If your behavior management is spot on, your school year will be a breeze, but if it’s wobbly? Watch out for a rocky year. All Really Good Teachers know that behavior management is perhaps the most important skill you can master as an effective teacher. If you’re struggling, don’t worry. We’ve compiled advice from some…
Whole Brain Teaching
When the class roster is stacked with more boys than girls, there is a definite need to adjust teaching styles and approaches. The idea that boys are more physical, more active, and more prone to struggle with quiet classroom activities is firmly backed up with scientific studies on the differences between the male and female…
Music Masters
by Barbara Gruener, Guest Columnist I just spent the most wonderful week teaching at my church’s summer Music Camp and you won’t believe what my assignment was: Recorder Class. I know, I know, that does NOT necessarily sound like your dream job, mid-July, trapped inside with fifty kindergarten-through-fifth-graders squeaking out notes on those plastic instruments.…