Teaching secondary

How to facilitate successful Socratic Seminars in the secondary ELA

I read once that Albert Einstein remarked it is a miracle curiosity survives formal education. This observation has stuck with me: a pesky stone in my shoe. Somehow, amongst all the curricular demands, standardised testing, graduation requirements, examination preparation, and everything else which pulls at me, I desperately want to instill a sense of wonder, curiosity, and excitement in my students. I desire for them to love learning, to ask questions, to be curious about what they see…

Interested in switching to flexible seating? Get funding ideas, helpful tips, and how-to photos from the pros—your fellow high school teachers.

Teaching can be hard. But I don’t have to tell you that. You get it. That’s why sometimes it’s good to just chat with another teacher about some things that work well for them. So that’s what this post is, really, just a little chat, from me to you, that I hope will offer you some simple teacher survival ideas to save your sanity this year.

There are so many positive classroom ideas for high school that high school teachers should steal from the elementary world...

Are there more creative ways, besides movies, to keep kids minds engaged AND get a little time back for ourselves?