Online Professional Development for Teachers

It’s a new year and this will be my 100th blog and podcast, so I’ve been thinking about reflection, the mental process of looking back and t

What if we treated our students like we treat athletes? What if we taught like a coach at halftime? What if we could recreate the same...

When we ask our students to pay attention, we’re competing with five to ten second video clips on television and social media apps...

Every fall my students seem a little sluggish from the summer. Over the course of a few weeks in September, I see their brains turn on,...

If you look back on being a student, I’m sure you remember not the specifics of what you learned, but your teachers, the people tasked with

A well-organized classroom reduces stress and helps everyone focus on what’s most important, the literature.

My school year finished this week, and as I watched my seniors graduate, I felt like we all deserved something special for making it...

It’s hard to imagine that anything positive will come out of this year, but I’ve been thinking about what, if any, lessons I’ve learned ...

If you have been teaching remote or hybrid you know that students don’t turn in as much work as they usually do. You’re not alone ...

It’s easy to say to our students that literature should be meaningful. It’s easy to ask students … what does that line mean?

Introduction to Teaching the Magic of Literature: Using Imagination to Shape the Future It was one of the simplest, yet most complicated...

This has been a challenging year for any teacher. Even during a regular year, teachers work hard to meet the many demands and...

I’m trying to get as creative as possible when it comes to being flexible with students. After finishing a few units ...

My colleagues and I recently had a conversation about the rest of the year and what we could do to keep our students engaged....

This year, the start of class is that awkward time when we’re saying hello and waiting for everyone to virtually trickle in. When...

Under normal circumstances, we try to steer kids away from socializing so they can stay on task and so that we can give our assessments and

We need to think about what we’re asking students when we ask them to do homework.

Right now, I’m keeping the focus on learning and not on assessment.

The good thing is, this year, our students will be thirsty to know more about the world they live in.

But instead of thinking about how sad and unfortunate we all are to be in our positions, I’m trying the best I can to think about how much b

I strongly believe that authentic narratives from my students are the most useful information to improve myself, more useful than profession

Children don’t compete on a level playing field in our country.

This is the hardest thing for any teacher. Take a very difficult and complicated topic and make it easy to understand.

If we want students to be lifelong learners and readers, we need to make reading as fun and painless as possible.