UFT Wins Lesson Plan Grievance
UFT Wins Lesson Plan Grievance Just in: The UFT has announced that an independent arbitrator has ruled in the lesson plan grievance. Administrators can no longer mandate the content of a lesson plan. Listen to this post! Please share! From the UFT: In a resounding win for teacher professionalism and teacher voice, an arbitrator has […]
Letter From a Principal about Testing
A letter from a Principal about Testing (on Teacher Appreciation Day) This letter about testing was sent from a Principal in NYC to the staff in the school. We’ve reprinted the letter in its entirety. Listen to this post! Dear Colleagues, We are full swing into testing season. We have managed to survive the NYS […]
Test Taking Tips for the Literacy CST
12 Test Taking Tips for the Literacy CST Before taking your test be sure to eat foods that will aid in your success. Foods such as milk, nuts, seeds, rice and oats help your study efforts by releasing natural study enhancers called CCKs (cholesystokinin). All of these chemicals enhance the neurotransmitters associated with memory. Read […]
5 Classroom Management Tips
5 Classroom Management Tips The Holidays are coming! The Holidays are coming! And Classroom Management gets more challenging — Restless students, the end of a marking period, the chill in the air… the rush of the coming school breaks! It’s enough to make any class of students (and any teacher) fidget, or chatter, or test […]
Individual Pathways Deadline
Individual Pathways to Certification Individual Pathways are a means to NYS Public School Special Ed extension that allows teachers to take courses that meet requirements (foundations, methods, etc…), piece them together, and receive the extension. CITE courses are a great way to pursue this pathway to special ed certification, but only if you are professionally […]
The End of Our Photo Contest
9-6-13 Our Photo Contest is Over As of today, our first photo contest is over. And we’ve learned a lot! Unfortunately (let’s lay this out up front) because of fraudulent voting, we have to cancel the contest. That’s right, and it makes us sad, too! But this contest has been compromised by paid votes and […]
President Obama’s Higher Ed Plan
8-22-13 The Affordable College Plan President Barack Obama will lay out his plan for college affordability today in Buffalo, NY. Here are the three main parts, according to slate.com – debt relief for those burdened by student loans, capping loan repayment at 10% of monthly income, along with a plan to publicize this option. – […]
