The 5 Cs for becoming a great teacher:

Care about kids

Form a connection with kids

Master your content

Deliver the curriculum

Critique their learning and reteach.

I’d like to introduce Assistant Principal Caitlin Clark.

Did the movie, “Shallow Hal” teach you nothing?!

I think there’s a misunderstanding by some teachers on here that having a teaching degree magically makes you a “master teacher.”

Does anyone find it ironic that some teachers will complain about working outside of their contract hours but then expect students to do homework at home?

What if teachers broke down game film like football coaches?

Imagine if each week you reviewed at least one hour of class “game film.”

I think that would go a long way to improving teaching.

PD = Please Don’t

Can’t wait for tomorrow.

Thoughts?

Student apathy is driven, in large part, by the fact that students find what we teach irrelevant and obsolete.

Agree or disagree?

Some teachers won’t want to hear this but, “Grace” is often simply an excuse to not hold students accountable.

Universal school vouchers but not Universal Pre-K? Even weirder.

Don’t forget that the best PD may be talking to the teacher down the hallway.

Kids often see elementary school as “fun” and secondary school as “boring.”

What’s the disconnect?

We can't starve our public schools and then punish them for failing.

It's simple: Public money is for public schools.

Dorien Grey Goose You need the break more than they need you to meet your deadline.

I took a personal day today and I’m drinking wine with my wife.

AMA.

What is something in education that feels like cheating but isn’t?

For me, it’s listening to audiobooks.