How To Stop Your Students From Being Bored
Here are 8 teaching strategies you can try to stop your students from being bored
Cornerstone concepts
Why Teacher Expectations Are Important For Student Achievement
Here are 7 ways that mean you have high expectations for students and why that is a great thing!
How To Get Your Students To Ask More Questions
Teachers talk 80% of the day
Ask 150-200 questions
Most are process based, requiring little analysis or relationships
Teachers allow approximately 3 seconds to respond
How To Build Positive Relationships With Students
Relationships are at the heart of all we do as teachers. Knowing how to build positive relationships with students is a cornerstone teaching skill.
If you think back to the teachers you had who really influenced you in a positive way and had an impact on your learning you will probably not remember the content of what they taught you. What you will remember is the way they treated you, how you felt in their class and the types of interactions you had.
Here are 13 great ways to build positive relationships with your students.
How To Promote Resilience In Your Students
Is resilience the key to student success?
How to promote resilience in our students is a hot topic in education and health at the moment and for a good reason.
Resilience is the ability to cope with negative life events and challenges. It has been described as the capacity to ‘bounce back’ from difficult situations and persist in the face of adversity.
Developing resilience in young people is considered by many as the antidote to the epidemic of mental ill-health across our society today.
The rate of students with anxiety and depression is of growing concern (Sawyer et al, 2000; Mission Australia, 2009) and schools are uniquely placed to contribute to healthy student attitudes and self-awareness.
5 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Teaching
Every time I meet a teacher in their first few years of teaching, my heart goes out to them! Nothing can prepare you for that first year when you feel like you will never remember all the things you are supposed to do…
If I could go back and speak to my young, eager, new-teacher self, here is what I would say:
How To Get Students To Do What You Want
We cannot control another person’s behaviour, but when we change what we do, we can increase the likelihood that students will do what we want.
Here are the top 11 mistakes teachers make with behaviour management.
How To Get Students To Like You
It is not necessary for your students to like you, but it is very important that they think you like them!
Relationships are the cornerstone of your work as a teacher; kids will work harder for you when they know you care about them.
The Top Ten Mistakes Teachers Make with Student-Teacher Relationships….
How To Get Your Students To Do Their Work
Getting your students to do their work can sometimes be difficult!
There are times when kids are disruptive or challenging because they are bored!
A relevant curriculum combined with student-centred, engaging pedagogy, can go a long way to preventing off-task behaviour. Here are the top 10 mistakes teachers make.
How To Teach Students To Get Along With Each Other
School is a social environment and student learning is dependent on relationships. It is important for students to get along with each other as well as build relationships with teachers. Positive, supportive relationships are essential, because students need to feel safe to make mistakes within the learning environment