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.
As more schools adopt learning management systems with discussion board features, it’s easy to ignore them altogether or fall into the trap of creating the same frustrating “busy work” assignments we so dislike ourselves as students if we don’t take the time to think about how to utilize them in a way that is truly meaningful for students.
What teacher-to-be doesn’t imagine a lively and engaging whole-class discussion as she ponders what her classroom will be like? This…
No one likes to be criticized. Even when we say we’re “open to criticism” or that “constructive criticism is appreciated,”…
Have you ever changed your mind about assigning an activity, project, or essay because you thought to yourself, “I do…
Rubrics are a lifesaver when it comes to managing the grading load. Most English teachers are no stranger to rubrics—it’s how most of us grade essays—but in order to cut grading time and try to promote consistency within our PLC, we started using them for just about everything.