Classroom Management… Kids Discover Blog Post: Preparation is Relaxation: Calming Your Nerves Before the School Year Starts 31 Aug 202531 Aug 2025 Back-to-school anxiety isn’t just for students. Teachers, new and experienced, feel it, too. Those creeping worries, the flurry of “what ifs,” and that last-minute scramble the day before school starts……
Being an Example… Kids Discover Blog Post: Why Restorative Practices Should Be Your Classroom Foundation 4 Jun 2025 At the end of the school year, the last thing educators might want to do is reflect - ESPECIALLY on classroom management. However, this might actually be the best time…
Classroom Management… Kids Discover Blog Post: Executive Functioning 101 24 Dec 2024 I recently had the opportunity and privilege to interview Peg Dawson, renowned executive functioning expert, about how educators can help their students with their EF skills. HERE is the blog…
Being an Example… Kids Discover Blog Post: “Grit Busters: What’s Sabotaging Your Students’ Toughness?” 5 Sep 2024 Many educators and parents have expressed to me their concerns about the growing lack of grit they see in the youth of our schools. Usually when multiple people perceive there…
Classroom Management… Kids Discover Blogger 7 Feb 2024 I am excited to announce that I am now a blogger for the amazing teacher resource, Kids Discover! I have enjoyed Kids Discover for DECADES. I read their wonderful, educational magazines as…
Classroom Management… The Third Quarter Blues 25 Jan 2020 As we enter the third quarter, I remember one of my favorite mentors and how he would compare a school year to a footrace. He would get in front of…
Being an Example… Don’t “Have” a Great Day (Part Two) 21 Jul 201921 Jul 2019 You can have a Plan A, Plan B, Plan C, Plan D, and even a Plan E for your day, and still end up with a big, colossal “F.” You…
Being an Example… Don’t “Have” a Great Day (Part One) 11 Mar 201911 Mar 2019 “Have a great day!” This phrase is uttered countless times throughout countless homes across our country every morning. It is a nice expression, a sweet little sentiment wishing an individual…
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