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New Teachers: 10 Things They Should Know Before Starting Day 1 In The Classroom
As a new teacher, your 1st day with your own class is exciting, nerve-racking, and incredibly important. Here are 10 things you must know before that day.
How to Make Report Card Writing Easier
Love them or hate them, report cards are part of every teacher’s life. You can make writing your report cards quicker & easier just by doing this one thing.
Homework: How to Make It All Worthwhile
Homework is the bane of many people’s lives. Teachers hate setting it, let alone marking it Students hate doing it Parents hate ensuring it done (and trying to work out what it is that the teacher really wants) So why do we bother? Let’s have a look. Homework or No Homework Most schools require teachers to … Read more
Checking for Understanding Without Creating Mountains of Marking
Checking for understanding is an essential aspect of teaching. You need to check that your students have understood what you taught them. It’s how you know what to do next. However, if you are like most teachers, your time is already stretched thin, and you don’t want to be creating even more mountains of marking … Read more
Peer Tutoring: A Potentially Powerful Way to Help Struggling Students
Peer tutoring provides all teachers with a potentially powerful way to offer much-needed help to struggling students. But only if you do it right. Learn ..
Plain Old Good Teaching
There are a lot of elaborate theories and vogue words that try to describe what good teaching entails. Sadly, some of them have little, if any grounding in evidence at all. Others do, but they are difficult to carry out and their effects are small. A teacher has limited time, and this makes your time a valuable commodity. When you choose … Read more
Teaching to Minimize Misbehaviour
The way you go about organising & structuring your teaching affects how well your students behave. In this article, you will find 5 critical tactics you can
10 Potent Behaviour Management Strategies
The behaviour management strategies you use affect your students’ success and your own sanity. So which ones work best? Discover 10 proven and practical strategies to use in your classroom.