More Resume and Cover Letter tips

Be sure to list all applicable skills used and acquired on a previous job. Think back to the licenses and certifications required of you during that time. For example, beginner training often requires specific software awareness. Google Certified, Reading Program, or specific skill needed. Cover letters are a great way to be sure a smallContinue reading “More Resume and Cover Letter tips”

Resumes and Cover Letters Tips

Reminders: *List ALL of your essential attributes associated with the intended job description. If an outdoors job, make a point to spend some time acquiring and growing your knowledge base towards certifications or licenses that benefit and interest you in the field. For example, an outdoors-related area might include first aid or a ham radioContinue reading “Resumes and Cover Letters Tips”

Test Prep Gallery Walks should start in first weeks of school and become a routine.

Test prep that starts from the beginning of the school year becomes a routine students are very familiar with and become better test takers by habit. The further out we teach study habits and test taking strategies, the better nervous or lazy test takers become simply by…habit. Take ten test questions and cut them outContinue reading “Test Prep Gallery Walks should start in first weeks of school and become a routine.”

Planning to get my doctorate in Education and scholarships available like earning a bold.org scholarship

As a teacher of twenty-three years, it is an educational utopian dream for higher education to continue on to my next step of pursuing my doctorate in Educational Philosophies and Practices. With all the demands and rigor of today’s educational needs for both the classroom teacher and students, it is important that thoughtful, careful considerationContinue reading “Planning to get my doctorate in Education and scholarships available like earning a bold.org scholarship”

Teacher Communication and Feedback with students

One of the most essential components of classroom environment is the communication a teacher provides for students to know if they are learning and learning correctly. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Posting a grade without giving the students perspective on what to review and understand better isn’t the best move for assuring student learning. Dock late points,Continue reading “Teacher Communication and Feedback with students”

Teaching Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing is an easy skill to teach but taking it to the level needed for standards-based teaching is something that needs to be checked periodically. Just simply looking for the clues doesn’t make the deeper understanding of the character’s motives or actions comprehended. When asking students question stems, take the question higher than, “What doesContinue reading “Teaching Foreshadowing”

Distance Learning-Ideas for preparing lessons

With Coronavirus interruptions in the regular school schedules, it’s imperative we keep the students reading to not lose ground. It is statistical that students digress over long periods of time away from learning so keeping them working on any work at all helps. Here are some easy ways to keep them working. Whether your schoolContinue reading “Distance Learning-Ideas for preparing lessons”

How to teach note taking and citing evidence to elementary and middle school grades.

There are many ways to teach citing evidence in a text as you read. Get creative, make it a game. Search and Find. Hide and Seek. Give it a name. The students aren’t always bamboozled by your cleverness but it still makes it better than “boring”. Here is a sample of what you could haveContinue reading “How to teach note taking and citing evidence to elementary and middle school grades.”

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