Lessons for Distance Learning: 3 Tips for Integrating Technology Into Your Lesson Plans

Lessons for Distance Learning: 3 Tips for Integrating Technology Into Your Lesson Plans

Posted on by Michele Luck
Technology, though innovative and great, does not come without its limitations. In fact, I am often weary of assigning a full day of one-to-one lessons as I don't want my students absorbed in their Chromebooks. I shy away from going...Read More
White Privilege in the Classroom: How to Teach Racial Equality as a White Teacher

White Privilege in the Classroom: How to Teach Racial Equality as a White Teacher

Posted on by Michele Luck
Unless you've pulled a Rip Van Winkle, you're probably acutely aware of the heightened state of racial inequality brought to light in the past few months. If you're a white teacher (and statistics show that 79% of teachers in 2017-2018...Read More
5 Tips for First Year Teachers: How to Make Your First Year Amazing

5 Tips for First Year Teachers: How to Make Your First Year Amazing

Posted on by Michele Luck
As a first year teacher, you may be feeling a plethora of negative emotions: scared, nervous, anxious, inferior, or even unprepared. But you shouldn't! Your education and training have prepared you for this! Remind yourself that you are competent, knowledgeable,...Read More
The Well-Managed Classroom: Tips & Tricks for Classroom Management

The Well-Managed Classroom: Tips & Tricks for Classroom Management

Posted on by Michele Luck
While you are making the most of your summer break and planning ahead to next school year, it may also be beneficial to consider classroom management. As with all things planning, nailing down your classroom management goals and techniques early...Read More
Brain Breaks for Teachers: Work Smarter, Not Harder During the COVID-19 Quarantine

Brain Breaks for Teachers: Work Smarter, Not Harder During the COVID-19 Quarantine

Posted on by Michele Luck
Many teachers were probably burning the midnight oil before the United States went into quarantine from the Novel Coronavirus. With teaching responsibilities moved to digital platforms, student (and parent) questions coming in all day long, and perhaps even your own...Read More
Creating an Interactive (and Engaging) Classroom for Effective Behavior Management

Creating an Interactive (and Engaging) Classroom for Effective Behavior Management

Posted on by Michele Luck
Middle and high school teachers often state that their greatest challenge is finding effective classroom management strategies. Classroom management is usually taught in education preparation programs, but it is skimmed over or introduced from older manuals and programs that worked...Read More
I Have a Dream: Teaching Unity for Martin Luther King Day and Black History Month

I Have a Dream: Teaching Unity for Martin Luther King Day and Black History Month

Posted on by Michele Luck
Over five decades ago, the inspiring Martin Luther King, Jr., summed up our purpose as teachers. "The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of...Read More