M401 Fall 2014

This article provides issues that teachers and educators will face throughout the current year. The article divides the issues into categories, such as Common Core, Student Learning, etc. Then a summary of what is happening with these issues is given. This article is useful for students like us, who are about to enter the field. The author's writing makes it very relatable.

This article is interesting because it talks about new school policies and how they are affecting children today. This article is targeted toward parents, and I think it's important for teachers to know what parents are thinking and what concerns they have about their school and their classroom. This is a reminder to teachers about today's impact of parents and they power they have.

This link takes you to a page of a website called We are Teachers. This page focuses on Special Education. It provides links to articles about new techniques that teachers are using, new assistive technology to bring into the classroom for special eduction, and more. All of these links are in relation to new ideas and practices in the field.

This takes you through a list of things you should and should not be doing that will help better classroom management and explains them thoroughly.

This is perfect for those of us who are about to be student teachers!!!! This article takes you through how to set up classroom management when starting with a class in the middle of a year!

This is a unique resource because it's not from a strictly education-related entity but a careers website, which means it will be useful in addition to more teacher-focused resume advice.

This resource goes through how to write a good resume and cover letter when applying for a teaching position. It has helpful tips, a template, and examples as a guide.

This goes through a list of qualities that principals will be looking for when they interview you, so it is a good idea to somehow work these qualities into your answers!

This is particularly relevant to us give the use of Class Dojo at Poston Rd. I really like their logic behind deleting student data every year, saying: "We want to help kids succeed by recognizing and sharing the things they do well," the company said. "No part of that vision needs 'permanent records.' "

Everyone's favorite time waster, reddit, can actually be pretty useful depending on which subreddits you subscribe to. This one features lots of interesting education-related news.

This website lists effective methods for teaching ESL that have been developed more recently and shown to work.

This is a website devoted entirely to icebreakers and get to know you games. There's even a section devoted just to classroom icebreakers.

Although the new school year may seem daunting on the first day, survival kits can help teachers and students feel welcome and inspire them to start the year on a positive note. Ingredients can include bandages, Life Savers, and pennies. Included: Ingredients for teacher and student survival kits.

This article gives many new and fun ways to form a strong relationship between parents and teachers during the opening weeks of the new school year.

This is a teaching blog that offers many different suggestions for the first day/week of school. It even includes checklists so that teachers don't forget anything.

This is a compilation of suggestions from several different teachers on how to arrange and manage learning centers during different activities. Very helpful.

This is a list of suggestions for implementing a job chart in your classroom. I really dig this one: "Historian - this person keeps a record of the major activities of the week, and writes one positive thing about each student in the class. I collect the historian report at the end of the week (sometimes the class helps by offering suggestions) and we will have a written history of our class that I will type and give to each student at the end of the year as a way to remember 4th grade"

This is a blog devoted entirely to classroom organization that's updated regularly, definitely a good thing to have bookmarked.

This is an especially helpful resource given what seems to be an increased prevalence of ADHD in today's classrooms.

This is an extensive list of teacher-submitted behavior management strategies employed in a wide variety of grade levels.