Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Co-teaching Strategies – One Teach, One Summarize
One Teach, One Summarize - The HOW of Co-teaching This co-teaching implementation maximizes the talent of both adults in the room, even if one does not know the curriculum verbatim. With this...
20 Things to Never Say to Your Co-teacher
I was co-teaching biology and working with a teacher who could say the meanest things with a smile on his face. One day, I was teaching the parts of the heart. When I finished explaining the...
How A Speech and Language Pathologist Changed My Son’s Life
How A Speech and Language Pathologist Changed My Son's Life Speech and language pathologists (SLPs) are especially effective when they collaborate with the classroom teacher and team up to maximize...
Virtual Teaching – 10 Resources That Are Easy to Implement in Your Classroom
https://youtu.be/NKQTgSGDUWA 10 easy to implement resources for your virtual teaching virtual classroom. The links to the resources discussed in the video are: Remote Learning ResourcesTimerFamily...
How to Motivate Students and Increase Personal Power
https://youtu.be/VWvmWQd8F9s Two Easy-To-Implement Options that Motivate Students and Teach Personal Responsibility One of the things we as teachers can do to motivate students and provide them with...
Five Must Do’s to Reach Students When Teaching Online
https://youtu.be/wjt5p6sji9M Since March, 2020, teachers across the country, and around the world, have been navigating uncharted waters. They've been abruptly required to plan lessons that support...
Teaching Strategies: Motivating Students to be Engaged Learners
While it is easy to look at underperforming students and label them as lazy, research indicates that most students lack motivation because of three fundamental factors: Students do not believe they...
Anger Management for Teens: Keep it Real
For the 7th time in seven weeks I walked into the small room and sat in the circle of chairs. Seven sets of eyes watched me, a myriad of expressions on their faces. The faces have changed since week...
Effects of Drugs and Alcohol on Anger Management
When teaching students anger management skills, it is also important to help them understand the ways that drugs and alcohol can affect their ability to control their anger and other emotions and in...
Motivating vs Enabling: How to Motivate Students When They are Stuck
Mimicking vs. Being Forced to Think I have about a dozen children in my Martial Arts class. When teaching them their martial arts forms, we do a continuous series of moves. I stand in front of them...
How to Talk to Angry Children and Teens
https://youtu.be/2Coiak4Gx7o Talking to Angry Children and Angry Teens When I taught high school, I often found myself in a position where I had to help angry teens come up with solutions for their...
How to Secure Your Zoom Classroom From Hackers
Is Zoom is safe to use? I’ve had a number of teachers, specialists and administrators ask me if Zoom is safe to use and how to secure Zoom for their virtual classrooms. This is understandable given...