1. Attend Professional Development
I always feel rejuvenated for teaching after attending great professional development or reading inspiring educational writing.
Here's a list of recommended professional development suggestions:
-California League of Schools (methodology, content)
-Glasser Institute (behavior)
-KIPP Schools Professional Development
-AVID Institutes (best practices in teaching and preparing students for college)
-National Writing Project (Best practices and training in teaching writing for all subjects and grades)
I always feel rejuvenated for teaching after attending great professional development or reading inspiring educational writing.
Here's a list of recommended professional development suggestions:
-California League of Schools (methodology, content)
-Glasser Institute (behavior)
-KIPP Schools Professional Development
-AVID Institutes (best practices in teaching and preparing students for college)
-National Writing Project (Best practices and training in teaching writing for all subjects and grades)
2. Learn New Tricks
When your bored of your teaching, spice things up. I find motivation and inspiration from my own colleagues and from my principal. We bounce ideas off each other, encourage each other, observe each other, trade classes for a period (with boss approval).
And, you can search online or in the library for inspiring ideas. For instance, I read from Sheridan Blau or read some commentary by Penny Kittle in her book Write Beside Them. I hope to some day visit with the successful elementary school teacher, Rafe Esquith to see his 5th grade class present a Shakespeare play.
When your bored of your teaching, spice things up. I find motivation and inspiration from my own colleagues and from my principal. We bounce ideas off each other, encourage each other, observe each other, trade classes for a period (with boss approval).
And, you can search online or in the library for inspiring ideas. For instance, I read from Sheridan Blau or read some commentary by Penny Kittle in her book Write Beside Them. I hope to some day visit with the successful elementary school teacher, Rafe Esquith to see his 5th grade class present a Shakespeare play.
3. Sign up for a Magazine
There's a magazine for every subject and for every grade. The National Council of Teachers of English publish The English Journal, which is great for English teachers.
Here are some ideas for education magazines
There's a magazine for every subject and for every grade. The National Council of Teachers of English publish The English Journal, which is great for English teachers.
Here are some ideas for education magazines
4. Become Active
I've just started to become more active on twitter, and I'm trying out blogging for the first time. There are great ideas (with pictures!) on Pinterest. If you're feeling out of ideas and yearning for something fresh, there's so much online and for free!
Sharing ideas can be as powerful as taking them. You might find yourself excited to try out a new method in class in order to share it with your online community.
I've just started to become more active on twitter, and I'm trying out blogging for the first time. There are great ideas (with pictures!) on Pinterest. If you're feeling out of ideas and yearning for something fresh, there's so much online and for free!
Sharing ideas can be as powerful as taking them. You might find yourself excited to try out a new method in class in order to share it with your online community.
5. Get out!
Go visit a museum. Take a weekend trip. Read a magazine or newspaper at a nearby cafe. Sometimes, getting away from education can enhance your role as an educator. In fact, you might find your best thinking comes from living life and using those experiences to inform your teaching.
Go visit a museum. Take a weekend trip. Read a magazine or newspaper at a nearby cafe. Sometimes, getting away from education can enhance your role as an educator. In fact, you might find your best thinking comes from living life and using those experiences to inform your teaching.
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