Communicating with families is often the most difficult and overwhelming part of teaching. There’s no handbook for teachers to use to improve communication with parents, but we know how valuable positive home-school relationships are to student success. Developing these relationships makes dealing with behavior and academic concerns much easier. This list is a few of […]
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Early in my career, parent-teacher conferences were my least favorite thing about teaching. Let’s be honest; they terrified me. Why? I’m not sure. Maybe it was a lack of confidence in myself or the fact that I had a really challenging parent during my first year. Likely, it was simply a fear of the unknown. Parent […]
Valentine’s Day marks our last classroom party of the school year! Woohoo! At my school, parents organize and run the parties. Over the years, I’ve had some AMAZING ideas and some under-planned parties, but thankfully I’ve never had a terrible party! (I hope I didn’t just jinx myself.) I’ve learned from fellow teachers that not […]
Any other half day kindergarten teachers out there?! Yes, we still exist. Crazy right? Yes, I still teach in a half day program. When I tell people this, I get lots of questions. I feel like half day teachers rare creatures who should be displayed in museums. When I say I teach half day, people […]
