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The Rusty Gate
Teacher in a Strange Land —
Authority: 106
Myfriend and fellow Michigan teacher, Cossondra George, recently asked: Do teachers have a responsibility tobe the gatekeepers of their profession? Can we settle for allowing ourcolleagues to give students less than they deserve? Teachersought to serve as gatekeepers for admission into the ...2 days ago -
Religion Courses for Spring 2010 at Amarillo College
Frankly Speaking —
Authority: 415
This is likely my last post for this year. Maybe one more on the best books I read in 2009. Once we make it to 2010, I plan to resume the series on American Evangelicalism and Old Testament scholarship. Next up: The Boom and Bust of Biblical Archaeology . But now its time for an announcement: Classes for the Spring ...5 days ago -
Being Cruel To Be Kind
Tales from the Reading Room —
Authority: 486
Several years ago now I had a student in my translation class with quite severe Asperger’s syndrome. I had a special training session from the disability unit along with all the other teachers and tutorial staff who would have regular contact with her. The essential thing was to maintain a strict routine in class ...1 week ago -
PLCs at Work: An Interview with Teacher-Author Bill Ferriter
TLN Teacher Voices —
Authority: 403
Bill Ferriter’s participation in the Teacher Leaders Network began in March 2003, on the very first day of TLN’s existence. We kicked off TLN with an email conversation among 200 accomplished teachers, mostly from states in the southeast. The idea was to stage a series of 3-day chats exploring some key ...1 week ago -
What can I help you learn? Looking for mentees
sacha chua :: enterprise 2.0 consultant, storyteller, geek —
Authority: 436
As awkward as “mentee” sounds (I feel like I’m looking for minty sweets), it’s the preferred word at IBM. Protégé smacks of the old boys’ club, I guess. One of my priorities for 2010 is to share what I’m learning with even more people. The slow way is to reflect on what I’ve learned, write blog ...1 week ago -
Price Check On One Parakeet
On the Shoulders of Giants —
Authority: 103
My wonderful colleague, who teaches 8th grade science next door, got a parakeet for her classroom this year. It is small, cute and yellow and sings songs softly. Students were very excited when she introduced him and they have treated him with care for months. Students especially love the privilege of having the ...2 weeks ago -
Survival Mode
Speak Coffee to Me —
Authority: 123
Today I had 13 student conferences. More papers to comment on tonight and email back to students. I picked up short story reading from the magazines slush pile as well. I want to finish ten submissions tonight so that I can pick up ten more when I go into the office tomorrow. Yes, into the office on Saturday. I ...2 weeks ago -
Currently reading
Of Books and Bicycles —
Authority: 119
I’m slowly emerging from my middle-of-the-semester fog. Many teachers find the last couple weeks of the semester to be the worst, but I have the hardest time during the middle. It’s in the middle that I spend lots of hours writing comments on papers and helping students improve their work. At the end of the ...2 weeks ago -
Marking Minesweeper
Rob Miles' Journal —
Authority: 123
Spent pretty much all of today playing MineSweeper. Around 23 times. All of the first year get 15 minutes each to show off their programs and so Mike, Simon and myself were looking at how well they had done implementing this classic game. It never ceases to amaze me how different people find their own way to write ...2 weeks ago -
Confessions of a Twilight-Loving English Teacher
Teacher Leadership Today —
Authority: 103
One of the rites of passage for new members of the Teacher Leaders Network Forum is to pen an essay for our TLN partnership page at Teacher Magazine . Jennifer Morrison, high school English teacher, PhD candidate and lover of 18th/19th century novels of manners offered us the “Confessions of a Twilight ...3 weeks ago -
Being sick sucks
Life of Turner —
Authority: 109
There is almost nothing worse as a teacher than being sick; its so much more work to be sick than to go in and teach. In the midst of your illness, you have to come up with activities that your class can do that you are not needed for and explain to someone else how you want them done. This often means not getting the ...4 weeks ago -
Once Youre Stuffed with Turkey and Dressing...
Teacher Leadership Today —
Authority: 103
Once youre stuffed with turkey and dressing and Uncle Earl has begun to repeat stories from his oh-so-distant childhood, push back from the table, excuse yourself for some "Internet research," and partake of these recent writings by teachers in the Teacher Leaders Network. Cindi Rigsbee gives thanks for being ...4 weeks ago -
A Rigorous Thanksgiving
TLN Teacher Voices —
Authority: 403
David B. Cohen, NBCT Teacher Leaders Network With Thanksgiving arriving, we begin to hear and read commentaries about all that we are thankful for. As a teacher, I am mindful of the role teachers have played in my own life. Of course, the climate and values in education have changed somewhat since the 1970s, ...4 weeks ago -
The Doldrums
The Jose Vilson: The Blog —
Authority: 491
Lost At Sea She sits there, black marker in her left hand, pencil in her right, switching from one to the other like a pendulum, clocked to the rhythm of her observant teacher’s sustained looks in her general direction. Days after an extended conversation with her teacher about the merits of putting in her effort, ...5 weeks ago -
The Doldrums
The Jose Vilson: The Blog —
Authority: 491
Lost At Sea She sits there, black marker in her left hand, pencil in her right, switching from one to the other like a pendulum, clocked to the rhythm of her observant teacher’s sustained looks in her general direction. Days after an extended conversation with her teacher about the merits of putting in her effort, ...5 weeks ago -
Great Expectations and the Disheartened
On the Shoulders of Giants —
Authority: 103
After reading Nancy Flanagans post at Teacher In a Strange Land about Public Agendas report on Teaching for a Living: How Teachers See the Profession Today, I am questioning whether I fit into the contented, idealist, or disheartened category of teacher. Like some of the teachers she mentions, I think I may ...5 weeks ago
