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𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐑𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 (@drbradjohnson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Teachers,the first few weeks of school can be overwhelming. It's not unprofessional or weak to be tired/cry, feel like you are running on empty, or just plain teacher tired. It is unprofessional for you to ignore it. Take care of yourself because you are a professional!

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Do you often find the same students participating in class discussions? Find out how to ensure that everyone is heard. edutopia.org/article/how-en…

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β€œMany first-year teachers will begin their career without any live classroom experience observing a veteran colleague or teaching students themselves.” Some ways to help new teachers have a successful start this year. edutopia.org/article/suppor…

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Six arrests have been made in South Lake Tahoe in connection with looting. All of them are residents who did not evacuate. Police tell me each arrest came from the public reaching out seeing activity on their doorbell cameras or surveillance video. #CaldorFire

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Effective teachers don't focus so much on rules, but on routines, procedures and expectations. If you focus on rules, you will spend most of the year enforcing them. But if you focus on routines, procedures, and expectations, you rarely have to defer back to the rules.

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5 tips for building class climate: 1) Talk to kids when they walk into class. 2) Learn 1 thing about each student. 3) Praise the class publicly and criticize students privately. 4) Apologize when needed. 5) Don’t take yourself too seriously.

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For many teachers, answering emails and troubleshooting tech problems late at night is slowly becoming the norm, and it’s destroying any semblance of work-life balance, experts warn in a new study. edutopia.org/article/defend…

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One more formative assessment tool for teachers to have on hand: drawing. Shveta Miller, author of Hacking Graphic Novels, has some tips. She points out that artistic ability is not the point hereβ€”rough sketches work just great edut.to/2VmoWbI

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From the archives: Check out some ideas teachers use for opening, group sharing, and closing activities. edutopia.org/article/13-pow…

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Can students determine that this is a photo of the Berlin Airlift and explain why the operation is historically significant? Find out with our world history task. Alternative versions of this task feature photographs of 13 other historical events. ⬇️ sheg.stanford.edu/history-assess…

Can students determine that this is a photo of the Berlin Airlift and explain why the operation is historically significant? Find out with our world history task. 

Alternative versions of this task feature photographs of 13 other historical events. ⬇️
sheg.stanford.edu/history-assess…
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Thanks to the Disney film, many students know the legend of Pocahontas. But is the story told in the 1995 movie accurate? Guide students through this historical inquiry with our Pocahontas lesson plan, now available to download in Spanish. ⬇️ sheg.stanford.edu/history-lesson…

Thanks to the Disney film, many students know the legend of Pocahontas. But is the story told in the 1995 movie accurate? Guide students through this historical inquiry with our Pocahontas lesson plan, now available to download in Spanish. ⬇️
sheg.stanford.edu/history-lesson…
𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐑𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 (@drbradjohnson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just because some teachers would rather stay in the classroom than go into administration doesn’t mean they aren’t leaders. Many have amazing talents & ideas which can benefit a school by placing them in situations to use those talents. Embrace them and their talents!