Become a better high school teacher with strategies to stress less, save time, be creative, and feel more confident in your classroom. Teachers Colin Dodds and Michelle Davis take you through quick, impactful tactics, including getting started in September, classroom management, games, activities, lesson planning, assessment, evaluation, tests, dealing with difficult students, working with colleagues and parents, and self-care.
In this minisode, Colin discusses a few ways to get valuable feedback about your teaching practice, including a few ways to get useful feedback from y...
In this minisode, Colin reviews the importance of “all-in” compliance with classroom management, and a few examples where it’s particularly important....
In this minisode, Colin talks about the value of critique-based journaling, and how it can be an easy and effective way to get your students to exerci...
In this minisode, Colin goes over a super-simple way to set up a way to do individualized assessment or review for your students. Read the show notes ...
You might be surprised to know that your students might not know each other's names. In this minisode, Colin discusses two fun name games to improve c...
In this minisode, Colin discusses a way to flip the script and put the responsibility of a lesson on the teacher, making students more comfortable ask...
In this minisode, Colin discusses a simple and easy technique that you can use for your students (or your own) motivation. Read the show notes and joi...
In this week's minisode, Colin discusses the pros and cons of dealing with phone distractions - and his favourite response that's quick, simple, and e...
You can quickly and easily make a free teacher website in less than 5 minutes. Colin and Michelle talk about the usefulness of a teacher website, and ...
Looking for a Learning Management System like Edmodo or Google Classroom but don’t know where to start? Michelle and Colin go over popular LMS options...