Teach Me to Do ……..

Summer Book Club – Narrowed it down to 2!:

Click the link to vote (choices are Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning: Insights from a Neurologist and Classroom Teacher by Judy Willis OR Teaching with Love & Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom by Jim Fay and David Funk).

Please only vote if you are interested in participating based on at least one of the choices.

The voting was very close for the first round.

This round of voting ends Wednesday. Once the book is selected, you will have until June 15th to purchase the book.

Please reblog to pass on the word.

Edit: Fixed the link.

Of course!  Anyone is welcome to join!

Hey everyone!  I’ve compiled the suggested book and made the google form for voting (let’s hope it works right!).

Click this link to vote

Below I have linked to the amazon listings of each book so you may read the summary.

We had a ton of people vote last year, but then a much smaller group participated.  I understand if you do not participate because you are not interested in the book selected.   However, I ask that you do not vote if you have no intention of participating whatsoever.

Last year’s book not only taught me a lot about the population of students I love (and currently teach), but it also was a great discussion point in interviews when asked about professional development and what I do to grow as a teacher.  So keep that in mind when you decide whether or not you’d like to participate.

I realize some of these are America-centric, but I included all the suggested ones (minus one, and I e-mailed the person who suggested it).  I would encourage international teachers to vote, and if you don’t want to read one of the ones related directly to the U.S., pick something else!

1. The Flat World and Education How America’s Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future by Linda Darling-Hammond
2. City Schools and the American Dream: Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education by Pedro Noguera
3.  Comprehension and Collaboration by Stephanie Harvey and Harvey Daniels.
4. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
5.  Never Work Harder Than Your Students by Robyn R. Jackson
6.  The Courage to Teach by Parker J. Palmer
7. Teaching with Love & Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom by Jim Fay and David Funk
8. The Bully Society: School Shootings and the Crisis of Bullying in America’s Schools
9. Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning: Insights from a Neurologist and Classroom Teacher by Judy Willis

This round of voting ends Wednesday May 2nd. 

The two books with the top votes will go head to head.

I’d appreciate some signal boosts to get the word out!

lhuddles:

Hey educators out there!

Last fall I made a short 2 minute video as a video resume. I included…

• basic information about myself (where I grew up, where I went to college, what I’m doing now)
• general philosophy of teaching/why I want to teach
• what someone would see walking by/stopping into my classroom
• what I want to teach (age level, subject)
• a video clip from my student teaching (superimposed in the video while I was still talking)
• contact information for myself

When I visited my school a few days ago, I met the head of the upper school. He said that he originally saw my video, was very impressed with it, passed it off to the head of the middle school in a “hey look at this teacher!” way, and the head of the middle school decided he would be the first to contact me. Interesting how things get around that way, right?

The head of the middle school also told me about a summer program for teachers to work on tech, but he threw in, “I think you’ll already know most of it—you seem pretty tech-savvy from your video.”

I think video resumes can really give you a leg up, especially when schools are looking for teachers who can adapt to new technologies. Also—how much more would you like to watch someone and get a sense of personality from a video rather than a boring sheet of paper?

All I’m saying is that video resumes are definitely worth trying if you’re looking for a job. I made mine in one night with iMovie, and I got some pretty good results from it!

I thought this was a great idea and wanted to pass it along to a bigger audience.

Hey!  This tumblr is run by more than one person, so I can only answer what I follow.

I follow mainly #education #history #science #prek #teacher dare day #teaching ideas #early childhood #student teacher and #wellness wednesday 

I also search other tags, but just don’t have them saved as tracked tags.  Most of them are listed here.   World-shaker did a good job of compiling them.  Hope this helps!

So make sure you get on that!

I think we should have a new tag. Common Core Standards.  It’s not anyone’s favorite topic by any means, but since most states are adopting them and we aren’t receiving much PD on them — maybe we could all help each other out.

—GWALP 

Yes. 

—GWALP.

Please e-mail me at positivelypt at gmail dot com if interested.