By Cindy Schwartz, Co-founder and executive director of secondary education What is self care? When is there even time for a teacher to focus on themselves either during the school day or once they go home? We are constantly lesson planning, marking homework and assessments, meeting or calling parents, attending faculty and department meetings, completing …
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By Cindy Schwartz, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Secondary Education How many of you have had a student in your classroom who defies class rules, annoys other students intentionally, blames others for their mistakes, loses their temper often and is usually angry and irritable? I have certainly had students like that in my classroom and …
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By Cindy Schwartz, co-founder and executive director of secondary education A very real problem that many of us have faced in our classrooms is the act of “settling down” or “quieting” a class. So here we go. Does this sound familiar? It’s 7:50 am and the morning announcements are over. The room is noisy, buzzing, …
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By Cindy Schwartz, co-founder and executive director of secondary education at Attentive Teaching Can history teach us how to empathize? It’s all in the way you approach it. We can teach empathy in our classrooms if we utilize specific activities that will enable students to understand how it feels to ‘walk in someone else’s shoes.’ …