Teacher problems

Teaching is a rewarding job, but some things can make just about anyone lose it. Here are a handful of problems only teachers could understand.

There’s an old saying that you can either laugh or you can cry. Teachers know this probably more than anybody. While I love teaching kids, I’m not gonna lie, it’s not an easy job, and the more we can find the humor in the everyday things that happen while being sequestered with a classroom full […]

We asked teachers what were the worst things they were ever told from angry parents at Parent-Teacher conferences. Here are the most ridiculous responses.

Yes, Teachers Cry at Work - 15 Moments When It Happens

Here are some of the tricks I use when creating my seating charts. 1) 6th graders are new to me each year. I have about 70 per class in two classes. To help learn their names a little more quickly, and for purposes of grading the children, I use alphabetical seating charts for the first nine weeks. When behavior problems reveal themselves, I move the children as needed, but I often feel like Harrison Ford in the photo above because I don't know the children yet. :-) 2) Also with 6th graders…

Be a teacher, they said. It will be fun, they said

It’s that time of year when students just ended a long and blissful summer and need to make their way back to school to reconnect with their teachers.Teachers are our unsung heroes. They need to have the smarts of a scientist, the liveliness of a talk show host, and the patience of a saint. They may lose their mind sometimes, but their days can be full of funny stories among fellow teachers and their beloved students.We collected some favorite school memes and memes for teachers to highlight…

Though each school has its own unique dynamics between teachers, I’ve discovered that there are a couple common threads between the typical dilemmas. Read on as I address the five of the most common–and most difficult–teacher co-worker problems. Scenario 1: Your coworkers pop over on a daily basis to say, “So, what are we doing … Continued

End of year

Here are 20 humorous and lighthearted memes that have swept across teaching social media sites that accurately depict or describe the realities of teaching.