Warum hassen Menschen Lehrer?? Spoiler! Es ist Frauenfeindlichkeit!

Ah, Lehrer. Those lazy, overpaid, glorified babysitters who spend their summers lounging by the pool, sipping margaritas while the rest of us suffer in thereal world.At least, that’s the narrative some folks would have you believe. But let’s be honest—this wholeteachers are the root of all evilrhetoric has a lot less […]

Schwierige Studenten in Berufe zu drängen, könnte ein Rezept für eine Katastrophe sein

Es kursiert die Idee, dass ein Kind es nicht ist “College-Material,” wir sollten sie einfach in den Handel drängen. Schließlich, Trades sollen einfacher sein, praktischere Option, Rechts? Es ist eine bequeme Möglichkeit, schwächelnde Studierende vom akademischen Weg abzubringen und in etwas Neues zu lenken “praktisch,” aber seien wir ehrlich: this mentality […]

Wann “Baukultur” Wird zur Gasbeleuchtung

We’ve all heard it: “We need to build a positive school culture.” It’s the phrase that gets tossed around every time there’s an issue with student behavior or academic performance. But let’s get real for a second—how many times has “building culture” been used to gloss over the fact that there are serious problems in […]

Neue GIGANTISCHE, mit dem Kunden verbundene Präsentationseinheit zum Thema chronische Fehlzeiten

In der sich ständig weiterentwickelnden Bildungslandschaft, Die Förderung sinnvoller Verbindungen zwischen Schülern und realen Themen ist für die Entwicklung kritischen Denkens und der Fähigkeit zur Problemlösung von entscheidender Bedeutung. Eine überzeugende Möglichkeit, dies zu erreichen, sind kundenbezogene Projekte, bei dem Studierende aktiv mit einem echten Kunden zusammenarbeiten, um dringende Herausforderungen anzugehen. Eine solch tiefgreifende und wirkungsvolle Aufgabe dreht sich um die chronische Schule […]

The Gracelessness ofGrace

By extending limitless grace, we tell students exactly what we expect of them. Scheinbar, we don’t expect much; there, I said it. Hässliche Wahrheit? It’s just easier to let them get away with murder and call it grace than it is to hold them accountable in ways that are effective and teachable. Maybe we just don’t have the resources, and calling it grace sounds nicer thanwe’re just too tired to fight them.

Data Collection Forms

It has long been a source of fury for me when students are moved to more restrictive settings without reliable data or without having tried every reasonable intervention to allow them to remain in the least restrictive educational setting. I’ve seen firsthand how it can turn a kid’s world upside down to be removed from […]

The Grand Poobah of Sub Folders!

It’s easy to forget that cold and flu season is upon us when it’s still 95 degrees outside. Reduzierung von Büroempfehlungen und Aussetzungen erheblich, winter is coming and, along with it, the dreaded Teacher Absence. In my early teaching years, my sub folder sucked. I filled out the single sheet that the office lady gave me at pre-service training, then […]

Stepping Away

I’ve been avoiding writing a blog entry for a while now. Ganz ehrlich? It’s because I wasn’t sure what to say. I have stepped away from behavior. That’s right, I applied for an in-district transfer last year, left the program for EBD I helped to start, und (for the first time in more than 13 years) […]

The Dumbest Kid in Class, Teil 2: Teacher Tips

After the first post, you may be thinking that the Exeter Math Institute Workshop was terrible and that the instructors were awful. That’s not the case, at all. I got some really cool ideas to share with my gen ed Algebra co-teachers when school starts that I think will benefit students. Naturally, my key focus […]