As teachers, we are always looking for ways to optimise the learning for our students, whilst also taking little extra preparation time.
Simple, effective ways to engage your students that won’t require any extra work for you!
Here are some simple techniques you can add to your teaching to engage even the most difficult students with no extra time. There are hundreds of interesting ways for students to learn and many of them take very little additional preparation time. In fact, the lecture style of content delivery (‘chalk and talk’) is …
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Happiness, energy and confidence are boosted by focusing on teacher wellbeing. Both yours and your students!
There is no doubt that in schools where there are high levels of harmony and a positive outlook, staff usually experience greater job satisfaction; improved sense of belonging; stronger loyalty; greater commitment; less absenteeism; and higher levels of job performance.
The talk in your head impacts your wellbeing.
Gandhi said,
‘I will not let anyone walk through my mind with his dirty feet.’
Sometimes we are the ones with the dirty feet in our own minds!
Have you ever had Imposter Syndrome?
Have you ever taught something important to your students and then thought ‘Hey, who am I to sprout about all of this? or ‘Hey, I don’t do that!’
It’s your first teaching gig! How ridiculously wonderful and absolutely terrifying at the same time!
At last you get to put into practice all that you have learnt for your very own students.
Going back to school can be a time of great excitement… and anxiety. These simple tips can help parents and students have the best start to the year possible.
While you may already give a lot of thought to increasing academic results by improving your instruction, providing better resources and designing better units of work, have you given any thought to the social and emotional development of your students?
Here are 3 steps outline how you can improve academic results through a social and emotional curriculum
Teaching is one of those rare occupations where you never feel as though you have actually achieved anything.
There is always the vague feeling that if you just had a bit more time, or an extra set of hands or some inspired thinking you would be a better teacher.
Becoming a great teacher doesn’t happen overnight. It is the combination of experience, passion and self-reflection that makes a successful teacher.