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Katie

2008-05-04T20:30:59Z

Katie is our spring "intern." She graduated from Williams two years ago and has spent the past year teaching at an international school in Brazil. She is currently working on her elementary certification, observing classes at the local elementar...

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Reply

2008-04-30T02:38:42Z

Reply to Dave's comment and blog post: Momo, 1) I don’t think your comments are particularly aggressive, or something to regret later. As long as you’ve known me, you know I love a good debate, so I take no offense at our difference of opinion (...

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First Year

2008-04-29T15:37:47Z

Great post by Michelle: During summer school you'll be told to manage your classroom in a way that seems dehumanizing and demeaning. Do it. It won't seem necessary in your summer school class. Ignore that. Your students in your classrooms come ...

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Time and Attrition

2008-03-05T14:13:48Z

Posts on attrition here and here. Here are the posts on low pay, classroom management, intensity, administration, outside issues, and promotion. Last week's issue of Time had a cover story on "How to Make Better Teachers." Included in that ar...

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The Bell Curve and The Mole...

2008-03-04T16:44:48Z

I often tell the first-years that when it comes to classroom management you will have three or four students in each class that will behave no matter what, three or four that will act up no matter what, and everyone else is in the middle and can ...

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Classroom Management

2008-02-20T22:36:40Z

Over the next few days I will be exploring different reasons for why teachers leave the profession. I have already posted on low pay and the first two posts on attrition are here and here. The current issue of Time has a cover story on teaching....

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Attrition

2008-02-12T23:21:32Z

Over the last six weeks two of the first-years have quit their job teaching and, obviously, the Teacher Corps. This is a pretty rare occurrence, but frustrating nonetheless. I have some thoughts on why a person quits, but let's go to the number...

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More Management...

2007-10-25T01:26:44Z

Here is a great quote from one of the first-years on Classroom Management: "The students know how class is going to run, how to behave, and frequently self-regulate. They can expect the same consequences every time I catch them, or suspect them: ...

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Rules, Consequences, and Classroom Management...

2007-10-24T02:35:52Z

The first-years will be up on Saturday so I plan to talk about consequences a little bit at that point, but I think it is a subject worthy of a blog post. I have visited several of the first-years in their classroom; I have talked with many of t...

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The First Days of School...

2007-07-26T20:59:52Z

Two Mississippi Teacher Corps Alumi, Elizabeth Savage and Tiffany Bartlett, recently did a workshop on the days leading up to the first day of school. Here is their presentation:

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