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New Teacher Academy: Building Relationships

Lisa Michelle DabbsFebruary 14, 2012

Tags Classroom Management, New Teachers, Professional Learning Network (PLN), , Teacher Development, All Grades

Welcome to the fifth and final week of Edutopia's New Teacher Academy blog series! I'm excited to be here with you sharing my passion to support and mentor new teachers. It's been great to have had the opportunity to provide resources for new teachers in five key areas. As we wrap up our series, we will continue to collaborate on these five topics in more detail on New Teacher chat, my weekly chat on Twitter, and also at my blog Teaching with Soul.

New Teacher Academy: Classroom Management

Lisa Michelle DabbsJanuary 17, 2012

Tags Classroom Management, New Teachers, Professional Development, , Teacher Development, All Grades

Welcome to Edutopia's New Teacher Academy! I'm so happy to be here sharing my passion to support and mentor new teachers. I hope that you will join us for all five key topics that we'll cover in this series, because that's our mission: offering resources to new teachers. To collaborate in more detail on these and other topics, I invite you to join my weekly New Teacher chat on Twitter, and also to visit my blog Teaching with Soul.

How One School Beats the Odds Every Day

David MarkusNovember 30, 2011

Tags Achievement Gap, Classroom Management, Leadership, Principals, , Teacher Development, Urban Schools, Middle (6-8), High (9-12), Math, North Carolina

The year is 2006.

Superintendent Peter Gorman of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District in North Carolina is visiting Cochrane Middle School, a struggling school in a high-poverty community in east Charlotte. Known for his no-nonsense determination to turn around the district's failing schools, Gorman minces no words in describing Cochrane: "This may be the worst school I have ever seen."

Your Classroom Is Not an Airplane!

Nicholas ProvenzanoNovember 7, 2011

Tags Classroom Management, Classroom Technology, Student Engagement, Technology Integration, Middle (6-8), High (9-12)

I was flying back from a conference the other day, and I noticed something very bizarre. As I waited for the plane to take off, I saw that the panel above me looked different than usual.

Teaching Students to Turn Empathy into Action

Maurice EliasOctober 11, 2011

Tags Bullying, Classroom Management, Curriculum, , Teacher Development

You have to read David Brooks' New York Times article about empathy. He challenges our emphasis on empathy as the main reason why people do good things for others. The essence of his argument is that the research on the relationship of empathy to being willing to do for others, and especially to go out of one's way to do for others, is not impressive.

Twenty Tips for Creating a Safe Learning Environment

Rebecca AlberSeptember 9, 2011

Tags Classroom Management, Learning Environments, Student Engagement, Teacher Development, All Grades

In honor of Edutopia's 20th anniversary, we're producing a series of Top 20 lists, from the practical to the sublime.

Twenty Tips for Creating a Safe Learning Environment

I visit a lot of classrooms. And I'm always fascinated by the variety of ways teachers launch the new school year and also with how they "run their rooms" on a daily basis.

Using Music in the Elementary Classroom (Warning: It May Get Loud)

Gaetan PappalardoAugust 30, 2011

Tags Arts Education, Classroom Management, Primary (K-2), Teacher Development, Upper Elementary (3-5), Music, Physical Education

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Artist: The Black Keys
Album: Magic Potion
Song: Modern Times

Music chimes in the background of our lives; and the special songs -- the ones that creep up our spines -- push to the foreground and move us deeply. Music allows us to feel and daydream, think and set goals.

Ten Tell-Tale Signs that It’s Time to Get Back to the Classroom

Holden ClemensAugust 19, 2011

Tags Classroom Management

As we move deeper into August, teachers start to get antsy as the first day of school approaches. Some teachers are thrilled and others are despondent. But most of us are somewhere in the middle -- sad about the end of summer, but ready to get back in the saddle. Over the years, I have come up with a system to let me know when it's time for a teacher to pick up the chalk again.

Twenty Things Elementary Kids Will Likely Say in September

Gaetan PappalardoAugust 19, 2011

Tags Classroom Management, Primary (K-2), Upper Elementary (3-5)

In honor of Edutopia's 20th anniversary, we're producing a series of Top 20 lists, from the practical to the sublime.

Twenty Things Elementary Kids Will Likely Say in September

Four Simple Tips to Start the Year Strong

Nicholas ProvenzanoAugust 18, 2011

Tags Classroom Management, Leadership, New Teachers, , Student Engagement, All Grades

I've been teaching for nearly 10 years and I still get butterflies in my stomach the day before classes start. I can only imagine what my new students must be feeling as they come to school. The first day really sets the tone for the rest of the school year and I want these new students to feel welcomed and comfortable the minute they walk into my room. Here are four easy tips to create an awesome first day experience.