Last week, I wrote about managing the physical space of a classroom in the time of COVID-19. There are many questions we have about opening school under the current health conditions that remain unanswered. I will return to more considerations about restarting the classroom indoors moving forward. However, I will divert a bit to consider …
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What does your classroom look like in the fall when you return? Will you return to a classroom with half the students? Will you teach fully online? Fully live? A hybrid model? Will you have to address the issue of a 2-meter distance between each desk and each student? How will you teach group work? …
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DIFFERENTIATED LEARNING ALLOWS STUDENTS TO WORK AT THEIR OWN PACE TO SUIT THEIR NEEDS WHILE MAKING PROGRESS AGAINST COMMON GOALS. Differentiation is not easy. In fact, it may be the most difficult skill in the teaching business. And now with nearly all schools in the world dealing with a global pandemic, having moved to virtual learning …
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METACOGNITION IS ‘THINKING ABOUT THINKING’. It is the ability step out of one’s own mind and examine how we learn. Metacognition’s mantra is perhaps most succinctly stated by the Modern Philosopher Descartes almost 500 years ago in the year of 1637: Cogito Ergo Sum: I think therefore I am. In education we could add one …
Education is facing one of the greatest disruptions it has faced in recent year. The COVID – 19, the coronavirus, has forced schools to go from standard classroom teaching practices to fully flipped classrooms. Instead of using technologyfor classroom support, technology is now the teaching tool. This is changing the face of education at …
As an Assistant Principal at a school with over 500 sixth-twelfth graders, every day is different and brings new and exciting challenges. Part of my role is the point person for disciplinary matters. Often students are referred to me by teachers when a student has an outburst that may not be appropriate or manageable in …
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Education is facing one of the greatest disruptions it has faced in recent year. The COVID – 19, the coronavirus, has forced schools to go from standard classroom teaching practices to fully flipped classrooms. Instead of using technology for classroom support, technology is now the teaching tool. This is changing the face of education …
“Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress: Working hard for something we love is called passion.” ― Simon Sinek As educators, we are always looking for ways to create balance in our lives with the amount of work we put into our positions and the amount of ‘living’ we do outside …
We wanted to tell you all at once before we told the rest of the staff that your friend has died. Those are about the hardest words a person can hear. Questions arise. Emotional turmoil and internal struggle ensues. One can run the gamut of emotion in one day for no external reason whatsoever. The …
It is job search time for many people. The international teacher fairs are going on right now all over the world. Teachers and administrators are trying to connect for the perfect hiring spot. Everyone is looking for the perfect fit. The reality? The hiring process at an international job search fair for teachers is a …
