Month: August 2021

Sharing photos of pets and expressing a range of emotions are ways in which teachers can be themselves at school and in the process “enhance the learning environment and improve our overall job satisfaction,” writes longtime Houston educator Crystal Frommert for Edutopia.

Read her full teaching strategies column here.…

Prior to being a tutor, Keven Tell says he had “never given a serious thought to a career in education.”

“Full- or part-time tutoring experiences could have a similar impact on others,” writes Tell, a public school teacher in Minneapolis since 2014, for The Hechinger Report. “In fact, tutoring might be one solution to help address the teacher shortage following the pandemic, while providing meaningful work for new college graduates looking to make a positive difference in the world — and helping students learn.”…

Jaren Maynard, a fourth-grade teacher in Virginia, encourages her fellow elementary educators to put aside tried-and-true skill books in favor of something new.

“There are tons of great culturally inclusive texts being published every year that need to be read and discussed in our classrooms,” she writes for Edutopia. “These texts do more than just allow students to make character connections and develop comprehension skills.”…

Classroom disruptions “can be kept to a minimum by employing subtle techniques that work behind the scenes to create a positive classroom culture,” writes Edutopia’s Youki Terada.

Planning your environment and picking your battles are among Terada’s tips for teachers to establish a positive culture in class. Read more here.…