Book
* Attendance and Lunch Count …
“I Don’t Teach a Subject, I Teach Kids!”
By Bill PageThe lesson content in class presentations lies in the words and their meanings;
The context is everything else: the non-verbal cues, procedures, climate, etc.
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