What is your ‘WHY’?
Two weeks ago, I began my 18th year of teaching. I got into my car, iced coffee in hand, and started the road to my familiar campus,...
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Barbara Gruener
Aug 216 min
Four Key Practices for Creating A Caring Climate
It’s Monday morning; Jed shows up to class looking tired and gaunt. He whispers that his grandfather accidentally ran over his dog on...
Guest
Apr 114 min
An Experiment in Positivity
When was the last time you talked to someone about positive news? Do you have to take a long pause before realizing what it was? It is so...
Guest
Jan 175 min
The Importance of Vocabulary
As an educator, I want to help guide students to become well-informed adults for our future. People need to be able to read a variety of...
Mandy Froehlich
Dec 22, 20235 min
Countdown of the Top 10 Most Read Blogs of 2023
At EduMatch, we have strived to keep our articles relevant and timely. Our contributors are amazing educators who delight in sharing...
Elijah Carbajal
Oct 15, 20224 min
A Place They Love
Anyone who has ever known me well enough knows that I love to write. As a teenager, I wrote songs. They weren’t very good, but I found...
E. E. Dowd
Aug 3, 20224 min
Beating Burnout and Scribing Shipshape
I told my 5th-grade students that I was leaving teaching to become an author. I didn’t believe myself for a minute, but I needed...
Dr. Nick Sutton
Jun 2, 20222 min
Good Test Scores or Good Instruction?
I think many individuals look at test scores to determine and "judge" whether or not a school is doing a good job. This practice has...
Carrie Baughcum
Apr 22, 20225 min
Why Did You Think You Had To Be An Artist To Draw
By Carrie Baughcum I had just spent forty-five minutes on Zoom sharing, teaching, writing, and doodling all about sketchnoting. But...
Dr. Nick Sutton
Apr 6, 20222 min
What exactly is an Advisory Period?
The topic of advisory periods in a master schedule at a junior high or high school is a topic that I have seen come up so many times. I...
Craig Shapiro
Apr 3, 20223 min
Stay Calm
I was teaching a fitness class to a group of 10th-grade students. They'd done a great job of listening, and I was finishing up demoing...
Carly Spina
Mar 13, 20222 min
Communication is Not a 2-Way Street; It's a Highway Interchange
Many times, folks will say that communication is a two-way street. I think nowadays, it's more of a highway interchange. We have so many...
Dr. Kevin Leichtman
Mar 4, 20223 min
A New Question to Ask
It isn’t always about the questions we ask. Sometimes, it is more important to consider HOW we are asking it. The way we frame our...
Craig Shapiro
Feb 25, 20224 min
Be Curious
Every once in a while, a show comes along that you can't stop watching. Sometimes it's the characters. Sometimes it's the plot. Sometimes...
Alexes Terry
Jun 20, 20216 min
Getting my students to show up
As we approached the end of the fall semester, I have been in reflection mode, thinking about what worked and what did not work, not only...
Barbara Gruener
May 20, 20215 min
What’s In A Name?
Today as I think about what’s in a name, I’m recalling a scene from the Hallmark movie Crown For Christmas starring Danica McKellar. When...
Craig Shapiro
Apr 27, 20213 min
What Have They Learned?
At its core, education is about learning! As a person who truly values relationships and connections, I'm still aware that what students...
Angela H. Bayer-Persico
Apr 19, 20212 min
A Look into “The Journey of an Accredited Provider”
Life as an educator is fun. Life as a provider and caregiver is fulfilling. It's exhausting on its good days and exhausting on its bad...
Carly Spina
Apr 9, 20214 min
Who’s Talking?
No matter what our roles are in schools, we all are language teachers because we all teach content through language. By using language as...
Melody McAllister
Mar 30, 20214 min
The Algorithm of Apologies
Today as I introduced my youngest two girls, second grade and kindergarten, to the words and world of coding. We focused on algorithms,...
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