The Busy Educator Top 10+1 Stories Of 2014
Hello Busy Educator! Christmas lights are up, parties are being organized and the Christmas tree is waiting to be trimmed. […]…
Category Archives: Newsletter
Teachers: 10 Tips for Slowing Down
Hello Busy Educator! The December 4 , 2014 issue of The Busy Educator Newsletter can be found here: http://news.thebusyeducator.com/ TOP STORIES Teachers: 10 Tips for Slowing Down How To Take Charge Of Your Unruly Class 10 Steps for Avoiding Teacher Burnout 10 ways to calm a class after lunch or recess Student-Centered Learning – Where […]…
Using Dialogue Circles to Support Classroom Management
Hello Busy Educator, Wishing all my American friends, relatives and colleagues, a Happy Thanksgiving. The November 27, 2014 issue of The Busy Educator Newsletter can be found here: http://news.thebusyeducator.com/ TOP STORIES Using Dialogue Circles to Support Classroom Management Can Any School Foster Pure Creativity? 10 Ways to Sabotage Your Classroom Management Classroom Management Ideas for […]…
8 ways to foster gratitude in your students
Hello Busy Educator, Last week I told you about my trip to Pennsylvania and New Jersey with my sister and my 82 year old mom. What I didn’t tell you was that we were on the same 132-mile section of Interstate 90 from Exit 46 outside Rochester to Exit 61 at Ripley on the Pennsylvania […]…
7 steps to avoiding the classroom paper trap
Hello Busy Educator! I just returned from a short trip visiting relatives in New Jersey and Pennsylvania with my 82 year old mother and my sister. It’s amazing what you can learn from your sister and mother when in you’re in a car for 16 hours! It was a great trip seeing members of our […]…
21 Clever Writing Prompts That Will Unleash Your Students’ Creativity
Hello Busy Educator! As I look out my office window (which is also an ironing room filled with clothes I need to iron but conveniently ignore!) most of the trees have shed their leaves. There are some holdouts, but it’s only a matter of time before their leaves change colour and drop to the ground. […]…
Myth-Busting Differentiated Instruction: 3 Myths and 3 Truths
Hello Busy Educator! Thank you to all of you who sent me birthday wishes. Much appreciated. Tonight is Halloween. As a child I loved this day. We couldn’t wait to put on our homemade costumes and go out into the night regardless of rain, wind or snow. As a teacher I loved the days that […]…
The Dos and Don’ts of Classroom Management: Your 25 Best Tips
Hello Busy Educator, Yesterday was my birthday. (I’m closing in on another birthday that ends in a zero!) For my birthday I arranged a culinary tour of local food producers in our neighbouring county of Oxford Ontario Canada. We met owners of a local diner, gift shop, cheese, beef and pork producers, a peanut, potato […]…
Set the Stage for a Productive Parent Conference
Hello Busy Educator! Our long awaited How To Get A Teaching Job online course is now up and running. This course is entirely focused on How to Get A Teaching Job. It’s a step by step teacher course with weekly assignments for a full four months. We’re going to cover all the ways to get a […]…
6 Elements of Effective Praise
Hello Busy Educator, Wishing all my Canadian friends and colleagues a Happy Thanksgiving. Canadians get to eat turkey a lot earlier than our neighbours in the United States. Wishing all my American friends and colleagues a Happy Columbus Day. Thank you all for your support for my teacher job training videos. If you don’t have […]…