And now for something completely different! My son Collin and I have been collaborating on a spy thriller for the past year. I am thrilled to show my colleagues here the front and back covers. To watch the book trailer, newsletter signup, and more information, please go to www.collinglavac.com…
The reviews are in for my latest book Become An Effective Teacher in Minutes: Best Teaching Practices You Can Use Now Brett Philip Youd 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent advice for all teachers August 7, 2019 Published on Amazon.com This text is jam packed with excellent ideas for all teachers but in […]…
SNEAK PEEK Here’s a sneak peek of the front and back cover of my latest book. Soon on Amazon. Thank you for all the support. Marjan P.S. Spaces are still available for book reviewers. It’s pretty cool, actually. You sign up to be added to my Book Launch Facebook group. You agree to provide an […]…
Teaching Is…: Moments that inspire and Motivate Teachers to Make a Difference is a book that gives new meaning to the concept of the “teachable moment”. This collection of personal and inspirational affirmations are guaranteed to connect with anyone who has dedicated their lives to students in a classroom. For every educator who has felt […]…
New Reviews for Teaching Is…: Moments that inspire and Motivate Teachers to Make a Difference are now in: Available on Amazon. Click here for more information: https://amzn.to/2Xpyluj Cal 5.0 out of 5 stars This will make you smile! I have been a teacher for over 20 years. I love my job – yet there are still times […]…
Classroom Management End All Excuses With This Simple Tip How do you end all excuses? It’s very simple – don’t accept any of them! Let me explain. There is method to my madness. In my early years of teaching, when a student forgot to bring in their planner, permission form, or didn’t do their homework, […]…
Classroom Management A Life Lesson I Learned to Avoid Put-Downs in My Class In this video, I’m going to tell you the single event in my life that helped me avoid put downs in my class. I’m not talking about student put downs. That’s a whole different subject for another video. I’m talking about teacher […]…
Classroom Management – A Heartfelt Talk To My Class When They Didn’t Meet My Expectations In my 25th year of teaching, I was a teacher of a split 5th/6th year class. It was a challenging school and a challenging class. Three months into the new school year, I gave my students an end of the […]…
Classroom Management Why I Let A Student Sleep During My Class I was a young pup—still very new to teaching. In my 4th year, I was teaching French in a middle school to 200 seventh graders. That’s when I met Billy. Billy was a student in my first period class. Billy would fall asleep during […]…
Halloween It’s More Than Just Candy And Costumes Halloween was my favorite time of year when I was growing up. I really enjoyed it when I was teaching but for a number of other reasons. Halloween gave me the chance to teach students about the incredible history and North American roots of Halloween. More important, […]…