You Will Make Big Mistakes. Apologize and Learn From Them.
If you’re like us, you’re mistake-averse. Our desire to be “mistake free” only increased in our time in the classroom.
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Episode 18: Being Real About What You Can (and Cannot) Expect to Accomplish as a Teacher
You have high expectations for your students and even higher expectations for yourself. When your students don’t perform the way…
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Addressing Potential Obstacles to a Collaborative BTSN
One part of a new school year that always seems to sneak up on us is Back to School Night. We forget (perhaps intentionally) that it’s coming, and then we’re scrambling to pull something together and enduring awkward presentations to the handful of parents who trickle through our doors each “period.”
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Episode 17: Trying Something Different This Back-to-School Night
Are you ready to leave that same old Back-to-School Night presentation behind in favor of something more interesting and engaging?…
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Episode 16: Helpful Beginning of the School Year Lessons and Units
You’re ready to start thinking about your beginning of the school year activities. Good for you. Starting to think about…
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An Easy Introduction to Interpretation Using the Art of Norman Rockwell
We projected images of Norman Rockwell paintings and asked students to make claims about each painting’s meaning as well as how specific details in the painting led them to make those claims.
