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What is Your Teacher Personality

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Are you the ditto master, the strict disciplinarian, the fair and balanced, or the popular teacher? Take this fun quiz and find out. But be careful, it might reveal more than you think.

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Top 10 Concerns of Social Studies Teachers

Friday November 13, 2009

In the last post, I focused on concerns that many science teachers share. This post focuses on the specific concerns of social studies teachers. 

Top Ten Concerns of Social Studies Teachers

Top 10 Concerns of Science Teachers

Tuesday November 10, 2009

While all curriculum areas share some of the same issues and concerns, individual curriculum areas seem to also have concerns specific to them and their courses. Over the next few weeks, I'll be focusing on the concerns of teachers in the four major curriculum areas. This list looks at the top ten concerns of science teachers.

Teaching Kids to Write Essays

Sunday November 8, 2009

Looking for a few tips on how to teach or write essays? I've got a solution. This step-by-step guide will assist you in writing an effective five paragraph essay. Once students have this down, they can move on to more complicated essay formats.

Help for Student Teachers

Thursday November 5, 2009

Many student teachers are in the middle of their teaching internships. In my experience, the student teaching experience varies from one person to another. You might have a great group of students or a challenging group. You might have a wonderful cooperating teacher or one who doesn't provide you with enough guidance. Hopefully these top ten tips for student teachers can help make the student teaching experience more successful in the short and long term. Student teachers and their instructors can use these top ten tips to help them be more effective in their initial teaching assignments.

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