The calendar doesn’t lie: you’re not going to finish the book before finals. Whether things took longer than you expected, your school administrators threw unanticipated schedule changes your way, or you just miscounted (it’s happened to us all), you’re stuck wondering what to do.
There are meaningful activities you can do with your students in those last weeks that will help make things feel a little bit more manageable for everyone and, perhaps, buy you a few more minutes to work through your to-do list.
An essential foundation for any successful strategy addressing academic honesty is a direct discussion with students about cheating in your classroom. You might be tempted to assume we all have the same working definition of cheating. We do not.
“To Catch a Cheater” could be the title of a hidden camera investigation episode of a tv news show or…
The student with chronic absences is an entirely different situation altogether. This type of absent student is not the one who misses a week of class because of a particularly bad case of the flu, one with chronic absences tends to miss at least one, if not more, day every.single.week. It’s like they’re on a completely different calendar than the rest of us.
I’ve always struggled with an impossible workload and the ever-present feeling I’m not doing nearly enough. And after an OCD diagnosis and a major case of burnout contributed to my decision to leave the classroom last February, I’m passionate about encouraging those still in the classroom to practice teacher-self care and remember taking time for yourself is so important. But I catch myself struggling to practice what I preach.