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Seasonal and Side Gigs for Educators Post 1 - Teaching ESL Online
Listen Read Let’s face it: education is not exactly known for its great pay and benefits. The contract hours are fairly decent, and you get holidays, most weekends, and most evenings “off” (although truthfully, we spend much of that time prepping, planning, and grading), but the pay is not sufficient...
7 Questions With Tara Garczewski
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "My name is Tara Garczewski. I work for St. Vitus Catholic School. I am a 3rd grade teacher. I am the technology teacher for the entire building. I am also the Stream Lab teacher so lots of rules there with my...
7 Questions With Michelle Ervin
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "My name is Michelle Ervin. I am a teacher. I teach ESL at Revere High School which is in Revere, MA. I have been at this school for almost 2 years but I have been teaching 21 maybe 22, I keep...
7 Questions With Joey Miller
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hi, my name is Joey Miller. I am a 7th grade Math at Ringgold Middle School in Ringgold, GA. That is just outside of Chattanooga, TN. I have been at Ringgold Middle school for this is starting my 7th year. I started...
Resource Roundup for Paraprofessionals
Listen Read Support staff members (a.k.a. Paraprofessionals, Paraeducators, Teaching Assistants, etc…) are some of the most underutilized members of the education community. There are a few reasons for this, possibly the most critical being the lack of training offered to assist them in increasing their effectiveness. In some states, paraprofessionals...
7 Questions With Star Higginbotham
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hi, my name is Star Higginbotham. I am a teacher at Bunkie High School in Bunkie, LA where I have spent 15 of my 17s and I am very proud to be a panther." Why did you start a career in...
What Happens in Pre-Kindergarten
Listen Read In education, it’s uncommon to have much of an opportunity to see what happens in other classrooms, let alone what happens on campuses of a different level. Yet everything done in one level is built upon all that has happened before it, and each new level provides a...
7 Questions With Tiffanie Gray
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hi, my name is Tiffanie Gray. I am a 5th grade teacher at Westwood Elementary in Oklahoma and I have taught there for 2 years." Why did you start a career in education? "I started teaching because I felt that...
Whose ARD Is This, Anyway?
Listen Read 10 Tips for Making Sure the Secondary Student Is the Focus of the ARD Imagine being an adolescent who struggles in school, walking into a stuffy room and sitting at a table with 8 adults while they all talk about you as though you weren’t even present. This...
7 Questions With Lori Hagee
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? “Hi, my name is Lori Hagee. I am a 4th grade teacher at Neil Armstrong Elementary School, located in Morrisville, IN just a few miles southwest of Indianapolis. Morrisville is better known as the home of the Indiana state flag....
Top 5 Educator Panel Articles
The Important Of Motor Breaks in the School Day - Every kid needs to move from time to timeThe Best Education Pinterest Boards to Follow - You're on Pinterest any way :)The Best Ways To Support Students In and Out of Class - They perform better if supported10 Ways to Boost Morale For...
7 Questions With Lenyell Hickman
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? “My name is Ms. Hickman. I teach at Kemp Primary School, which is located in Hampton, GA. I have been there for 5 years now.” Why did you start a career in education? “I started teaching because I used to...