If you’re teaching in an affluent community, and especially if you’re teaching honors level students, you are bound to encounter helicopter parents. If you’re unfamiliar with the term helicopter parent, it means that the...
With tools like Venmo and Apple Pay it’s easier than ever for room-mom’s/dad’s to have each parent chip in for one “class present” for the teacher at the end of the year. Even in...
It is your last summer before you enter the classroom full time. What should you do with it? Below you’ll find six things you must put on your to do list for the summer...
I went to Twitter, and through the @TeachBetterTeam and #Masterychat, I was able to ask hundreds of educators: what we can do to recruit and retain more quality teachers (other than raising teacher salaries, which is...
We’ve all been there, and if you haven’t you will. That moment when you finish your lesson, the activities are completed, the discussion has reached an endpoint and there are still 15 minutes left...
Are you a future teacher wondering how you will make it through the day when you’re used to eating whatever you want whenever you want? Are you like me and get light headed if...
You need to get up on the right side of bed, off on the right foot, all those cliche’s when you embark on your first year teaching. You’ll need to be well rested and...
We’ve all heard of senioritis; the end of year “disease” that invades high school and college senior’s minds at the end of the year preventing them from being able to focus on their school...
Education majors spend a mint to get their degrees, but don’t make a mint upon graduation. Unlike lawyers and doctors, who can look forward to six figure salaries, teachers need to balance the cost...
1. Expect to wait If you interview during the school year, you never know what is going on with the individuals who will be interviewing you during that day. Admin and teachers can have...
