Rich Bordner  |  Classroom Management  |  0 comments  |  308 views  |  Read Full

 

You can toss all your credentials out the door. Every one of your letters of recommendation and pats on the back from professors will do you no good. If you stink at classroom management, you will not be successful in the classroom.

Sarah Cornish  |  Teacher Training  |  0 comments  |  237 views  |  Read Full

 

If you're interested in teaching English as a second language to adults, you'll probably have heard of CELTA as you've been researching, but what is it and is it for you? These FAQs should answer some of the common questions about CELTA.

Honey Krumholz  |  Young Learners  |  0 comments  |  190 views  |  Read Full

 

Teachers, do you know how to get ready for the new school year and then what to concentrate on that first week? Many teachers get stressed out just thinking about it, because it's important to get started on the right foot.

Alycia Shapiro  |  Reading  |  0 comments  |  316 views  |  Read Full

 

One of the most important things a teacher can do is to develop in children the desire to read. In Kindergarten through second grade students are learning to read. From third grade on they are reading to learn. No matter what grade classroom you teach in, having literacy based designs in classroom furniture can help enhance in students the desire to read.

Greg Newell  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  191 views  |  Read Full

 

I was born in 1962. In 1967, Mrs. Bellows taught me how to read. In fact, she taught every kid in our kindergarten class how to read. She used slate chalk boards and big pieces of chalk. The letters of the alphabet displayed over the top of the board. Our wooden desks still had the hole in them where the ink well was supposed to sit. We didn't have computers or anything too fancy for a class-room. What we had was Mrs. Bellows.