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I See You, Teacher

I see you doing all of it, every day over and over again.

Why You Should Be Greeting Students At Your Door Every Single Hour

I know a ton of teachers who greet their students at the door every single day. And this is noteworthy.

A 5-Minute Strategy For Building Relationships and Engaging Students

This is one of my favorite strategies and it is loaded with a whole slew of relationship building and engagement benefits.

How to Get Your Students in Their Seats and On Task--On Time

"What do we do about tardy students?" My answer: start with a solid Entry Routine.

7 routines you need to teach (and reteach) in your high school classroom ASAP

There’s a very popular restaurant in my city that sits by a waterfall and has spectacular views of a lovely park. They serve cold beer...

Want A Calmer High School Classroom? Teach Your Routines!

“By the time they get to high school, students should already know how to do school.” I hear this A LOT when I’m working with secondary...

The problem with respect

Can we talk about respect for a minute? Because as we are all heading back into the fray with the new school year, I am visiting schools...

What the heck do I know anyway?

Okay. So, I have been in a lot of classrooms. Like, a lot. I dream about other people teaching more than I ever dreamed about my own...

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