Bright Classroom Ideas

Identity Safe Classrooms: How To Create Them

Becki Cohn-Vargas, Ed.D. - 0

Our identities cannot be separated from who we are, how we see the world, how we feel and how we act. Students’ identities greatly influence how they experience school and how they learn - educators’ identities influence how we teach.Throughout history, humans have asked: “Who am I?” Our answers change every day as new experiences accumulate. Each of us...

Would you Seek Academic Help if you Were a Student in Your Class?

Jennifer Davis-Bowman, Ed.D. - 1

It’s ironic. The students that need it, often are the ones that do not seek academic help. Maybe it’s fear, embarrassment, or a lack of the self-awareness to decipher that academic help is needed.Helping ChecklistAs an instructor, I search for ways to be proactive in addressing this dilemma. Here are a few questions that help me think more intentionally about helping my...

5 Student Emotional Struggles and How to Spot Them

Carolyn A. Curtis, EdD, LCSW - 1

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, educators are still faced with the grim reality that our students are struggling with their social emotional health and wellbeing. This can result in challenging behaviors or decreased academic performance in the classroom.Recent data has demonstrated a surge of mental health struggles among youth. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that...

Supporting Teacher Wellbeing

Cameron Wei - 0

According to recent research, around 5% of teachers today are suffering long-lasting mental health problems - up from just 1% in the 1990s. This is mainly due to the fact that the role of teachers is developing to include more duties and responsibilities than ever before.Despite the heavier job scope, society neglects to address teacher wellbeing and their...

Protecting The Mental Health Of Teachers

Cameron Wei - 0

More than 300 million people are now living with depression. Their number has grown by 18% over the past 10 years. Teachers with mental health issues are no exception.Teachers tell their students that mindset matters. Yet teachers do not always allow themselves space to receive those same messages of reflection and self-care.In fact, teachers, because of the nature of their job,...

Creating Self-Driven Super Learners

Elena Diaz - 0

Should the road to conquering student behavior end in compliance? Can we teach the super learners that we want to be self-driven? Elena Díaz reflects on the practical steps we can take to achieve this with our classes.Compliance is a first stopFor many teachers, achieving a well-behaved class is a great achievement, and so it should be. Students come...

Is Teaching Affecting Your Marriage?

Cameron Wei - 0

Are you a teacher or married to one? Has your marriage been struggling as of late? Do you think your job may be affecting your personal life a little too much? In other words, is teaching affecting your marriage? Then keep on reading because this article is just for you!When you work as a teacher, you are trusted with...

From Teacher To Therapist

Kate Staples - 0

The professions of teaching and counseling share similar qualities. To be a teacher, you need to be caring, patient, understanding, and possess an underlying desire to improve the lives of your students through education. Counselors (or therapists) must also possess these traits, but they help improve the lives of their clients through different means.Therapy is becoming even...

The Power of Storytelling

Christopher Bronke - 0

There I sat, impressed by the piece: rhetorical devices well-used, research well-conducted, argument well-constructed. She had clearly done great work, and yet I was dumbfounded by the glaring irony of Annika’s writing-for-school approach and the blatant (and probably forced by “school”) way it left this piece with a startling hole: her story.You see, Annika, within the same week, both took...

Teaching Morally and Teaching Morality

Dr. Gillian R. Rosenberg - 0

It began with the test, as it so often does."Ms. Samuel,You are the worst science teacher that has ever taught me. In all my years doing science I have consistently averaged 89 and never struggled on a test as hard as the one today. If you are going to put a question on the test, prepare us for it....