I'm not sure how it happened, but somewhere along the way society trained us all to think that to be a great teacher you had to work 60+ hours a week. I've been there. I've believed that this is what it would take for me to be the great teacher I always wanted to be - the teacher that students loved, parents respected, and coworkers/admin awarded the coveted "Teacher of the Year" status. But ... Read More about How to be a GREAT teacher and only work 40 hours a week
Top 5 Teacher Prep Tips for the Summer
I get asked ALL the time, "How did you manage to only work 40 hours a week with 5 preps? How did you never bring work home? How did you maintain a 1 day turnaround policy for graded work?" There are a LOT of systems and strategies I put into practice to make this happen (and I am sharing ALL of them in my Secondary Science Simplified™️ course.) However, one of the BIG things I did was use my ... Read More about Top 5 Teacher Prep Tips for the Summer
A Manageable and Effective System for Parent Communication
Not one time in my 4-year undergrad teaching program or my 2 years of graduate school did anyone ever teach me about parent communication. So naturally, I went into my first teaching job blindly unaware of how much of my job would be communicating with parents. I was 22 but looked 14 and was often mistaken for a student. I also was completely naive to how crazy about and completely blind to ... Read More about A Manageable and Effective System for Parent Communication
4 Must-Have High School Classroom Systems
Hi, my name is Rebecca, and I am addicted to The Home Edit. If you spend more than 5 seconds with me, you will hear me talking about Joanna and Clea like they are my next-door neighbors. Why do I love them so much? Because they love systems and I LOVE SYSTEMS. Even more than in my house, I LOVE having classroom systems. I think oftentimes we think systems and routines are only needed for ... Read More about 4 Must-Have High School Classroom Systems
Teacher Appreciation: What I’ve Learned from the BEST Teachers I Know
In honor of Teacher Appreciation week in May, I wanted to share with you a few secrets I've learned throughout my life from the best teachers I know - whether it be teachers I had as a student, or co-teachers I've worked alongside over the years. I am referring to them as "secrets" because these are 4 things I never explicitly learned in the classes of my teacher certification program or from a ... Read More about Teacher Appreciation: What I’ve Learned from the BEST Teachers I Know
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