75: Teacher Tools with Chuck Poole

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Chuck Poole is a 15 year veteran teacher and athletic coach in New Jersey. He has coached at the middle school level in various sports such as soccer, basketball, softball, and baseball. Chuck’s passion is to impact kids and those that teach them everyday. His podcast is called Teachonomy Talks, found on iTunes and Stitcher Radio,…

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News Flash: Teachers are Unprepared!

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Our nation is in a deep need for teachers- great teachers at that. However, as the years progress, less and less educators are entering our pipeline leaving our classrooms without leadership. That creates a whole bunch of new problems that I won’t go through in this particular blog post. Instead, I want to focus on…

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Thrifty Thursday- 3rd Edition

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Thrifty Thursday Each week I bring to you helpful tips to become a more effective educator on the Always A Lesson fan page on Facebook. (Give it a quick like by clicking here!) I decided to start grouping my social media posts into a blog post incase you might have missed anything. Time to get caught…

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70: Trust with Katherine Reddick

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Katherine is an Elementary School Principal with 17 years in public education. Her personal experience is truly powerful, and against all odds, she overcame huge obstacles and now works with children every day as an educator. Katherine released a book this spring (“Access Denied-A Woman’s Journey to Access the American Dream”) that gives deeper insight into…

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Calling all New or Aspiring Teacher Coaches!

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Gain Research-Based Techniques and Tools to Boost Teacher Performance and Proficiency If you are interested in becoming an instructional coach, come along the journey with me. I will show you what coaching is all about from start to finish. I provide tons of free resources just for taking the course. You won’t regret the knowledge…

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EdCamp Voxer 2015

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  Holy Cow!! I cannot believe it has taken me THIS long to post about this fantastic event. I learned SOOO much that I had to have an Edcamp Detox for weeks after- you know, think and do unrelated things to keep your brain from an overload explosion! Apparently, those weeks turned to months! But,…

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50: Art of Teaching with Jennifer Gonzalez

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Jennifer Gonzalez is a National Board Certified teacher. Her twelve years of classroom experience include teaching English language arts in middle school and preparing pre-service teachers at the college level. In 2013 she started her blog, Cult of Pedagogy, where she shares effective teaching practices, curates top-notch educational resources, explores how race and culture intersect…

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37: Sending out an S.O.S.

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The ebb and flow of highs and lows is no stranger to an educator. There are certain times in the school year that are more stressful and anxiety provoking than others. There are certain times in a teacher’s career that feels more downhill than up. Those are the moments where sending out an SOS to…

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Schools are in a Teacher Bind

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All I hear on the news and read in articles lately are theories on our current teacher shortage in the United States, more specifically a quality teacher shortage. I’m calling this crisis, a ‘Teacher Bind.’ Throughout my work as a teacher coach and as hiring support staff in my local school district, this topic hits home for…

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