“Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.” – Katherine Whitehorn In every school, in every district, in every state, students are asked to identify their dream job. The ever popular “what do you want to do for...
As told by Shawn Bean, president at MTI In 2008 my wife and I had my second child on the way. I had a beautiful daughter already, and she was everything to me. Now I was about to have a second daughter, and parenting was about to get more difficult. I was also in my...
Why is new teacher orientation so important? The first few days will set the tone for the new school community. Think back to your own new teacher orientation, and try to remember what you talked about. Unless you are a first year teacher, you probably are drawing a...
It’s a term that may make you cringe, but It’s a necessary evil when creating your professional goals for the year. Let’s face it, the modern teacher is pulled in so many directions that we have to pick and choose how our time is spent. So at the...
Introduction: At some point in your teaching career you’ll most likely need to obtain a master’s degree. The most common reason for teachers to get this degree is to improve their salaries. It’s pretty common for teachers to have their salary capped at a certain point...
According to the National Education Association, 25% of students will be an English Language Learner (ELL) by 2025. 1 in 4. And the numbers are growing rapidly. Often these young learners are identified as lower-level students, or in some cases deficient. These...