April 28, 2015
One of my favorite Seinfeld episodes was "The Yada Yada” episode. The premise of the show was people would be telling a story and leave out the most important parts of the story by inserting the phrase “yada yada yada” instead of the details.
For example,...
April 21, 2015
Recently I watched a portion of an interview of Nanci Atwell, the teacher who won the Varkey Foundation’s $1 million prize as the Global Teacher of the Year. The teacher was asked what advice she would give young people who wanted to enter the teaching profession. The teacher said...
April 15, 2015
All schools, as well as all classrooms, are busy enterprises. There are the daily issues, the weekly schedules, the semester goals, and the yearly plan. Just as every teacher has the pressures of the curriculum, classroom management, reports, tests, grades and other issues, so the...
April 8, 2015
Is your staff suffering from Trainer of Trainers Syndrome (TOTS)?
What is TOTS: The disappointment/discouragement felt by administration and teachers when professional development presented to implement an important initiative by using in-house district staff does not have the exp...
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