The Danger of Saying, “I Don’t Do Math”
The way teachers talk about other subjects and about education in general matters. Words carry both direct and indirect meanings, and students often pick up on both of them. Being…
6 Easy Ways to Prepare for Parent-Teacher Conferences
Are parent-teacher conferences in your near future? Getting organized is important. It can be challenging to communicate everything you want guardians to know in a short 10 or 15 minute…
Summer Learning Activities: How Teachers Can Support Parents
Looking for meaningful summer learning activities for teens? This post contains rewarding ideas for working with older students during the summer months. It’s the end of the year. You’ve made…
7 Tips for Building Healthy Professional Relationships
Did you take a course on building professional relationships in your teacher education program? If you did, you’re in the minority. Building professional relationships is important, but it’s not something…
7 Powerful Ways to Build Relationships with Students
Inside: Healthy relationships with students improve life for everyone involved. In order to be able to think and produce high-quality work, students first need to feel supported and valued. They…
How to Prepare for a Teacher Interview
Upcoming teacher interview? Congratulations! Maybe you are wondering how to effectively prepare for a teacher interview so that you can answer questions confidently and make a lasting impression? Keep reading….
How to Write a Letter of Recommendation for Students
Are you wondering how to write a recommendation letter for students? Perhaps you’ve written one in the past, but it’s been awhile, or maybe you’ve never composed a recommendation letter,…
Tips for an Excellent Teacher Evaluation
Nothing makes an educator’s palms sweat and heart beat intensify like the sound of an approaching teacher evaluation. Is your formal teacher evaluation drawing near? Keep reading. These tips will…
How Avoiding Comparisons Can Help You Fight Teacher Burnout
Staying positive by avoiding comparisons is one of the best ways to ward off teacher burnout. It’s not always easy to do so in the midst of a stressful season…
Making Positive Parent Phone Calls
Prepping for a new school year? Setting goals for your evaluation? Reflecting upon how you can improve your teaching? Problem-solving classroom management issues? Consider making positive parent phone calls a…
How to Run a Full-Choice Book Club in Your Classroom: Independent Reading in Secondary
This post is the first in a three-part series about how to run a book club in your classroom. The second post details how to establish expectations and create a schedule,…
Teacher Wardrobe: Outfit Shopping Made Easy
Looking for teacher wardrobe outfits? Welcome to “This or That,” a monthly chat where the authors of Reading and Writing Haven and Language Arts Classroom cover different ways of approaching common decisions in…
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