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7 Questions With Lora Isbell
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hi. My name's Laura Isbell. I'm a special education teacher at Mountain Trails Elementary in Utah. I've been at the school for three years and I've been teaching for 10 years now." Why did you start a career in education? "I...
Building Executive Functioning Skills
Listen This is kind of a book review and summary for one of our favorite resources - the Smart but Scattered family of books. We’ve mentioned the original before briefly in other articles but wanted to expand upon some of the ideas promoted by the books and coursework the authors...
7 Questions With Sara Seaney
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hi, my name is Sarah Seaney. I work at Rosedale Middle School in Bakersfield, California. I have been there for three years." Why did you start a career in education? "I started a career in education, I'm substituting over 20 years...
New Elementary Substitute Survival Guide
Listen Substitutes are incredibly vital members of the school district community. A good substitute is a teacher’s absolute best friend. While many teachers will leave work for the students to do and lessons for you to teach while they are gone, for the first few times you sub, they may...
7 Questions With Patrick Vernon
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hi, my name is Patrick Vernon. I appreciate the opportunity to answer these seven questions and here we go. So as I said, Patrick Vernon is my name. I'm a sixth grade science and social studies teacher at Western Middle School in...
Great Games for Learning, Part 4: Math Games for 3rd-5th Graders
Listen Math is one of the best areas to use board games as practice and review for learning skills. Math just lends itself so nicely to gameplay. We’ve searched for some of our favorite board, dice, and card games that can be used for building math skills and placed them...
7 Questions With Michelle Lewis
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hi, my name is Michelle Lewis. I teach a Kettering Middle School. I am a seventh grade math teacher and the mathematics department chair. My school is located in upper Marlboro, Maryland and I've been here for approximately seven or eight years." ...
Working with Young and Inexperienced Parents of Students
Listen Parenting is a tough gig, and when working with younger children, it’s especially clear when your student is coming from a family with very young parents who have little social support. Educators are in a unique position to help young and inexperienced parents. Here are a few things we’ve...
7 Questions With Jordan Souza
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hi, my name is Jordan Souza. I am a first year teacher at Kelsey Bell Elementary in Northern California. I teach second grade." Why did you start a career in education? "I have always wanted to be a teacher since I...
Helping Underachieving Students: In Middle and High School
Listen It can be so frustrating to have a student in class who you know can be doingmuch better than they actually are. It may be that the student started the yearstrong and something happened to them personally that made them start to slackoff. For some it could be caused...
7 Questions With Anna McIntosh
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hello. My name is Anna McIntosh and I've been teaching at Anatole Avenue Elementary school for 20 years. Uh, Anatolia is located in Van Nuys, California." Why did you start a career in education? "Started a career in teaching in education...
How Administrators Can Influence Adult Bullying
Listen Many of us in education grew up in a time where bullying was just seen as part of everyday life - something nearly everyone must endure as some sort of rite of passage. Unfortunately, that attitude not only puts our students at risk of being bullied by their peers,...