Episode 30: School Grading Systems: Trying to Make Sense of Grades
Traditional grading, standards-based grading, grade floors, it’s all enough to make any teacher’s head spin. What is a student’s grade…
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Episode 29: How to Reset for a New Semester
We’ve all been there before. At least once. At some point during the fall semester, the wheels started coming off…
Episode 28: Teachers Under Pressure: Semester Grades
Grades. Pressure. Anxiety. For us, these three words were inextricably linked with the end of the semester, and the months…
Episode 27: Academic Dishonesty: How to Deal With Cheating in Your Classroom
“To Catch a Cheater” could be the title of a hidden camera investigation episode of a tv news show or…
Episode 26: Whole Class Discussions: Finding What Works for You
What teacher-to-be doesn’t imagine a lively and engaging whole-class discussion as she ponders what her classroom will be like? This…
Episode 25: Teacher Tips: Responding to Criticism (Because It’s Inevitable)
No one likes to be criticized. Even when we say we’re “open to criticism” or that “constructive criticism is appreciated,”…