Teach Life Lessons
If your classes are 55 minutes as were mine when I taught, I suggest you use the last 5 minutes to teach Life Lessons. I know you are evaluated on state or national test score results, but our kids need more. (I often wonder w ...
Posted Sunday, August 9th 2009 at 10:14AM
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TEACH LIFE’S LESSONS lesson 6
Marketable Skills PLAN B
An education is essential. It is a key that opens doors. It tells potential employers that you are trainable and that you can endure and complete assigned tasks.
Sadly, it does NOT guara ...
Posted Sunday, August 9th 2009 at 10:11AM
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Teaching Technique-EXPECTATIONS
First a story
When I taught in the Memphis City School, I also worked summers for the Memphis City Park Commission. I worked at a Community Center. The Director of the center and I became friends. Years after leavi ...
Posted Sunday, August 9th 2009 at 10:09AM
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Teaching Technique-“take the show on the road”
This technique will work regardless of the subject matter you are teaching. This concept is valid for any grade level. It has worked for me at grade levels 8 through college.
My explanation to my s ...
Posted Sunday, August 9th 2009 at 10:08AM
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Teach Life Lessons-Favorite Book, Favorite Author
If your classes are 55 minutes as were mine when I taught, I suggest you use the last 5 minutes to teach Life Lessons. I know you are evaluated on state or national test score results, but our ki ...
Posted Sunday, August 9th 2009 at 10:07AM
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Teach Life Lessons-The Resume
If your classes are 55 minutes as were mine when I taught, I suggest you use the last 5 minutes to teach Life Lessons. I know you are evaluated on state or national test score results, but our kids need more. (I oft ...
Posted Sunday, August 9th 2009 at 10:06AM
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Teach Life Lessons 2-Dress for SUCCESS
If your classes are 55 minutes as were mine when I taught, I suggest you use the last 5 minutes to teach Life Lessons. I know you are evaluated on state or national test score results, but our kids need mor ...
Posted Sunday, August 9th 2009 at 10:05AM
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Teach Life Lessons-ROI return on Investment
If your classes are 55 minutes as were mine when I taught, I suggest you use the last 5 minutes to teach Life Lessons. I know you are evaluated on state or national test score results, but our kids nee ...
Posted Sunday, August 9th 2009 at 10:04AM
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Teaching Technique_ the Reverse Field Trip.
I was assigned to a new school. On my first day the principal said. “I have heard of you, you like to take the students on field trips, there will be no field trips at this school.” I have never met the ...
Posted Sunday, August 9th 2009 at 10:03AM
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Teaching Technique-Call and Response
This is not a NEW Idea. But I have not seen it used in Public Schools. It worked marvelously for me. I encourage all teachers to give it a try. It Works!
First a little history of the concept.
You have probab ...
Posted Sunday, August 9th 2009 at 10:01AM
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Teaching Techniques-Coach
This will not work for everybody. But it worked for a dear friend of mine. Let us just call him Bob. Bob was the only Caucasian in an all Black school. He was also the only male.
He was 5’6” and weighed 130 pounds. He ex ...
Posted Sunday, August 9th 2009 at 9:59AM
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TEACH LIFE LESSONS – LESSON 3
WHAT IS A GOOD JOB?
I asked my students this question when I taught at Atlanta Technical Institute.
The answers I received were $10.00 an hour, $15.00 and hour and $18.00 an hour.
The answers were all about an ho ...
Posted Sunday, August 9th 2009 at 9:58AM
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Life’s Inventory
So you
have been living for 40 or 50 or 60 years. What do you have to show for it?
What comes to your mind first?
Your children? Your house? your car?
Were your children an accomplishment or an accident?
Should a ...
Posted Sunday, April 12th 2009 at 8:51AM
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GPS units:
A couple of weeks ago a couple had their car broken into while they were at a football
game. Their car was parked on the green which was adjacent to the football stadium and
specially allotted to football fan ...
Posted Monday, March 23rd 2009 at 11:14AM
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You can buy software for less than $50.00
Wheras you can place edcational videos pf your students performing task(looking good)
This can bring an excitement to your class
the software is www. easyFLV.com
you can get this
click here ...
Posted Monday, March 23rd 2009 at 7:04AM
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click and watch this
When I was in school (segregated then)
My teachers (all black of course) told me
"you have to be twice as smart as the white guy to get the same job"
I bought that concept.
I sharpened my skills and I got the jobs I went aft ...
Posted Monday, March 23rd 2009 at 7:02AM
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I do presentations for students entitled HOW TO LEARN.
This has placed in tens of schools.
In each of these schools I have seen the concepy LIFE LONG LEARNER
heavily promoted. ( I feel this is GREAT)
To many times I have queried teachers about th ...
Posted Thursday, March 19th 2009 at 6:41AM
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You can buy software for less than $50.00
Wheras you can place edcational videos pf your students performing task(looking good)
This can bring an excitement to your class
the software is www. easyFLV.com
you can get this
click here ...
Posted Thursday, March 19th 2009 at 6:39AM
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