Summer Rejuvenation Ideas for Teachers
Educators need to take time for themselves over the summer, to focus on personal aspects of their lives that may have been pushed to the side or neglected during the…
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Classroom Organization for Secondary Teachers
Looking for practical solutions to classroom organization? Keep reading to learn about some excellent traditional and technological options for your secondary classroom. This post is the fourth part of an…
16 “Classy” Decor Ideas for Your Secondary Classroom
Decorating high school classrooms can be challenging. When you’re trying to find a good balance between meaningful, age-appropriate, and professional, the answer isn’t always obvious. Still, it can be done….
Top 10 List: Comical Tales from the Classroom
Do you need a good laugh? If there’s one thing you can count on as a teacher, it’s running into funny situations in the classroom. It can be therapeutic to sit back…
Do Teachers Have Their Summers Off?
Do teachers really have their summers off? In defense of educators around the world, the answer is a resounding “No!” Are we complaining? Of course not. We love our students….
Meaningful Final Exam Review Sessions
When I first began teaching high school, I had no idea what to do with final exam review time. Was I supposed to reteach or review? How many days should…
How to Beat Teacher Burnout: Practical Tips to Try Today
Feeling overworked, underpaid, or undervalued? You’re not alone. Teacher burnout is the pits. It happens to the best of us. In my experience, it usually happens in the middle of the…
Laughing All the Way: Spreading Christmas Cheer through Music-Inspired Task Cards
“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” One of the many lessons we learn from Buddy in the movie Elf is that singing is…
Engaging Students with Figurative Language in Shakespeare’s Plays
Students don’t always find Shakespeare’s plays quite as interesting as teachers do. Often, they have an “It’s Greek to me” attitude. Reading and analyzing poetry is generally not at the…
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