Classroom Management

What is Controlled Failure?

photo credit: www.eductopia.org Controlled failure is a school of thought that allows students the freedom to take risks in their academics. Whether it be taking an AP course, college course or trying out for a […]
Classroom Management

How to be Both Parent and Teacher

Being both parent and teacher has its unique challenges. The author describes new experiences from when their child entered school, and they attended the first parent-teacher conference. Also shared are personal feelings and conflicts that are […]
Classroom Management

How to Encourage Active Student Learning

It’s the beginning of the new school year and you need to establish how to encourage active student learning from the beginning.  The best teachers operate under the pretense that education is an interactive experience […]
Classroom Management

How to Help Kids Maintain Focus

Do you know how to help kids maintain focus?  Staying focused for adults is a pretty hard task, but it is even more of a challenge to help kids maintain focus. We, as adults, often […]
Classroom Management

Popular Class Rules

Popular class rules will not be difficult for you to implement once you read these helpful classroom rules tips and tricks to enhance your classroom management.  This is especially important during the first few weeks of […]
A School is an Ecosystem
Classroom Management

Your School is an Ecosystem

The plants and animals that are found in a particular area interacting with each other are called an ecosystem.  If we believe that a school is an ecosystem, then we are aware of how we must care […]