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All about teachers and the world of teaching; teachers sharing their best and worst interactions with students, best teaching practices, the path to becoming a teacher, and more.
Breaking Barriers
Clarence the Tiger, Dora the Unicorn, Ellie Elephant, Ralph the Dog, and Peter the Pig were all ready to make their début. The spotlight was centered perfectly so that not a shadow would cast that could draw attention away from me or my plush animal squad. I was the ring leader, and it was almost showtime. It was time for me to transform from Krystale the Corrections Auditor to Krystale the ESL Teacher. My audience.... well, my audience was 4 or 5 very attentive and eager learners ranging from 4- 7 years of age from Qingdao, China.
By Krystale Jane'l5 years ago in Education
I Just Wasn’t
Highschool Mishaps… I think we’ve all had them. Those awkward moments or seasons of life that we wouldn’t want to relive if our life depended on it. That was my highschool years, and not because I was a nerd or unpopular etc… but because I “wasn’t”. I wasn’t a nerd, I wasn’t emo, I wasn’t a prep…and I wasn’t unpopular, but I wasn’t popular either. I just wasn’t. I was the kind of girl that “fit in” everywhere. Wait! (You’re thinking this is a story about “not fitting in”.) No worries I’m getting there.
By Natalie Stover5 years ago in Education
Steps to Earn Money by Teaching Online
Have a brief insight of market: Before start preparing your course or getting yourself ready for offering lectures on your subject have some research on the strategies and approaches of people who are already offering content on your subject matter. Go through their formats, teaching styles and contents. Observe them as a regular student or a customer who would take their lessons or classes. During this research write your observations, concerns and questions on a page. Note down the queries which remain unanswered even after taking the lecture. These observations will help you a lot to decide what is actually needed in the market and where are the online educators lacking in the subject.This research would may take time but this time is worth spending as it would help you to create things that are actually needed and will help you to grow in the market.
By Arslan Shah5 years ago in Education
I will do it myself.
I was a teacher for 26 years before I had to go on medical leave and then disability due to chronic illness in 2019. I worked with illness my entire life, but my body could not keep up anymore; teaching is so hard and the hours are long and demanding. In addition to teaching I had earned two master’s degrees, one in varying exceptionalities and one in library information science. I held various positions including special education teacher, behavior specialist, and school librarian.
By Ramona Rhae5 years ago in Education
The Simple Process Of Closely Watching Someone Else Teach
The cohort group exists so that its members can visit each other's classes and make observation of classroom instruction and interaction. For the purposes of the cohort groups, the content explored in the observed instruction is incidental to the process of the group. This does not mean, of course, that content is incidental, but it does allow instructors of different academic disciplines to joint together in one cohort group. A cohort group can be as small as two members, but it has been my experience that three or four is a better number. The reason for this larger number is largely incidental to actual practices; instead observing a larger number of ones colleagues allows one to pick up on and borrow more teaching techniques that one would observe were one only to visit one other instructor's classroom.
By Megan Wilson5 years ago in Education
How to Reduce Inflammation Naturally
Overview Inflammation is a natural healing process that indicates a body fighting against different infections and diseases. But on the other hand, chronic inflammation can become a reason for severe illnesses. Here in this blog, we will share some interesting insights on the foods that can help you fight chronic inflammation and some exciting tips to reduce inflammation naturally.
By Huda Akram5 years ago in Education
An Audition Story
I walked up two flights of steps to the second floor of the music building on the way to my first ever audition for a college music program. I was nineteen and had decided to start taking classes at St. Petersburg Junior College. It was mid-August, hot and humid.
By Leslie Perkel5 years ago in Education
Selective Mutism
As a kid, I suffered from selective mutism (an acute anxiety response that paralyses the vocal chords). In a nutshell, I couldn't talk in certain environments - namely, at school. At home, I was a 'normal' vibrate, talkative kid. It was just as though my voice shut down as I approached school each morning and didn't switch back on until I was on my way home and well clear of the school gates. I remember becoming so overwhelmed with anxiety at school that my whole body froze, my eyes were like a deer's in the headlights, unable to respond to anyone. Needless to say, experiencing selective mutism (sm) made for a challenging childhood and often a traumatic schooling experience. School was generally an unpleasant experience for me. I struggled to form and maintain connections socially and being unable to assert myself vocally, my grades suffered too. But the worst part was, I had no idea what was wrong with me. As I kid of the seventies and eighties, not much was known about sm in my day. My 'problem' was generally dismissed as shyness. But I always sensed there was something more to it. Eventually, I concluded that I was somehow innately defective. I was a weirdo. In a class of my own.
By Jania Williams5 years ago in Education
