Don’t Make Your Classroom Flip, A Flop
Teachers constantly look for ways to make best use of their limited class time. That’s one reason why many teachers have taken to “flipping” their classrooms in recent years. ...
Class Management
Help Students Manage Test Anxiety
Tests and exams cause anxiety in teachers and students. The growing frequency of standardized tests and ongoing reports about ongoing mental-health issues among children and ...
Lunch Police: Should Educators Get Involved?
A grade two student shows up to school with dried cereal for lunch. She seems a bit lethargic, though she gobbles the cereal up. She is otherwise happy and doing well ...
Navigating Negativity: Conflict Resolution in the Classroom
Differences of opinions are bound to happen in a diverse society. This might consist of two kids arguing about computer time, disagreements over sports team affiliations, or ...
Snow Days: Creating Distance-Learning Opportunities
Snow days are routine for many teachers; some school calendars are planned with the assumption students will miss class because of bad weather. But school closures, ...
High School Angst: Calming Freshman Jitters
No matter the grade level you are teaching, the new school year brings excitement: a new class list, configuring seating arrangement, hanging inspirational posters or ...
Breaking Up: Strategies for Teaching Split Classes
The 2016-2017 school year could get off to a rocky start in Newfoundland and Labrador, before it even begins. In April, the government announced split-grade classes would be ...
Hope and Despair: Q&A with an Inner City School Teacher
Ed Boland wishes he’d read his book before he began teaching. After more than 20 years in educational administration, much of that time spent helping students from low-income ...
Bathrooms and Blackboards: Helping Students with IBD
School is a part of every child’s life. During their academic years, students deal with so many different facets of growth and development—physical, cognitive, emotional, and ...
Rows or Groups: The Classroom Seating Debate
When Catherine Hickey’s youngest daughter was in kindergarten, the teacher organized the class into rows. Some parents were up in arms: preschool was all play, and now the ...