Job Hunt
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Find "Your Person"
No matter what stage of your career you are in, keep your eyes, ears--and heart--open to finding "your person." Why? Because you are called to a profession with quite a daunting task: educating, supporting, and loving the children and youth who are our future.
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
MEET YOUR BRAND
Today, take ten minutes to create--or better manage--your personal branding campaign. Make this a 3-4 times a week habit and you'll be building a solid, professional reputation in no time. A few ideas to get your started:
Teacher Preparation
Opinion
My Residency Experience: Paying it Forward
I know I owe much of my current classroom success to Louisiana's Believe and Prepare program for providing the support and yearlong residency training that prepared me to be the teacher I am today.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Why Consider Substitute Teaching? (I'm Talking to You, December Grads!)
Subbing is be a bridge to full-time employment for many educators. All of us who have ever filled out a standard application with a question about whether or not we'd be willing to substitute have paused to consider the option carefully.
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
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So You Want to Be a Teacher?
From tips on starting your job search, to effectively using professional references, to preparing for interviews, we’ve got you covered.
Teacher Preparation
Opinion
Teacher Support: Elimination of stress begins with identifying your stressors
Before you can tackle stress you need to know what is stressing you out.
Teaching Profession
Va. Governor Asks Retired Teachers to Come Back to Work to Curb Shortage
Gov. Terry McAuliffe has asked more than 500 teachers to consider going back to work in a high-poverty school district that struggles to fill teacher vacancies.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Teacher Support and RTI
Determine what RTI information your school would like to present to staff, as well as the degree of faculty input and discussion needed.
Teacher Preparation
Opinion
Collaborative Teacher Support: "Seeing Is Believing"
Establishing a culture of teacher support begins and ends with support systems that are designed to promote collaboration and feedback among teachers.
Teacher Preparation
Opinion
Is your school's teacher evaluation system focused on teacher support or teacher dismissal?
School leaders with a negative orientation toward teacher evaluation typically focus on pointing out the negatives they've observed and issuing mandates for improvement or dismissal. On the other hand school leaders who develop a positive orientation toward using teacher evaluation as a teacher support mechanism are making the strides necessary to meet their student achievement goals and teacher satisfaction goals.
Teacher Preparation
Opinion
Teacher Preparation is Evolving
Recently, Louisiana's state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education adopted teacher preparation policies that provide a yearlong residency for all aspiring teachers. These policies will take effect for all preservice teachers in the fall of 2018, but Monroe City Schools is not waiting until then to get involved.
Teacher Preparation
Opinion
Professional Reflections of a Mentor Teacher
Imagine you learn that a loved one is in dire need of an emergency, life-saving surgery. Think of the flood of emotions, anxiety, and concerns you would immediately feel. Now imagine discovering that the doctor slated to perform the operation was in her first year of practice.
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
LEGACY AS AN EDUCATOR
I remember my first year teaching and my first superstar moment in Wal-Mart. Every teacher has this moment. Your superstar moment is when you are walking down an aisle in a grocery store or other location, minding your own business and you hear a giggle in the background or a "that's her".
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
Never Stop Learning!!
As educators we are not paid the way professional athletes are but really, do we need to be paid every time we are asked to learn. To grow as an educator, one thing I always encourage professional educators to do is attend professional development opportunities to grow in their craft.