Quick background: Since about the start of this website, I’ve been using Kelly Gallagher’s article of the week strategy and posting the articles on this page. If you’ve somehow not heard of Kelly Gallagher or his articles of the week, take a look at the following articles for background: Shallow swim: “The First Article of […]
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The Workload-Pressure Paradox
Workload and pressure work together deviously to demoralize and demotivate even the best teachers. Here’s how it works. First, workload. The default circumstance of teaching in the twenty-first century is that as time goes on, the teacher’s workload increases. Each year there is more of all the things we’re tasked with doing: More email to […]
Things That Help: “Good Times”
While I don’t necessarily recommend the book,* Ben Courson’s Flirting with Darkness: Building Hope in the Face of Depression did give me a concept that’s been helpful in the days since I read it one night. It’s this habit amongst elite military groups of responding to adverse turns in events with the phrase, “Good times.” […]
Book Club Information
Hi there! Thanks for your interest in the book club I’m putting together. My goal is to provide a free, high-quality professional development opportunity around great books for educators around the world. The club will include an asynchronous discussion platform (so that we can write and interact on what we’re reading) and synchronous sessions for […]
Rules of Thumb When Giving Explanations
A key skill for the teacher is explaining things clearly. Here are a few tips for helping with that. 1) “Superfluous information creates confusion, muddies waters, and digs holes.” There is a man in my community whose career involved working with NASA on the Apollo program. We call him “Alabama” Bob Clingan. He’s a joy […]