Teacher readiness series #5 I’m not nearly as concerned about student readiness for school as I am about teacher readiness. As teachers we want our students to be successful. Part of their success will be our planning activities in such a way that the activity or learning makes sense and works for our students as well as for us. We will focus on particular activities in the next article. In th...
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Teacher readiness #4 I’m not nearly as concerned about student readiness for school as I am about teacher readiness. As teachers we tend to assume that words inherently have meaning. If I tell the class to be quiet, the students, of course, know what quiet means. Or do they? I admit that if I have an English as a Second Language learner, I don’t assume they know the meaning of my English word...
Read More »Teacher readiness series #3 I’m not nearly as concerned about student readiness for school as I am about teacher readiness. One of the experiences that we have all shared at some point as students is the teacher that thinks they will prevail in managing their classroom through many words. “Class, be quiet. Devon please, I am trying to teach here. Courtney, Courtney, Courtney. No, no Reese put ...
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Desiring to improve sales effectiveness, many organizations have focused on increasing the amount of time salespeople are actively engaged with customers selling, but a potentially better first step is to ensure that salespeople maximize the effectiveness of the entire selling process. The reason? The majority of a salesperson’s work is not done in front of a customer. Multiple studies have bee...
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Teacher readiness series #2 I’m not nearly as concerned about student readiness for school as I am about teacher readiness. Throughout the instructional day, students are going to be expected to let go of what they are currently doing and start something new. This can be more difficult for some students than others. At any given moment students can vary widely in their readiness to do something...
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I cannot stress how important it is to have a safe, predictable routine to start your student’s day. This will help you get those few spots in their working memory ready to work with you. Your routine will be a tremendous help in them being learning ready, and you, as the teacher, are the only one who can successfully do this for a classroom of students.
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While many people worry about aging and getting wrinkles, some others worry about neurodegenerative diseases like alzheimers. The first type of people, spend lots of money on treatments, creams, and cirgury procedures to fight the aging process. The second type, are mostly involved in a vicious circle of “worriness” that lead to more deterioration of the brain. But what is the best antidote agains...
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Taking responsibility for our brain health is the first step to preventing and dealing with legitimate circumstances specially duirng most vulnerable times.
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Falalalalalalalala: For the Classroom, For the Home, Workplace, and Every Little Place “In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich” –Dietrich Bonhoeffer One of my biggest goals this past year was to show more gratitude for the small things that people did for me. I felt that I always sent...
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Reflect for a moment on one of your favorite teachers and think about why he/she was your favorite. Was it the teacher’s: Fun and engaging environment? Kindness to you and others? Belief in you and your achievement? Calm nature? Care about your personal life? Care that you learned every single day? Or a combination of these items? All of these items are important in building a positive lea...
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