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Tag: Teacher Motivation
While helping stimulate the economy one manicure-pedicure at a time, I was surprised at the salon cashier’s reaction to my response to the typical question, “What do you do?” The cashier, attempting to make idle chatter while swiping my debit card, had just processed transactions for a bank teller, a homemaker, and an office manager— the
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Can you imagine teaching middle grades students for more than four decades? As a middle school principal, I had the opportunity to work with just such a teacher. Barry Krizan taught three generations of our community’s young adolescents and has reached “legend” status. This is how Barry did it. Respect and Relationships Create a climate
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We’ve all heard that teacher adage, “Don’t smile before Christmas.” How many of you abided by that rule this year, contending that smiling before the winter holidays would somehow make you lose control of your classroom? Does this adage really hold true for educators and students today? Think about it for a minute: Not smiling
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