Teachers

Getting ready to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week? We've got a template full of ideas to help honor and celebrate your faculty.

Getting ready to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week? We've got a template full of ideas to help honor and celebrate your faculty.

This morning, I woke up to a tweet from a former student. A shout-out to her teacher, “who introduced me to so many unforgettable books & made me feel seen & as though I had something to offer.” Words that validate my life choices; I’m grateful she took the time to tell me.

In the Spring of 2020, Librarian Michele Linse realized that her school would be making the sudden switch to virtual learning, and she asked herself, “How do I now organize and share my lessons virtually?”

Are you sick of hearing, “I didn’t get that email?” I was too, in my principal years. Especially when I could tell that someone HAD received the email! Check out these parent-teacher communication tips!

Spring break is approaching, and students are returning to face-to-face learning. Teachers have much to grapple with -- including the challenging prospect of concurrent teaching.

I never went to school. When I say never, I don’t actually mean never, but I do mean I rarely attended. It started young. In first grade, I believe I attended 18 days of school. My track record got better until 8th grade, when it went downhill again.

When art teacher Cynthia O’Reilly realized that her school would be closing due to Covid, she had to make some big decisions fast. She needed to figure out how to teach a very hands-on (and often hands-in) subject remotely.

Good PD is for you. Good PD is reaffirming, restorative, rejuvenating. It helps you remember why you chose this profession. It leaves you feeling refreshed, and, with luck, fired up and ready to go.

We've created an interactive template for National Women’s History Month. We’ve focused on the extended celebration of the anniversary of women’s suffrage.

As we roll our way into the digital frontier that is 2021, how do I teach Digital Citizenship in an interesting, relevant, and effective way?