5 Ways to Make Your Classroom a Danger Zone
Most teachers want to create an environment that is warm and welcoming to the students who enter the doors of their classroom. As educators, we know that children learn best...
Obedience, Respect & Honor–What’s That?!
Have you ever given a direction to a student or reinforced a rule or procedure only to be on the receiving end of a set of rolled eyes or a...
How Praise is Crushing Self-Efficacy
Walk into any teacher store and you will find a slew of colorful stickers—Wow! Amazing! Great Job! You’re #1! Excellent! Smart Cookie! Good one! A++! We add brightly colored stickers...
6 Strategies to Avoid Making Decisions You’ll Regret
Teachers make hundreds of decisions every single day—from the most trivial to the most consequential. Does the number of decisions we make have any impact on the quality of our...
Happy New Year 2018
Happy New Year! Graciously say goodbye to 2017, whether with our limited perspective we saw it as a good year or a bad year. With gratitude for all you’ve learned...
