Branching Out Educational Consultants
This time of year is notorious for bogging teachers down. I remember thinking, middle of October, “I have how many more months of this??!!” Time seems to stand still mid-fall. The excitement of the new year has worn off considerably, … Continued
My first year of teaching was a complete train wreck. In fact, the phrase, “train wreck,” doesn’t even begin to describe how lost I was as a teacher. I had just graduated college, moved to a new city, and entered … Continued
By Daisy Maynard, Faith Community Academy The end of the school year is a time for grieving for every teacher. You’ve spent the entire year building relationships with your students and their families. In some ways we are comforted … Continued
As the morning light starts taking longer to hit my window, I’m reminded that school is just around the corner and I’ll be receiving my class list very soon. There are equal amounts of excitement and anxiety in my heart … Continued
In my 4th year of teaching 4th grade, I had a whiteboard prompt that asked, “What would make school better for you?” One student’s response was, “Having a school newspaper.” Once I read his response, I knew that I had … Continued
To answer before listening, that is folly and shame. -Proverbs 18:13 The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, for the ears of the wise seek it out. -Proverbs 18:15 Speaking and listening are essential components to a student’s … Continued
For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ…But now indeed there are many members, yet one body…” 1 Corinthians 12:12 & … Continued
As a teacher, I found that I often wrestled with wanting to create opportunities for critical thinking, but feeling like the planning of it took more out of my critical thinking stores than the students’! If you’ve felt this way, … Continued
As an educator, have you ever wondered what is teacher well-being? How do you define it? Is it based on your personality? What influences teacher flourishing? What decisions do teachers make that affect their professional well-being? And for us as … Continued
What is your favorite method of teaching reading? Whether it is from teacher courses or the school at which one teaches, we develop a pedagogy for teaching young students how to read, and we often settle in making it our … Continued
