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You’re in a meeting with an irate parent that seems way out of control. You care deeply about your students—all of them. Why can’t this mom see that? It often makes you angry to have a parent yell at you or complain about you or the school. Your heart can race and your palms go…
Continue reading: How to Deal with an Angry Parent—and Transform Them Into Your Biggest Fan
Sometimes you feel like your curriculum (or your standards) reach only the middle in math. Maybe it’s your curriculum or how you’re teaching. . . but your strugglers get left behind or your advanced kids get bored in whole group. You teach whole group and never get to small groups, or you’re never able to meet with…
Continue reading: How to Build a Better Math Block—and Math Brains
Does it ever seem like your kids just don’t want to learn? They’re not excited or engaged. They should be. . .but you just can’t figure it out. I was teaching science a few weeks ago and I was stuck feeling that way. While I was excited about particles and matter, my kids were not…
Continue reading: How to Have Your Students Begging for More Learning
As teachers, we often struggle when our students struggle. We became teachers so we could guide, help, and teach, so when we see our students struggle with an answer or as they try to read something, we want to help—we are eager! A few years ago one of my students was in tears because she…
Continue reading: 4 Smart Ways to Jumpstart Your Reading Block
If you’ve ever had classroom behavior challenges, poor student work habits, or just plain classroom angst (with one or two students—or a handful like me!), you could begin to see your whole classroom experience as a struggle. “They” talk too much, or “no one” will work hard, or “they” are full of too much drama….
