What Should My Bathroom Pass Policy Be as a High School Teacher?
Bathroom Pass Philosophy To pee or not to pee -- that is the question. Bathroom pass philosophy runs deep and divides. Should you monitor and micromanage that magical pass? Or should students...
Have you gotten a new job teaching high school? Congratulations! You have entered a unique profession that is full of thrills, chills and spills — literally and figuratively! Starting any new job...
Why should you use games as review in your class? -Games are fun, and test review games are useful and AWESOME. Reviewing for an exam can be an enlightening formative assessment in and of...
What are Bell Ringers aka Do Nows & How to Use Them (with examples)
What do you call the first activity that you assign students as they enter your classroom? Are they warm-ups, do-nows, bell ringers, the hook, sit-down-and-start-working-or-else? Everybody has a...
WHY IS LESSON PLANNING SUCH A CHALLENGE? One 45 minute lesson can EASILY take 2 hours to plan. This translates to 10 – 30 hours per week of planning, depending upon how many courses you teach. The...
7 Effective Classroom Management Strategies for New High School Teachers
I wish that there was one secret trick to achieve a classroom culture that is respectful and conducive to learning. There’s not. This is an area where a lot of little things count. A teacher...
