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Education Myths that Eliminate Good Teachers
Teachers are among the many casualties of this faltering economy, especially young, motivated teachers. So many promising educators –who have chosen a career path of little financial reward because...
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Teachable Moments During Teacher Unemployment
As teachers, we instinctively look for those teachable moments in the classroom. You know them – those moments when suddenly space and time open up to reveal an opportunity to take what is at hand and...
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Substituting – The Not-Quite-Teaching of Teaching
One of the new adventures I’ve embarked upon since my layoff in 2011 is substitute teaching. Many unemployed teachers I’ve spoken to have been substituting for a very long time, sometimes half a...
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The School Zone: Keeping In Touch With Teaching
This is that marvelous time of the school year when teachers can begin to see that (sometimes desperately) needed break coming in December. Some schools even get an entire week off for Thanksgiving,...
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Courage to Teach—Touchstones
Our first meeting this school year (sometimes called Circle of Trust ®)was like a gathering of old friends. You know those friends you don’t talk with for eternity and when you see each other you pick...
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Education is Changing, and We Must be Ready. An Unemployed Teacher Offers a...
To buy Cari’s book that details her sudden unemployment, “How to Finish the Test When Your Pencil Breaks” please click here. As a teacher who has been out of work for almost two years now, I find the...
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New Directions: An Unemployed Teacher Looks at the Future and Creates a New...
I spent most of the first year after my layoff just wanting to go back. Back to the job I had so passionately loved. Back to the routine that was so familiar. Back to the students with whom I felt...
View ArticleHigh Schools Need Seuss Time
Normally March 2nd would pass without notice but this year I am embracing the 109th birthday celebration of Dr. Seuss in my high school classroom. Seuss is ageless and timeless. Many elementary school...
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The Unemployed Teacher: Life After High School
–an installment in the ongoing series The Unemployed Teacher– I enjoyed a two hour coffee get together with one of my former students the other day. I was so energized after that meeting – and as I...
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The End of the Year Means the End of a Job for Many Teachers
The end of the school year is usually a time of concluding lessons, wrapping up projects, packing up classrooms, and looking forward to a bit of recovery time (however brief it might be). Most of all,...
View ArticleTransition Time: Finding the Right School Fit Over Summer
Summer means leaving a school for greener pastures for many educators, but how is one to know if the new school is going to be better? Here’s a brief checklist I’ve used during interviews in years past...
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