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Here are all 145 of my posts:

May 2013 (2)
- 18: 4 Things Students Should Know About Finance and Saving for Their Future (0)
- 06: 5 Steps to Help Your Child Prepare for Their Dream Job (0)
April 2013 (8)
- 27: What to Focus on After the CST (0)
- 18: 6 Resources for Online Degree Programs: How to Find the Right Path (3)
- 11: The Written Behavior Log – A Win/Win/Win (1)
- 06: Revising Your Teaching Strategy (0)
- 05: Music in the Classroom – In Some Strong Hearts (6)
- 04: No Superman – When Tests Scores are Human (0)
- 03: The Challenge of Making Your Not-so-Favorites Your Favorites (0)
- 02: What Teaching Strategies are You Using This Close to the Test (0)
March 2013 (13)
- 28: A Closer Look at the Parent Trigger Law (0)
- 28: A Look at Another Career & Curriculum: Medical Assisting Programs (0)
- 28: Professional Learning Communities – Worth the Effort (3)
- 20: 5 Tools to Stay Connected While Taking Online Courses (0)
- 19: Backward Map Review – A Great Way to do Test Prep (0)
- 16: When You Need Divorce Info (0)
- 16: Negative Effect of Forward Questioning (2)
- 16: What is Credit Repair and Does it Work? (0)
- 16: 20 Days is 20 Days – Musing on an Upcoming Test (0)
- 16: Check out a Cincinatti Lawyer (0)
- 16: Seriously Considering Growing a Beard as Motivation for the Standards Test (0)
- 05: Get a Professional Plumber (0)
- 03: The Late Great Standardized Test and Happy Birthday Common Core (0)
February 2013 (13)
- 27: On Teaching Without Paper, or Less Anyway (4)
- 26: Assess the Entire Class in an Instant (0)
- 25: Using Google Calendar as a Lesson Plan Tool and Syncing With Work (1)
- 24: Goals Help Set up My Classroom (0)
- 23: Great Visual Aid for Introducing Fractions (0)
- 23: Tip for Improving a Professional Teacher Evaluation (0)
- 22: My One Minute Mystery and Teaching Genre (0)
- 22: The Best Behavioral Strategy is a Dynamite Lesson Plan (5)
- 21: Less Paper Lesson Planning (0)
- 17: One Question Tests (0)
- 11: How to Be the Teacher Your Students Will Never Forget (0)
- 09: Public schools gear up for new standards | standards, victorville, gear – Victorville Daily Press (0)
- 03: 50 Days to the Test – and how to prepare (0)
January 2013 (6)
- 31: The Words of a Teacher Matter Much (0)
- 27: What I Want for Public Education (as a Parent) (0)
- 12: Great Lesson Basics – Mixing Methods (0)
- 11: Search Google for PDF and DOC Worksheets for Your Lesson (0)
- 10: Controlled Chaos vs. Cookie Cutter Learning (0)
- 02: My Top Ten Posts on Teaching from 2012 (0)
December 2012 (7)
- 22: Reflections on the Reflective Teacher (0)
- 14: My Comment on Today’s Senseless School Shootings (0)
- 12: Teachers and Public Image (0)
- 11: Dr. Jim and Bob’s Entertaining Medical Topics (0)
- 08: We as Teachers Can Improve the Culture (0)
- 04: Quality Tutoring Available Online (0)
- 04: Trophies in the Classroom (1)
November 2012 (4)
- 17: Should You Get a Teaching Degree in this Economy? (2)
- 12: Classroom Design – Less is More (2)
- 07: One on One Attention for Difficult Students (0)
- 01: 3 Things to Ask in a Parent Teacher Conference (0)
October 2012 (9)
- 16: Kids are Like Sponges: Use Stories to Teach Them (5)
- 15: Today’s Teachers Must Find Inner Strength (0)
- 15: Inspiration for New Teachers: The Tortoise, the Hare, and Personal Bests (2)
- 14: Parent Conferences Tip – Listen to Parents About Their Child (0)
- 09: 3 Tips for Teacher Success When Starting Their Career (0)
- 09: Check Out Kitchen Cabinet Depot! (0)
- 07: The Parent Trigger and 2 Radical Changes I Suggest for Public Education in 2012 and Beyond (2)
- 05: Common Core and Collaborative Groups (1)
- 04: Guided Practice (0)
July 2012 (1)
- 08: What Students Need from a Teacher (0)
June 2012 (5)
- 29: The Band Plays On (Book Review) (0)
- 23: CD Hovercrafts – A Fun Science Craft Idea (0)
- 14: Staying Healthy and Inspired as a Teacher (0)
- 10: What Should we Test in Public Education? (2)
- 03: Create Your Own Sport – A Small Groups Classroom Project (0)
May 2012 (6)
- 27: Goal Based Teaching and Focus (0)
- 16: Suggested 3 I’s of Education Reform (0)
- 09: Que? – A Funny Experience I Had as a First-Year (14)
- 08: Teaching, Inspiration, and Rock ‘n Roll (43)
- 07: 10 Tips to Teach Kids with Repetition (0)
- 04: Renewal (Book Review) (0)
April 2012 (7)
- 28: Opting out of Testing Gaining Favor with Parents? My response (2)
- 22: Proximity and Presentation in Lesson Plans (0)
- 22: Closure (0)
- 15: Teacher as Motivator and Coach (0)
- 15: 10 Resources for Teachers to Manage Stress (0)
- 15: 3 Simple Tips to Make a Week’s Worth of Lesson Plans on Your PC Without Losing Your Mind (0)
- 04: The Organic Teacher vs The Robot (0)
March 2012 (2)
- 27: Small Growth is Still Growth (0)
- 10: Side-Yard Superhero (Book Review) (2)
February 2012 (2)
- 25: Getting Buy-in From Your Students (0)
- 18: Backwards Mapping for Planning Instruction (0)
January 2012 (7)
- 30: A Different Sort of Merit Pay (0)
- 22: The Art of Planning a Teaching Week (0)
- 20: Monetary vs. Non Monetary Rewards in the Classroom (0)
- 17: Financial Aid Options for Teachers (0)
- 14: Classroom Expectations – Take Your Time, do it Right (0)
- 14: 5 Altruistic Values of Teaching (7)
- 02: What Every “Teacher” Should Remember: (0)
December 2011 (2)
- 15: Internal vs. External Motivation for Teachers (1)
- 01: Is a Teaching Career a Safe Bet in this Economy? (0)
November 2011 (6)
- 27: Tradition vs. Tech as a Teacher (0)
- 17: Cost of Paper vs. Whiteboard Markers (0)
- 17: What Great Teachers Do (0)
- 17: The W.I.N. Philosophy (1)
- 17: Ten Ways to Say Good Job! (1)
- 05: The Power of Believing in Your Dreams (0)
October 2011 (4)
- 30: Teacher Evaluations and Observations – Show Them You Came to Play (0)
- 27: Dont Over Stuff Your Brain (11)
- 26: Focus and the Dynamite Lesson Plan (3)
- 18: Ah Yes, the Topic of Cursive (0)
September 2011 (3)
- 06: Look at it Differently, or Where I Managed to Put the Bookshelf (2)
- 05: Look at it Differently (2)
- 02: My Solution to the Copy Machine Conundrum (0)
August 2011 (1)
- 24: Kids Getting to You? (2)
July 2011 (4)
- 30: The Enigma of Setting Up Desks (2)
- 27: Clarifying Questions (0)
- 21: Ideas for Better Teaching 2011-2012 (1)
- 18: Some Relaxation Methods (2)
June 2011 (2)
- 11: What’s Your Form of Stress Relief? (0)
- 04: To Teach Same Kids or Rotate, that is the Question (0)
May 2011 (2)
- 14: Discovering Type with Teens (Book Review) (0)
- 14: Great Minds Don’t Think Alike (Book Reviews) (1)
April 2011 (1)
- 30: Igniting Brilliance (Book Review) (0)
March 2011 (1)
- 20: Circle the Keywords (0)
February 2011 (1)
- 25: Special File for Student Notes and Creations (0)
December 2010 (2)
- 31: What Does it Take to be a Teacher? (0)
- 19: Making Do With Less Assessment (0)
November 2010 (2)
- 13: Teach: Tony Danza on A&E – My Review (0)
- 11: Kids, Choices, and Consequences (13)
October 2010 (2)
- 31: Value of a Pacing Guide (2)
- 14: A Teaching Career in This Economy- Does it Still Make Sense? (0)
September 2010 (4)
- 27: Build Community in the Classroom (1)
- 19: Is Homework Always Helpful? (7)
- 13: When Kids Don’t Answer (3)
- 11: Ways of Recognizing Good Student Behavior (7)
August 2010 (3)
- 14: Why to Have a Learning Objective (0)
- 02: Concept Development (1)
- 01: Importance (0)
July 2010 (4)
- 31: Activate Prior Knowledge (0)
- 29: Learning Objective (4)
- 21: Introduction to Explicit Direct Instruction (2)
- 19: Three Tools You Can Use to Make Effective Lessons (0)
February 2010 (1)
- 08: 3 Classroom Behavior Management Techniques that Deliver (1)
December 2009 (1)
- 17: Power of a Recital (0)
November 2009 (1)
- 10: Sports as Incentive in the Elementary Classroom (0)
October 2009 (1)
- 07: 3 Positive Outcomes from a Parent Conference (0)
August 2009 (1)
- 24: Preparing Students for Jobs that Don’t Exist Yet (1)
December 2008 (1)
- 01: Teaching Tips for Classroom Behavior Management (1)
October 2008 (1)
- 21: Think Outside the Box with Kids (0)
September 2008 (1)
- 15: Using Acronyms to Be a More Effective Teacher (1)
June 2008 (1)
- 17: Teachers Who Create, Innovate, and Integrate Add Value (0)