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"Good teaching is a major undertaking.
Make no mistake–teaching has never been easy. But as we come upon 2014, as a profession teaching is increasingly characterized by its possibility, accountability, and persistent mutation. Which makes it a challenge to do at all, much do well.
The response to these challenges is a mix of building-level professional development, self-directed teacher improvement, and a troubling amount of teacher burnout. So how can you teacher smarter rather than simply grunting harder?"
Via Beth Dichter
Here are seven strategies you might choose to use to make your teacher smarter. They are explained in the post (and listed in the image above). For those whom may see this without the image:
* Place the big rocks first
* Use technology to automate (with suggestions on what you might do)
* Know yourself
* Teach in the moment
* Advocate for yourself
* Find new measures of success
* Open your classroom doors wide
You may find some new ideas to try out in your classroom!
How about asking the student to teach you? They nearly always come up with something different, which you can add to your own notes.
Students are also great at acting out scenes, particularly when they are organising other students. Give them a mark for it. Then test their knowledge a few days later with a 30 minute test.
curating for www.homeschoolsource.co.uk. Also have a look at www.hotmoodle.com.
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