Watch it on YouTube here! Looking to re-engage students? Try Choice Boards! Find yourself struggling to keep students engaged? Even without the new online learning orders, it can be hard to change your program to suit everyone unique needs and interests! Join Patti this week as she discusses a ... READ the POST

Watch it on YouTube here! Save Yourself Time Marking Digitally! Struggling to keep up with all the marking now that you're teaching remotely? Try something new... Don't! Join Patti this week as she explains how she utilizes online marking to minimize the time she spends marking in a regular in ... READ the POST

Watch it on YouTube here! Simplify Remote Teaching and Regain Your Time! Struggling with online learning? Making dozens or hundreds of slides every night just to make it through the next day? Finding you can't keep up with the marking either? STOP! Stop giving up all of your free time to do ... READ the POST

Watch it on YouTube here! Teaching From Home - Set Yourself and Your Students up for Success! So, we are back online! This time, let's set up your home teaching space for success not only for you and your family, but for your students as well! Join Patti this week as she breaks down her formula ... READ the POST

Watch it on YouTube here! Set Limits for Yourself! We're all guilty of it... Guilty of letting works escape the paid work day and creep into our time with family and friends. Especially as teachers. It's not uncommon for the marking to be taken home, or the lesson planning to be done after the ... READ the POST

Watch it on Youtube Here! 7 Tips to Surviving Remote Teaching How did you take the news about the return to online learning? Were you excited, nervous, stressed? What about all three? It's going to be quite a transition from in person learning to remote learning no matter what you do. This ... READ the POST

This week's episode: Writing Conferences! Watch it on YouTube! I feel that one of the best ways for students to make gains in their writing is to structure time in your literacy program for individual student-teacher conferences to talk about their writing. But: how does this work in practice? ... READ the POST

Watch it on YouTube here! If you’ve been around for a while then you know I’m a big fan of using inquiry-based instruction in the classroom. I truly believe that using choice and voice for inquiry-based learning gets students involved and invested in their own learning. However, many teachers ... READ the POST

Watch it on YouTube! There are many different ways to teach reading in the classroom, however many teachers end up falling into one of two categories; Those that use Literature Circles, and those that use Literature Centers. Which one are you? Join in on the debate! Have you had the ... READ the POST

Watch it on Youtube Tired? Burning out? Missing your family and free time? As teachers, it's not uncommon but often expected; for us to give up our personal time to attend to school-related tasks. This could be anything from the photocopying you stay late to do on a Friday night, to the ... READ the POST