Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Co-Teachers Supporting Each Other
Co-teaching is often used as a way to support students; whether it’s a special education teacher working in a general classroom, team teaching, parallel teaching or station teaching. It can be a...
12 Surefire Ways to Co-Teach Successfully!
1. Introduce each other's roles in the classroom as equal but different. For example, the general education teacher is introduced as the content area specialist and the special education teacher...
12 Surefire Ways for Both Co-Teachers to Actively Participate in the Classroom
1. Be supportive - While one teacher has the primary responsibility for planning and teaching, the other teacher can circulate in the room and provide individual assistance to students. In this...
A Dozen Ways to Web Surf Efficiently!
Wouldn't it be nice if we could just call our own personal computer assistant every time we struggled with our computer? This is especially true with internet searches. Do you type something in...
35 Money Saving Classroom Organization Ideas
Every now and then, I find an article that I just have to share! This group of Do-It-Yourself classroom organization ideas can be used in almost any classroom... Money Saving DIY's for the...
Taking Back Our Educational Keys: Rubics As Teaching Strategies
Using Rubrics as a Teaching Strategies for Measuring Student Progress Troy Wittman speaks to my heart, my passion, and my concerns about education in the United States today. Please take 15...
Classroom Management: 12 Ways to Eliminate Monkey Business
Much of what we are about, as educators, involves finding ways to reach ALL kids and involve students in the learning experience. If students are involved and engaged in learning, they won’t be...
12 Surefire Ways To Actively Participate in Co-teaching
One of the most critical struggles that co-teachers face is how to be sure that both teachers are able to actively participate in classroom activities so that they feel like the team they are....
Technology in Education – Apps for Notetaking & Writing
Whether Students can Write or Not! Some learners are naturally good at taking notes. Yet, some students just can’t seem to figure out what is important and what is not, what to write and what to...
Technology in Education – Content Curation for Higher-Level Critical Thinking
Pinterest is an example of a content curation site that has become enormously popular with teachers. Pinterest users spend hours collecting ideas, resources, items of interest, nostalgia and so...
Technology in Education – Organizing Research and Digital Files with Evernote
Using Evernote is like having an incredibly organized file cabinet with folders for every assignment, project, idea, interaction, or anything that you want to keep together in a safe place....
Teaching the Difference Between Tattling and Reporting
Nobody Likes a Tattle Tale Teaching the Difference Between Tattling and Reporting Explain that when tattling, students are trying to get someone into trouble, but when reporting, they are trying...