professional development | Teacher's Workshop

Oct 17, 20232 min read

The Purpose of Literary Devices and Techniques

It’s easy for students to get caught in the trap of simply identifying literary techniques without considering their purpose ...

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Aug 2, 20232 min read

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More Fun, Less Stress

July has come to an end and it’s that time when the thought of school starts to plan its seed in every teacher’s mind. What will this year

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Learning and Exercise: A Conversation with ActivEd Founder Dr. Julian Reed

Nov 22, 20222 min read

project-based learning

Learning and Exercise: A Conversation with ActivEd Founder Dr. Julian Reed

Every teacher is familiar with the kind of student who struggles to pay attention for a long period of time...

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How to Avoid Teacher Burnout: 3 Solutions

Nov 17, 20222 min read

classroom management

How to Avoid Teacher Burnout: 3 Solutions

For me, stress always hits at the end of a marking period. I suddenly realize how much I need to grade . . .

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May 5, 20223 min read

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5 Musings for Next Year

As the school year winds down, it’s good to think about all the adjustments we’ve made to keep kids engaged and interested in learning ..

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Feb 24, 20223 min read

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Happy Teacher, Happy Student

Teachers have a lot on their plate right now. So let’s think about how to scrape some off for the dog ...

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New Year, New Habits: Reflecting on Reflecting

Jan 10, 20223 min read

classroom management

New Year, New Habits: Reflecting on Reflecting

It’s a new year and this will be my 100th blog and podcast, so I’ve been thinking about reflection, the mental process of looking back and t

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The Best Secondary English Language Arts (ELA) Blogs, Podcasts and Websites for High School Teachers

Dec 7, 20213 min read

professional development

The Best Secondary English Language Arts (ELA) Blogs, Podcasts and Websites for High School Teachers

If you’ve ever listened to a fellow teacher deliver a presentation about their favorite project or unit, you know how creativity and passion

3,286 views

What If We Treat Students Like Athletes?

Nov 11, 20213 min read

classroom management

What If We Treat Students Like Athletes?

What if we treated our students like we treat athletes? What if we taught like a coach at halftime? What if we could recreate the same...

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Mar 4, 20213 min read

professional development

The Case for Content-Specific Professional Development

After some years teaching, I realized that my love of learning about literature turned into a love of learning about how to teach literature

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Feb 13, 20213 min read

classroom management

Why Do You Want to Be a Teacher?

Introduction to Teaching the Magic of Literature: Using Imagination to Shape the Future It was one of the simplest, yet most complicated...

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Jan 19, 20214 min read

classroom management

What Makes a Superteacher?

This has been a challenging year for any teacher. Even during a regular year, teachers work hard to meet the many demands and...

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Essential Virtual Tools for ELA Teachers

Aug 3, 20205 min read

Technology

Essential Virtual Tools for ELA Teachers

My school will start remote learning this Monday, and everyone is scrambling to find the best and easiest tools to make life easier.

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3 Tips for a Successful ELA Teaching Interview and Job Hunt

Jul 9, 20203 min read

professional development

3 Tips for a Successful ELA Teaching Interview and Job Hunt

July is here and its arrival makes me think of all those future teachers out there, stalking job websites and submitting online applications

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The Value of an End of Year Course Evaluation

Jun 11, 20202 min read

classroom management

The Value of an End of Year Course Evaluation

I strongly believe that authentic narratives from my students are the most useful information to improve myself, more useful than profession

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4 Easy Ways to End Injustice in Education Now

Jun 2, 20204 min read

professional development

4 Easy Ways to End Injustice in Education Now

Children don’t compete on a level playing field in our country.

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4 Ways to Simplify Teaching English Language Arts

May 12, 20204 min read

novels

4 Ways to Simplify Teaching English Language Arts

This is the hardest thing for any teacher. Take a very difficult and complicated topic and make it easy to understand.

569 views

Mar 26, 20202 min read

classroom management

Grades Should Be Invisible

I became a teacher to talk about literature, not to talk about grades and due dates and rubrics and expectations.

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Dec 28, 20194 min read

novels

A Novel Way to Teach the Novel

Every English teacher works tirelessly to instill a love of reading in their students. We convince them that literature matters.

711 views

Dec 4, 20192 min read

professional development

The Power of Job-Embedded Professional Development

Creativity sometimes comes from conversations with people outside our field of study, but sometimes from people trying to tackle the same ex

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Oct 15, 20191 min read

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A New Approach to Professional Development

You just have to read the title and first few sentences from a recent article in Education Week to understand the potential of Teacher’s Wor

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Oct 8, 20192 min read

professional development

Creativity and Collaboration

Unconscious mental processes, developed from years of prior experience, determine many decisions we make automatically, without deliberation

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