This year as a first-year administrator, I was given the responsibility of student scheduling. This forced me to learn really fast what is involved in putting students in their classes. As a teacher, I really didn’t think about the process involved in scheduling. I just expected the students to show up, and I’d teach […]
One of the blogs on my RSS Readers list is Mr. Bernia’s blog The Principal’s Principles (@MrBernia) Mr. Bernia is a middle school principal who recently added a post to his blog about the pledge he made to his staff. As a new administrator, I thought I would sit down and create a pledge to […]
What a week! My first week as an administrator after 23 years as a classroom teacher was a week I will never forget. I thought I was ready. I thought I had everything under control. I thought I had planned for every contingency. I was wrong. I arrived at my school at 7:45 a.m., which […]
Yesterday, I attended a professional development event for my new school. As you know, after 23 years of being a classroom teacher, I have moved into administration. My principal put together a team-building workshop where the teachers at my new school gathered to meet and learn some strategies to help them work better in collaborative […]
Teach Happier - 21 stress-reducing, joy-inspiring, burnout-avoiding strategies to help teachers love their jobs and have more success in the classroom - Sam Rangel