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Win a Book by Checking out our Facebook Page!

Could we be a hip website for teachers without a reference to Facebook?  Nope.  So, check out the new Facebook page!  Do you need more of an incentive? From now until April 15th, one person will win a free Road … Continue reading

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What Degree Do You Need to Be a Gym Teacher?

Interested in becoming a gym teacher?  Check out this post.  It referenced Road to Teaching: A Guide to Teacher Training, Student Teaching, and Finding a Job.

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Teacher Interview Question: How do You Motivate Students?

Excerpt from Road to Teaching: A Guide to Teacher Training, Student Teaching and Finding a Job Another way of phrasing this question is, “How will you create a classroom environment that motivates your students?” You can take a number of approaches … Continue reading

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Teacher Interview Question: How do you Curb Student Misbehavior?

Excerpt from Road to Teaching: A Guide to Teacher Training, Student Teaching and Finding a Job: Classroom management is a system of practices that increases learning and lowers behavioral problems.  Effective classroom management communicates your expectations to the students. The hiring team … Continue reading

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Win Your Free Copy of Road to Teaching: A Guide to Teacher Training, Student Teaching, and Finding a Job

Goodreads Book Giveaway Road to Teaching by Eric Hougan Giveaway ends April 15, 2011. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win

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Worried about failing at student teaching?

Interesting fact – 80% of schools and colleges of education fail 1% or fewer of their student teachers, including 15% that never fail any (Sudzina & Knowles, 1993).

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Interview Tips for Beginning Teachers | eHow.com

Road to Teaching is highlighted as a resource in the eHow article below.  Help continue to grow the web’s largest collection of teacher interview questions by sending in your interview questions to eric@road2teaching.com! Interview Tips for Beginning Teachers | eHow.com.

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Changing Education Paradigms – Video

There are some thought-provoking ideas within this short video.

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Teacher Resource: Ask your teacher questions to education leaders

Each month, Educational Leadership publishes an “Among Colleagues” column offering practicing educators an opportunity to ask and answer questions about teaching challenges. Share a teaching dilemma you’d like to get advice on by sending a 100-word description to elsubmissions@ascd.org with … Continue reading

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Homework – Don't Get Me Fired Up

Few subjects get teachers fired up more than discussing homework policy.  Should you give homework?  How much?  How often?  Should parents be involved?  What about late penalties? Here’s a good post on teachers’ perceptions of homework. http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teacher_in_a_strange_land/2010/07/fair_and_unbalanced.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TeacherInAStrangeLand+(Teacher+in+a+Strange+Land)

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