How to add a Content Area to your Single Subject Credential (in California)
Basically, what I’m doing to add my art credential to my pre-existing single subject credential is…
The ULTIMATE LIST of 100 Teacher Job Interview Questions
100 job interview questions. If you’re prepared for all of these questions, you’re gonna hit it out of the ball park at your interviews.
Job Interviews Tips amid COVID-19 (for ZOOM)
Hi teacher friends! It’s me and I’m back with a blog post after a reeeeeeally long blogging hiatus. I finished up my last semester of graduate school and moved back home to California. My family traveled to the states to spend Christmas and I had a good few months off. When I was dropping them …
5 Pros and Cons of a Flipped Classroom
What is a flipped classroom? In layman’s terms, a flipped classroom is a type of instructional strategy that reverses the traditional method of lecturing and assigning homework. Instructional content is given to the students through videos and other online resources, outside of the classroom and in-class time is reserved for activities and “homework.” The GOOD …
8 Tidbits of Advice for a Student Teacher
Ah… student teaching. It’s an interesting time for people entering the education profession. You’re not yet a full-blown teacher, but you’re not a student or just an intern. You’re not getting paid, but you have to be there and it’s just a transitional time in general. I guess… it’s important to realize that this time …
40 Awesome EdTPA Tips to Pass On Your First Try
Organize 1. Get a huge binder (https://amzn.to/2YMfwGe) 2. Print your handbook (https://secure.aacte.org/apps/rl/resource.php?ref=edtpa) 3. Skim it, write notes, separate with tabs (https://amzn.to/31kxlty) 4. Outline checkpoints, create your own rubric and print (SAMPLE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j3zuixNmA2yFd86seQKwCKai9SJqpaVYrbx6D7XF934/edit?usp=sharing) 5. Obtain all necessary permission slips and release forms Plan 6. Know what your community has to offer. Workshops? Local resources? Boys and …
What is the EdTPA? (BONUS: my opinions about it)
According to the official website, the edTPA is a… (and feel free to skip this entire quote) “performance-based, subject-specific assessment and support system used by more than 600 teacher preparation programs in some 40 states to emphasize, measure and support the skills and knowledge that all teachers need from Day 1 in the classroom.” What …
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What is an NGSS Storyline? (PSST… awesome resources)
A storyline is… A storyline is a coherent sequence of lessons, in which each step is driven by students’ questions that arise from their interactions with phenomena. For example, take an albino child borne from dark-skinned parents. Students should have a lot of questions that delve into various topics like genetics, environment, DNA, etc. A …
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What is NGSS?
NGSS is… NGSS is an acronym for Next Generation Science Standards. They are K-12 science content standards. As all standards do, they give teachers a guideline and they give students goals to meet. They were released in 2013 and have been implemented little by little. Who made NGSS? NGSS was developed by states. The federal …
30 Teacher Quotes You (probably) Haven’t Seen Before
1. “We are the ones we have been waiting for.” ― June Jordan 2. “Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else.” ― Henry Ward Beecher 3. “I’m more interested in arousing enthusiasm …
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