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Aug 30, 2016

Successful businesses, sports teams, the military, even Broadway shows—they all have a culture of consistency. So why not our schools?

Read the article linked below to see what it looks like and the specific steps you can take to establish a culture of consistency in your classroom.

10 Tools for Success on the First Days of School

Aug 25, 2016

The gurus of classroom management present 10 Tools for Success on the First Days of School. (Click below to access the article.)

Thys Boke is Myne - Sarah Powley

Jul 27, 2016

Maybe the problem is unique to me. But I don’t think so. I’ve seen too many crossed out names in books I’ve picked up in second hand stores. [Click below to read the rest of Sarah Powley's essay.]

20 Movement Activities for the School Day

Jul 26, 2016

Being involved in movement positively affects children both cognitively and physically. Here are 20 quick, simple ideas to use (and adapt) in your classroom. {Click below]

The Benefits of School Recess - Stanford Study

Jul 11, 2016

A Stanford study shows that recess is a profoundly important part of the school day. Click below to read what the study shows about the benefits of school recess.

Should a Teacher Refuse to Help a Student in Need?

by natalia

Jun 25, 2016

I've got a question. IS IT generally considered unethical and/or inapproapriate for a university teacher to deny help to a student from another university if they, very politely, ask for a private paid lesson? I've always thought that teachers mostly and usually TEACH. That this is their mission. I don't see anything inappropriate in a situation wh...See More

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pixie If you do paid tutoring on your own time, I don't know why that would be anyone else's concern.

On 6/25/16, natalia wrote: > I've got a question. IS IT generally considered unethical > and/or inapproapriate for a university teacher to deny help > to a student from another university if they, very politely, > ask for a private ...See More

Jun 26, 2016

Why Lots of Love (or Motivation) Isn’t Enough - Alfie Kohn

Why Lots of Love (or Motivation) Isn’t Enough By Alfie Kohn One observation I’ve offered in various contexts is that “how much” tends to matter less than “what kind.” That’s something I’ve written about in four very different domains. My only defense against the reply “Well, duh. Who says otherwise?” is: “No one says otherwise...See More

Jun 16, 2016

I hate education classes..

by Is it worth it?

Apr 6, 2016

I am fed up with education classes! This semester has been all about Finland. Their system is perfect and we need to be like them. Except for the no music part..music is critical. And we don't want to kill kindergarten; that goes without saying. Of course we know we can't only accept 7&37; of education program applicants, but is that really the...See MoreI am fed up with education classes! This semester has been all about Finland. Their system is perfect and we need to be like them. Except for the no music part..music is critical. And we don't want to kill kindergarten; that goes without saying. Of course we know we can't only accept 7&37; of education program applicants, but is that really the key to their success? We just need to pay teachers like doctors, give them half their current workload aadd stop testing. What we aren't into is having the same teacher teach the same class in grades 1 through 6; but hey.. very few kids stay in the same school for 6 years anywway, so why would we try that? As long as we know tht homework is useless and kids need constant recesses all daay..we can be Finland! Except for he being 99.55&37; native English speaking part; Finnish is alo easy to read. And Finland has fewer kids in their whole system than we have in New York City's system. And we aren't socialist.

I am tired of teachers asking me my must haves in a job and watching people literally roll on the floor laughing at my insane must have-- TEXTBOOKS.

I am tired of being lectured about cultural sensitivity... today a teacher brought in guest speakers: MISSIONARES!! They were there to tell us why a dirt poor village in Latin America was a perfect plce to live; you just hadd to become art of their culture.. and tell them what religion to believe. But tha is better thaan being told off for suggesting that if your Muslim 14 year old student is being forced into n arranged marriage ou need to call CPS.

I am tired of hearing that we can't talk in our own clasrooms; our job is to step out of the way and let students discover knowledge. My college professor who really tried that--we haadd to ompletely teach ourselves for half of he semester, incluing working out when class met-- had it right! But my upright and flat out whiny attitude ruined what should have been a transformative experience; I ruined it for my classmates, too. But this doesn't matter anywway..all we will really do is test prep.

I amm tired of writing 88 page lesson plans that explain I will teach a weather vocabulary lesson (I am in foreign languages), and I am tired of making sure every lesson incorporates every "intelligence" in the mult-intelligence battery.

Does it get better when our are actually student teaching?? Thanks!

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Thanks nfm On 4/12/16, mark wrote: > On 4/06/16, Is it worth it? wrote: >> I am fed up with education classes! This semester has been > all >> about Finland. Their system is perfect and we need to be > like >> them. Except for the no music part..music is critical. And > we >> don't want to kill kindergarten; that goes witho...See MoreOn 4/12/16, mark wrote: > On 4/06/16, Is it worth it? wrote: >> I am fed up with education classes! This semester has been > all >> about Finland. Their system is perfect and we need to be > like >> them. Except for the no music part..music is critical. And > we >> don't want to kill kindergarten; that goes without saying. > Of >> course we know we can't only accept 7&37; of education program >> applicants, but is that really the key to their success? We >> just need to pay teachers like doctors, give them half > their >> current workload aadd stop testing. What we aren't into is >> having the same teacher teach the same class in grades 1 >> through 6; but hey.. very few kids stay in the same school > for >> 6 years anywway, so why would we try that? As long as we > know >> tht homework is useless and kids need constant recesses all >> daay..we can be Finland! Except for he being 99.55&37; native >> English speaking part; Finnish is alo easy to read. And >> Finland has fewer kids in their whole system than we have > in >> New York City's system. And we aren't socialist. >> >> I am tired of teachers asking me my must haves in a job and >> watching people literally roll on the floor laughing at my >> insane must have-- TEXTBOOKS. >> >> I am tired of being lectured about cultural sensitivity... >> today a teacher brought in guest speakers: MISSIONARES!! > They >> were there to tell us why a dirt poor village in Latin > America >> was a perfect plce to live; you just hadd to become art of >> their culture.. and tell them what religion to believe. But >> tha is better thaan being told off for suggesting that if > your >> Muslim 14 year old student is being forced into n arranged >> marriage ou need to call CPS. >> >> I am tired of hearing that we can't talk in our own > clasrooms; >> our job is to step out of the way and let students discover >> knowledge. My college professor who really tried that--we >> haadd to ompletely teach ourselves for half of he semester, >> incluing working out when class met-- had it right! But my >> upright and flat out whiny attitude ruined what should have >> been a transformative experience; I ruined it for my >> classmates, too. But this doesn't matter anywway..all we > will >> really do is test prep. >> >> I amm tired of writing 88 page lesson plans that explain I >> will teach a weather vocabulary lesson (I am in foreign >> languages), and I am tired of making sure every lesson >> incorporates every "intelligence" in the mult-intelligence >> battery. >> >> >> Does it get better when our are actually student teaching?? >> Thanks! > > No. It doesn't get better. Education classes are taught by > failed teachers (this is why they ran away from teaching K-12 > to teach college) who are more philosophers than > practitioners. The lesson plans you're writing in college > are completely useless in a real world classroom. > > Student teaching won't be much better, but then again real > world teaching is terrible and your administrators will be > like your profs in college: failed teachers. > > They're talking about Finland? Finland?!? A waste of your > time and tuition money! America isn't going to be Finland > and couldn't be if it wanted to. Such a waste. I advise all > of my younger family to NOT follow me into teaching. Run. > Run now and get a degree outside of teaching with good > employment prospects

Apr 12, 2016

Me.. In a class I am in now we all had to design and teach a mini class on cultural sensitivity. Hey look..the teacher above me was learning about that, too :).

The topic I was assigned was "in your opinion, what is the hardest part of being culturally sensitive?". The guidelines were: think of a problem you have seen..if you were act...See More

Jun 8, 2016

Hello, I'm a grad student (education), my assignment for this week is to ask a kindergarten teacher question about their retention practices. If you could be please take the time to answers these questions, that would be wonderful.

1. How often have you retained children in kindergarten during your career? 2. Has there been change in thei...See More

Kindergarten Teachers

by Gwen

Apr 7, 2016

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Gwen On 4/08/16, annab wrote: > On 4/07/16, Gwen wrote: >> Hello, >> I'm a grad student (education), my assignment for this > week >> is to ask a kindergarten teacher question about their >> retention practices. If you could be please take the time >> to answers these questions, that would be wonderful. >> >&...See More

Apr 8, 2016

Gwen On 4/08/16, Joan wrote: >> >> 1. How often have you retained children in kindergarten >> during your career? > Once >> 2. Has there been change in their philosophy/practice > of retaining children in kindergarten since starting > teaching? > Yes >> 3. What criteria do you use in making the decision to >&...See More

Apr 8, 2016

I, for some reason, took a peer tutoring and mentorship course and am now a peer tutor in a grade 10 history class. Soon the students will begin writing their first proper history essays and I am to help them at each step. I myself usually require a lot of help when writing essays and am afraid I may set up the students for failure by being too sof...See More

Evaluating Essay Writing

by Sarah

Apr 5, 2016

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elsiev Google Common Core Writing Rubrics and you'll find a lot of really good rubrics for evaluating the different types of writing. Use the language of the common core and you'll be fine.

Apr 7, 2016