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All about teachers and the world of teaching; teachers sharing their best and worst interactions with students, best teaching practices, the path to becoming a teacher, and more.
How An Educator Views Their Students
The role of an educator may not necessarily be the most cushy out there. There are that many different types of students and personalities. Some are great, some are the type that you'd want to get out of your classroom as quickly as possible because they just get on your nerves. Some are good at communicating but just can't seem to grasp the course material no matter how hard you try to deconstruct concepts for them.
By Dr Joel Yong6 years ago in Education
Thoughts Every Substitute Teacher Has While Subbing
Have you every wondered what your teacher is really thinking? What about your substitute teacher? As a former teacher, now stay-at-home-mom, and current sub, I think I have experienced nearly all of the struggles of subbing. As a sub, you never know what you are walking into or how the day is going to go. Sometimes it is a fun adventure and other times you are counting the minutes until your day is over. Continue on to read an example of some of the thoughts likely to run through a substitute teacher's head on a given day.
By Haley Peterson6 years ago in Education
Struggle, doubt, and post-graduate clarity: becoming the teacher you're destined to be.
Remember as you went through university, your lecturers spoke about teaching like they all knew you would have a future in teaching? They spoke about teaching philosophies like you could readily remember what yours was at any time. They expected you to grasp learning theories and apply them to practices or connect them to teaching and learning models. You were constantly expected to discuss and justify the best approaches in seminars and have debates to see multiple views of education.
By Hayden Laird6 years ago in Education
Auntie Liz and the Kalumburu kids.
Teaching is a good lark for the work-shy, some say. Little physical labour, not much mental work either after the first year when you’ve got your lesson plans all done, and there’s a short working day with 12 weeks’ annual leave and you get a fulltime salary. Perhaps some teachers do take up the profession with an easy life in mind, but I know one Australian teacher who didn’t.
By Julian Treadwell6 years ago in Education
Erin Greenwell: Your New Favorite Filmmaker
COVID-19 may have put a dent in the Marymount Manhattan College spring semester, but that isn't stopping Erin Greenwell from encouraging students to showcase their artwork and make social change. As soon as it was announced my NYC college would switch to online learning, Erin emailed a message to the entire community asking for drawings to be sent to the women of the Bedford Hills College Program: an organization that allows incarcerated women to receive an accessible college education while still carrying out their sentences at Bedford Hills. Below is a video Erin made about the program...
By Kathryn Milewski6 years ago in Education
Dr. Teter Had the Invaluable Quality of Making it Easy to Ask Questions
38 years ago I showed up at Plattsburgh State to major in Computer Science. I did well in a high school programming course but had no idea if I had the intellectual capacity to write code in college. Short of that, I had no backup plan, and the future seemed insecure.
By Rich Monetti6 years ago in Education
A Hero Who Speaks The Language of Compassion
The Statue of Liberty stands tall in the New York Harbor, still broadcasting a simple but important message. “Welcome.” But in the last few years, that nation-defining message has been obscured by those who would ignite the embers of fear and hatred. Too often, even those who enter this country legally to pursue their individual dream and then be a collective part of the American Dream are met with suspicion, enmity and sometimes even violence.
By Frank Racioppi6 years ago in Education
The Picky Nursing Instructor
She said “I’m going to weed you out” and my breath stopped in my throat. It was the second semester of Nursing school and the first semester I would be going to our local hospital for clinical experience, not sitting in an auditorium taking notes. This can’t be right, I thought. She must be joking. However, the tall mahogany-skinned instructor set her mouth in a straight line and didn’t break into a smile.
By Susan Elizabeth Bartlett6 years ago in Education
What Teachers Really Say to Students About the Coronavirus
Today, with the world fearing the new deadly disease, Coronavirus is spreading like wildfire. Majority of the people are taking it on a lighter note because they aren't aware of its effects. Yet, several institutes have initiated the act of spreading awareness in the form of basic facts and history about the virus. If we look at it closely, youngsters mostly school going students are prone to getting infected, including older aged people. Both of them tend to be less careful and are more exposed to germs. For students, teachers around the UK are trying to educate them and teach them about basic preventive measures.
By Ashleejean6 years ago in Education
How Coronavirus Affects Educators
Hello my lovelies. So I want to make this post because this is something that affects everyone. As you all know I am an educator and in Virginia school has been closed for the last week and a half due to the coronavirus or its as it is better known as COVID-19. This school closure not only affects me as an educator, this affects my students in terms of their learning.
By Alix Nicole6 years ago in Education
