by altha-admin | Oct 6, 2011 | Articles
In every book on Classroom Management, which is the biggest issue for every teacher, there is at least one chapter dedicated to coping skills.Imagine taking a job that is so inherently stressful, that part of the training deals with prepping yourself mentally to...
by altha-admin | Oct 5, 2011 | Articles
"Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil." — C. S. LewisEveryone believes in something or someone, whether they realize it or not.The challenge, then, in educating anyone is to get them aware of their...
by altha-admin | Oct 5, 2011 | Articles
Every teacher wants to get paid more, even though they get paid twice as much as private school teachers yet have little to show for their effort.How does a teacher get a pay raise?Go back to school, enroll in more classes, get a master's degree.If there's...
by altha-admin | Oct 5, 2011 | Articles
Like most professionals, teachers are expected to grow in skill and knowledge of their craft.The problem is that for teachers, their skill set is primarily about keeping kids from killing each other, or about kvetching to the right people to get done what you want...
by altha-admin | Oct 5, 2011 | Articles
He tells the truth, whether anyone wants to hear it or not.He disagrees with disagreeable people, but in an agreeable fashion.He has come across the aisle to work with factions our of his step with his political philosophy, yet he gets the job done. He has been up...
by altha-admin | Oct 5, 2011 | Articles
President Obama misspoke the oath of Office January 20, 2009.Most of us thought it was funny, yet his slip of the tongue exposed two very troubling realities about our current chief executive:1) He does not know by heart the Constitution ( a scandal for a...
