The One Thing No New Teacher Has to Worry About
You’ve completed your requirements and graduated from some faculty of education. You spent some time in a class as an “assistant” teacher, instructing students, who are not your own, under the watchful...
View ArticleWhat I’ve Learned After Four Years of Teaching – Part II
My 11th grade law teacher is more memorable for his embodiment of teaching than any knowledge he actually conveyed to me. His presence, as a minority man of intellectual firmness, showed us young,...
View ArticleTeacher Preparation
Individuals fresh out of teacher certification programs typically know all the content that goes into running a successful program. But content and teaching are two separate things. Ironically, teacher...
View ArticleA Note on Teacher Certification…
At my school, I organize a “Young Men’s Club” for students that are from marginalized backgrounds with the hope that our meetings, once a week, at lunch time, will steer them into a productive path. I...
View ArticleWhy My First Year of Teaching Was My Favorite
I remember getting offered a permanent contract to teach the Friday before the school year started. The offer was for a 6/7 split grade in a K-8 school. I had spent a whopping 3 weeks in an elementary...
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