According to the American Psychological Association, building a positive relationship with students will develop a long-lasting influence on social-emotional and academic achievement. A successful teacher is not defined by just focusing on securing the highest academic results in the class. It’s about fostering a genuine interest in their well being and creating a nurturing learning environment where students feel cared
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1. Plan for the year Sounds simple, right? You would be surprised at how easy it can be to get caught up in the day-to-day challenges of teaching, and lose track of your long-term goals with your students. That’s why you should start mapping out your game plan for goal setting in August while you’re still enjoying the last few
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Distraction is everywhere nowadays. With social media and technology constantly at the forefront of people’s minds, capturing and retaining the attention of students seems harder than ever before. In order to overcome this struggle, we must understand how and what exactly motivates our students. Theories suggest humans are motivated to learn either through Extrinsic motivating factors, such as reward, or
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British Sign Language Week happens in March every year, as it celebrates a special date, March 18th (2003), the day the UK government recognised BSL. Every day we see deaf young people achieving great things, and their enthusiasm and skills will make them great leaders of tomorrow. However, decisions are being made that are putting their futures in jeopardy. We
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It’s easy to let the pressures of the teacher application process get to you. Panic not, we have 10 questions that will help you to prepare for your demonstration lesson effectively: 1. Will I be given a set of instructions for the “test” lesson? You will be given an outline of what to teach, make sure you read this carefully
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What better way to get your students ready to go out into the real world than to set them the challenge of starting up their own enterprise. They can go head to head with their fellow classmates and compete to create the most successful business enterprise. There are a few sites which offer this service to schools. For most of
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Marking is a large part of teaching, and at times it can be overwhelming. To avoid the panic of a Sunday night stress, or taking a week’s worth of marking home during school holidays, we have 7 ways you can increase your marking efficiency. 1. Mark Question by Question rather than student by student(best for short answers and paragraphs) This
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If you’re trying to keep to a budget in the school holidays or simply cannot afford to fill each day full of activities, check out some low-cost ways to relax and recuperate whilst you are off school. 1. Want to indulge in the latest page turner but want to remain tight with the purse strings? Visit your local library, they
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“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” — Dr Seuss Create a Reading Challenge with Rewards With little effort of a start chart, or a reading or rewards tracker, make reading a competition between your students. Use a time constraint to encourage readership and also an end date
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1. Create a List of all Things to do Today Prepare for the stress, before the stress begins, make a list of things to do for today, give them a realistic times scale, then list the most likely areas to cause you to stress, rate them in numerical order if it helps. Note how you will approach each situation. Sounds
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