Many new teachers will be preparing to set off for exciting new locations to take up teaching positions in September. I have already posted some entries about culture shock and how the teachers need support during their period of adapting to a new way of life. But the truth is that a proportion of teachers will have accepted posts from schools they know little about and they run the risk of being exploited by unscrupulous employers who know that they are vulnerable. So wha...

Susan Tave Zelman, superintendent of public instruction for the Ohio schools, welcomed six visiting teachers from Spain, who will be teaching in the Ohio schools this coming school year. Last year, the Ohio schools signed a memorandum of understanding with the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, Spain?s sponsor for the visiting international teacher program. The ministry started the program in 1986 and has since provided 1,500 visiting teachers to the United States....

What do you have to gain by developing a positive relationship with your child?s teachers? A lot more than you might have thought! One year, when I was a classroom teacher, I had been transferred to a new school. The day before school started, I was setting up my classroom when a woman and her son peeked in?Debbie and Logan. Logan would be in my class that year and they stopped by to warmly welcome me to their school; Somehow I knew then that Debbie was going to be a fun p...

The Philadelphia schools need to improve the effectiveness and diversity of their teacher workforce. Currently, 85 percent of their students are African American, Latino and Asian, but they have only 38 percent teachers of color. After discussions initiated by Congressman Chaka Fattah with School Reform Commissioner Sandra Dungee Glenn, Philadelphia schools? secretary of education, President and CEO Dr. Sharon Robinson of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Ed...

Have you ever heard the phrase, ?It?s all about who you know?? Every adult could probably tell you about some opportunity that arose because they knew the right person at the right time. As human beings, relationships influence everything we do! Why do you think golf is such an integrated part of the business world? Because golf gives business-people the opportunity to build trust and develop relationships that are vital for successful business deals. This same principle a...

This July, Annie Santana, a Spanish teacher at Mission Bay High School, part of the San Diego schools, departed the city and headed for the island of Robinson Crusoe, Chile. In the seventh year of her career, Santana joined the Fulbright teacher exchange program. For one year, Santana will teach English as a second language at a Chilean school on the island; but her students will not be losing her. A Chilean teacher will be replacing Santana at Mission Bay. While both teac...

Speed Reading: The Course of Speed Scientific Reading If you have the extreme passion for reading but you experience difficulty in absorbing large quantities of information from the material you read, then you?ve got to engage in some speed reading practices. Speed reading will also encourage you more to appreciate your studies, enjoy reading bulky novels, books, and other write-ups. Speed reading has a designated purpose. There is literally no one in this world who ca...

A writing lesson plan can be very hard for an English teacher to create if he or she is not a writer themselves. Inscription is a huge part of teaching the English language, but not every teacher is a natural born writer, even if they know the language very well. Teachers of this variety often need help preparing for this creative part of the class. While simple sentences and such are easy to plan for it is when the students move on to tougher aspects that educators may want ...

Most educators are always looking for new and exciting ways to write their lessons. The reason for this is that it is one of the most time consuming and difficult parts of the job for most. A free lesson plan for teacher sells a lot of educators on a certain product or tool that will make the process easier. Of course, the example needs to be something worth using to get educators to buy anything for themselves, but educators should never turn away a sample of a tool that may...

Writing a computer lesson plan is very easy for some teachers, but a lot of teachers find it very difficult. The most passionate teachers will find that writing lessons for their computer classes is very difficult. The reason for this is that a passion for computer doesn?t always translate into the ability to organize a cohesive educational lecture or class. Teachers that have difficulty putting their passion into a computer lesson plan often need some tools to help them put ...