Harnessing the Power of AI Tools for Teachers
By: Teacher.org Staff | Apr 11, 2024
For most teachers, the initial reaction to artificial intelligence was horror. After all, if AI was able to write assignments in an instant, or pass standardized exams, the possibilities for students cheating skyrocketed.
But on reflection, AI has more to offer to teachers and students through legitimate educational uses than illicit ones.
The key challenge for teachers today is to identify those uses and ...
Text Coding: A Reading Strategy for Struggling Readers
By: Michelle Areaux | Aug 24, 2016
Text coding is a reading strategy where students mark up a text with symbols: a star for important information, a question mark for confusion, an exclamation point for surprise. As a text coding reading strategy, it can give students a concrete way to track their thinking while reading, and it ...
5 Trends in Professional Development We Must Think About
By: Jon Konen | Aug 23, 2016
We know that professional development of a teaching staff is the number one strategy to increase student achievement. In fact, I believe in it so much that I devote over 1/3 of my budget on professional development. Looking at the ways in which teachers like to receive the professional development ...
The Power Of Positive Thought
By: Maury Cook | Aug 22, 2016
Michael Jordan was cut from his basketball team around his sophomore year of high school. Imagine if he had listened to the person who told him he was not good enough and decided to play baseball instead. What would the outcome have been? Would Air Jordan exist? I wonder…. As ...
212 Degrees of Customer Service in Education
By: Jon Konen | Aug 17, 2016
Dr. Bill Daggett preaches, “Culture trumps strategy!” How do we get our whole school to focus on culture? Let’s take the school’s temperature…If 100 degree is warm, than 212 degrees is boiling! Customer service in education may not seem foreign to many educators, but this is what we do every ...
5 Strategies to Teach Children Patience That My Dad Taught Me
By: Jon Konen | Aug 8, 2016
Can you teach patience? I think you can! Having an amazing dad that is the epitome of patience has taught me a lot. Staff members wonder why I don’t get rattled when a kid yells, screams, or even tries to throw stuff at me when they are frustrated. It goes ...
A New Normal – Explaining Loss to Child with Special Needs
By: Mary McLaughlin | Aug 1, 2016
Last week I enjoyed the best kind (in my mind) of vacation: a beach vacation. The opportunity to sit and watch the waves crash to shore in a pulsing, cacophonous, capacious rhythm which makes my heart happy, my mind relax, and my body become serenely placid. Ahh…the joys of getting ...
How to Be a Team Player as a Teacher
By: Tricia Koechig | Jul 29, 2016
Being a team player as a teacher means treating your colleagues as your first resource rather than your competition. Lean on a mentor or veteran teacher, share what works in your classroom, and show up for the people who share your hallway. Schools run on grade-level teams and professional learning ...
Not 400:1, But 400 1:1s – 21 Tips to Form Strong Kid Relationships
By: Jon Konen | Jul 29, 2016
Ratios can be valuable pieces of data, if used correctly. Math gets in our way sometimes of seeing what truly is meaningful in education. We track assessment data, individual education plans, and even formative data on how students respond in science classes. The data we can’t track are the intangibles, ...
Caring Communication
By: Tricia Koechig | Jul 8, 2016
Communication has been defined as “the act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express or exchange information or to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc. to someone else (Merriam-Webster).” Communication takes place from the time of your birth and throughout your entire life. There are many ...
Free Professional Development for Teachers: How Sweet It Is
By: Mary McLaughlin | Jul 7, 2016
Free professional development for teachers is easier to find than most of us assume. State-run platforms, university centers, and educator communities all offer courses at no cost. Many issue certificates of completion, though whether those hours count toward licensure depends on your state and district rules. Verify before you enroll.
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