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What it’s really like to teach Gen Z
People love to hate on Gen Z. They say that teenagers have no attention span. They can’t do anything for themselves. They are addicted to their phones. They don’t respect authority. They don’t know how to have a face-to-face conversation. People are often intimidated or confused by teenagers, and as a high school teacher I…
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Rest on Purpose
Next week, I will begin my fourth year teaching. This time last year, I was just starting my “Señora Newton” blog. I was so excited to get back to work, set up my classroom, and put into practice what I had been learning. Last summer, I got to attend Model Schools Conference in Orlando and…
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The Most Important Lessons I Learned as a First-Year Teacher
Teachers love to teach (obviously), and sometimes that means teaching other teachers how to teach. 🤣 It sounds silly, but we seriously do it all the time! We go to conferences and have professional development days, and we take online courses and meet with our professional learning communities (PLCs) to learn from each other and…
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