#TeachChat Archive: Advice for Teachers – September 5, 2012
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ReallyGoodStuff Thanks again for being here! Goodnight!! =) ~Brandi #TeachChat -9:56 PM Sep 5th, 2012 pioneer_susie@ktvee Accompanying picture could be frightening, for sure. #teachchat -9:56 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Have a fantastic night and a great day tomorrow with your kiddos! #TeachChat -9:56 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Thank YOU! I appreciate you being here after #2ndchat! RT @MrsMorgansClass: Thanks Brandi! #TeachChat -9:55 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff lol yes, yes it isRT @MrsMorgansClass my 13 yr old want to go to #PSU because its the #1 party school. #priorities#TeachChat -9:55 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ktvee@pioneer_susie Love that quote, Karen! (poster perhaps? ReallyGoodStuff MT @ktvee Tonights topic went right along w/post I wrote after school Focusing on whats important. Everyday http://t.co/LzfWlpc8#TeachChat -9:54 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass Thanks Brandi! #teachchat -9:54 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff My email address is TeachersLounge@ReallyGoodStuff.com #TeachChat -9:54 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass@ReallyGoodStuff my 13 yr old want to go to #PSA because it’s the #1 party school. #priorities#teachchat -9:54 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Well, ladies, thank you SO much for sticking with me tonight!Please email me your mailing addresses so I can send out your prizes #TeachChat -9:53 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ktvee Tonight’s topic went right along w/post I wrote after school today. Focusing on what’s important. Everyday. http://t.co/Cv6cQUY9#teachchat -9:53 PM Sep 5th, 2012 pioneer_susie@ReallyGoodStuff Great idea. Going to do it! #teachchat -9:53 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass@pioneer_susie congrats! #teachchat -9:53 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff They do! RT @MrsMorgansClass: @ReallyGoodStuff#PSU makes great ice cream too! #TeachChat -9:53 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass@ReallyGoodStuff great idea! #teachchat -9:52 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass@ReallyGoodStuff congrats! #teachchat -9:52 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff I’d encourage you to take that quote that you just gave, write it out, and place it where you’ll see it daily. That’s your goal. #TeachChat -9:52 PM Sep 5th, 2012 pioneer_susie@ReallyGoodStuff Hooray! #teachchat -9:52 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass@ReallyGoodStuff#PSU makes great ice cream too! #teachchat -9:51 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff RT @nosduhaj: She loved us and expected the best from all of us. #TeachChat -9:51 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff RT @MrsMorgansClass: @ReallyGoodStuff Mrs. Morgan inspired me! #TeachChat -9:51 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Excellent! And you win again! Congrats! RT @pioneer_susie: She made me work hard, but it was fun. #TeachChat -9:51 PM Sep 5th, 2012 nosduhaj She loved us and expected the best from all of us. #teachchat -9:51 PM Sep 5th, 2012 pioneer_susie She made me work hard, but it was fun. #teachchat -9:50 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass@ReallyGoodStuff Mrs. Morgan inspired me! #teachchat -9:50 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff It really is. #PSU has a fantastic program! RT @MrsMorgansClass: @ReallyGoodStuff Wow! thats great! 1 year training is excellent! #TeachChat -9:50 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Question #5: What do you want your students to say about you when you retire? Answer 2 wins. #TeachChat -9:49 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass@ReallyGoodStuff Wow! that’s great! 1 year training is excellent! #teachchat -9:49 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Last question… #TeachChat -9:49 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass@pioneer_susie LOL! I hate to complain, but fo’ real…just let me teach! #teachchat -9:49 PM Sep 5th, 2012 pioneer_susie@MrsMorgansClass I like to call it “Flavor of the Month” #teachchat -9:48 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff I visited #PennState last fall and they have an excellent intensive teacher prep program.They spend a YEAR in the classroom #TeachChat -9:48 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass Or…the district makes a big deal about implementing some new program and then it falls by the wayside a few years later. #teachchat -9:47 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff RT @MrsMorgansClass 6 wks is a good taste of what they will be experiencing. I was an aid for 5 yrs and still wasnt prepared LOL! #TeachChat -9:47 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff I agree. RT @pioneer_susie: Not more, better. Just like kids. Giving more math problems doesnt make a better math student. #TeachChat -9:46 PM Sep 5th, 2012 pioneer_susie@MrsMorgansClass the pendulum never stops swinging! #teachchat -9:46 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass@ReallyGoodStuff 6 weeks is a good taste of what they will be experiencing. I was an aid for 5 yrs and still wasn’t prepared LOL! #teachchat -9:46 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@MrsMorgansClass Very much so. The constant change of procedures and protocol can overwhelm even veteran teachers! #TeachChat -9:46 PM Sep 5th, 2012 pioneer_susie Not more, better. Just like kids. Giving more math problems doesn’t make a better math student. #teachchat -9:46 PM Sep 5th, 2012 vmontgomery48 Yes I do #TeachChat -9:45 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff By classroom I mean being in a classroom teaching not listening to a lecture in a classroom. MrsMorgansClass It always seems that as soon as you get used to something (like a database) they change it. That can be frustrating #teachchat -9:45 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Do you think more real classroom time is needed for today’s student teachers? #TeachChat -9:44 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff RT @vmontgomery48: Sometimes it seems less because at every corner their is somethinneto deal with. #TeachChat -9:44 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff RT @MrsMorgansClass It depends on their background.Many teachers arent prepared for what they encounter at some of our public sch #TeachChat -9:43 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff MT @pioneer_susie Not less prepared;stretched thinner than vets who have mastered parts of the job prior to new focus/situations. #TeachChat -9:43 PM Sep 5th, 2012 vmontgomery48 Sometimes it seems less because at every corner their is somethinne to deal with. #TeachChat -9:43 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff They certainly can! RT @snoopie62: #TeachChat look at the happy faces…they can help when overwhelmed #TeachChat -9:42 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass@ReallyGoodStuff It depends on their background. Many teachers are not prepared for what they encounter at some of our public sch #teachchat -9:42 PM Sep 5th, 2012 pioneer_susie It’s not less prepared, but stretched thinner than the veterans who have mastered parts of the job prior to new focus/situations. #teachchat -9:42 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff lol! VERY! Every teacher has that “teacher eye”. =) RT @pioneer_susie: @ReallyGoodStuff Ah, the eye. Very effective, yes? #TeachChat -9:41 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass@pioneer_susie the stink eye…. #teachchat -9:41 PM Sep 5th, 2012 snoopie62#TeachChat look at the happy faces…they can help when overwhelmed -9:41 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Do you think that today’s new teachers are more or less prepared to face the diverse classroom? #TeachChat -9:40 PM Sep 5th, 2012 pioneer_susie@ReallyGoodStuff Ah, the eye. Very effective, yes? #teachchat -9:40 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Good point! RT @vmontgomery48: How to be better at what I do and how to deal with children that have problems. #TeachChat -9:40 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Once you’re a teacher, you’re always a teacher. Even at the grocery store when you see a child misbehaving &you give him the eye #TeachChat -9:39 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass@ReallyGoodStuff Woo hoo! #teachchat -9:39 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff It really doesn’t! RT @nosduhaj: it never ends!!! #TeachChat -9:38 PM Sep 5th, 2012 vmontgomery48 How to be better at what I do and how to deal with children that have problems. #TeachChat -9:38 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@pioneer_susie Very frustrating! #TeachChat -9:38 PM Sep 5th, 2012 nosduhaj it never ends!!! #teachchat -9:37 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Lol there really is! And you win again! RT @MrsMorgansClass: A4: theres a lot of paperwork! #TeachChat -9:37 PM Sep 5th, 2012 pioneer_susie Decisions are made in the best interest of the kids by those who don’t know the kids or what their best interests are.Frustrating #teachchat -9:37 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass A4: there’s a lot of paperwork! #teachchat -9:36 PM Sep 5th, 2012 nosduhaj You know you’re a true teacher when on your worst day you wouldn’t trade it for anything else #teachchat -9:35 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Q4: What do you wish someone had told you about teaching before you became a teacher? A2 wins! #TeachChat -9:33 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@pioneer_susie Sometimes it’s the simple things that bring about the biggest changes in our attitudes isn’t it? #TeachChat -9:32 PM Sep 5th, 2012 pioneer_susie A3 Nature, clouds and sky color have been spectacular. Add in blasting Contemp. Christian radio and off to a great day. #teachchat -9:31 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Don’t you just love when they’re so excited?!RT @nosduhaj: My students are my daily inspiration and their love of learning!!! #TeachChat -9:31 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Excellent! RT @jellyrace: @ReallyGoodStuff tweaking my tools helps me stay motivated and reinforces that I am a lifelong learner #TeachChat -9:30 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Awesome! And you win! =) Congratulations! RT @MrsMorgansClass: my family! #TeachChat -9:30 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass my family! #teachchat -9:29 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Indeed! RT @nosduhaj: Change is good-sometimes it opens a whole new way of relating and interacting with our students!! #TeachChat -9:29 PM Sep 5th, 2012 nosduhaj My students are my daily inspiration and their love of learning!!! #teachchat -9:29 PM Sep 5th, 2012 jellyrace@ReallyGoodStuff tweaking my tools helps me stay motivated and reinforces that I am a lifelong learner #teachchat -9:29 PM Sep 5th, 2012 nosduhaj Change is good-sometimes it opens a whole new way of relating and interacting with our students!! #teachchat -9:29 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Q3: Where do you find daily inspiration? Can be teaching related or not. A3 wins! #TeachChat -9:28 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff That’s the best! RT @pioneer_susie: Helping kids develop problem-solving, critical-thinking, and appropriate risk-taking skills. #TeachChat -9:27 PM Sep 5th, 2012 pioneer_susie My PLN also energizes me. I’ve learned about so many new technologies that I have integrated into my curriculum. Change is good. #teachchat -9:27 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Isn’t it funny how one simple change, one new thing, one new idea can make us feel like new teachers and reinvigorate us? #TeachChat -9:27 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Ah, that’s wonderful! RT @nosduhaj: This year its my new SMART board- after 26 years I feel like a new teacher pioneer_susie Helping kids develop problem-solving, critical-thinking, and appropriate risk-taking skills. #teachchat -9:26 PM Sep 5th, 2012 nosduhaj This year it’s my new SMART board- after 26 years I feel like a new teacher ReallyGoodStuff RT @pioneer_susie I think taking a serious look at what we can remove from our very full plates helps.Protect our personal time #TeachChat -9:25 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Is there anything specific that you do to get energized about teaching? What drives you? #TeachChat -9:24 PM Sep 5th, 2012 pioneer_susie I think taking a serious look at what we can remove from our very full plates helps too. Protect our personal time. #teachchat -9:24 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Awesome! Email me at TeachersLounge@ReallyGoodStuff.com =) RT @pioneer_susie: @ReallyGoodStuff WooHoo. I feel energized! #TeachChat -9:23 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff RT @ktvee: I connect w/PLN here;honestly,education can get overwhelming, but here people are positive, proactive&know what counts #TeachChat -9:23 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@vmontgomery48 Exactly! Remember why you went into teaching and focus on the kids! #TeachChat -9:23 PM Sep 5th, 2012 pioneer_susie@ReallyGoodStuff WooHoo. I feel energized! #teachchat -9:22 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff RT @MrsMorgansClass: remember why were are there: the kids AND why we started teaching in the first place. We make a difference! #TeachChat -9:22 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Exactly! RT @nosduhaj: Try new things to energize your teaching!!! #TeachChat -9:22 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ktvee I connect w/PLN here; honestly, education can get overwhelming, but here people are positive, proactive, and know what counts. #teachchat -9:21 PM Sep 5th, 2012 vmontgomery48 Stay positive and true to what yu believe in and how you are going yo help the students. #TeachChat -9:21 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Congrats, Karen! You win! RT @pioneer_susie: Learn something new or try a new activity with the kids, Great to see what they do. #TeachChat -9:21 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass good one! RT @pioneer_susie: Learn something new or try a new activity with the kids, Great to see what they do. #teachchat -9:21 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass A2 remember why were are there: the kids AND why we started teaching in the first place. We make a difference! #teachchat -9:20 PM Sep 5th, 2012 pioneer_susie Learn something new or try a new activity with the kids, Great to see what they do. #teachchat -9:20 PM Sep 5th, 2012 nosduhaj Try new things to energize your teaching!!! #teachchat -9:20 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Question 2: How do you stay enthusiastic about teaching when you feel overwhelmed? Answer 2 wins! #TeachChat -9:18 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff It’s easy to get discouraged by all of the things that you *have* to do during the school day, so…. #TeachChat -9:18 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass Cute! RT @ReallyGoodStuff: Here it is: http://t.co/d1IQ6LXk#teachchat -9:18 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Excellent! RT @nosduhaj: Have a morning check in so that you can greet and talk to each child everyday!!! #TeachChat -9:17 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Here it is: http://t.co/LBCjdp5R#TeachChat -9:17 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass yes! find out what is going on! RT @nosduhaj: Have a morning check in so that you can greet and talk to each child everyday!!! #teachchat -9:16 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff And that link totally didn’t work! Sorry, let me shrink it ahead of time #TeachChat -9:16 PM Sep 5th, 2012 nosduhaj Have a morning check in so that you can greet and talk to each child everyday!!! #teachchat -9:16 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass@ReallyGoodStuff link didn’t work #teachchat -9:16 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Video games are big around here so it’s perfect for reminding all of us how important it is to stay positive #TeachChat -9:15 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass@ReallyGoodStuff This year, I have had more kids tell me that I am nice. That’s all they really want – that’s what WE want. #teachchat -9:15 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff We have this poster (http://t.co/NhBzNDD5–+control+center+of+your+life.do?) #TeachChat -9:15 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Great motto! RT @MrsMorgansClass: @vmontgomery48 Our school motto this year is Stay Positive. #TeachChat -9:14 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass@ktvee I have always been so uptight the first few weeks b/c I want them to act a certain way. I gave that up & am enjoying it. #teachchat -9:14 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff It’s so easy to forget the simple act of smiling and *enjoying* the kids. #TeachChat -9:14 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass@vmontgomery48 Our school motto this year is Stay Positive. #teachchat -9:13 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff They are, but they’re the hardest to remember, I think. RT @ktvee: Yeah! Thank you so much! ktvee Yeah! Thank you so much! MrsMorgansClass Excellent! I have practiced that this year – best start ever! RT @ktvee: Smile. Relax. Enjoy the kids. #teachchat -9:12 PM Sep 5th, 2012 vmontgomery48 To make sure that I have enough equipment to start and to stay positive #TeachChat -9:12 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff That was my mantra today. (And every day, really.) RT @MrsMorgansClass: patience! #TeachChat -9:12 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Krissy, you win! Congratulations! =) RT @ktvee: Smile. Relax. Enjoy the kids. #TeachChat -9:11 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass patience! #teachchat -9:11 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ktvee Smile. Relax. Enjoy the kids. #teachchat -9:11 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass ready! I’m thinking a lot of teachers started today and may be really exhausted. #teachchat -9:10 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Question 1: What advice would you give to YOURSELF at the start of next year? Answer 1 wins! #TeachChat -9:10 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff How about we do out first giveaway….ladies, your odds are amazingly good right now. vmontgomery48 Ok looking toward to the ideals I can get tonight #TeachChat -9:09 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff RT @MrsMorgansClass Thing to remember,once something is in place,its hard to change until next year-unless its just not working #TeachChat -9:09 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff I feel like it does. I think each year there are new hopes.RT @vmontgomery48: Does anything change on a huge way or not #TeachChat -9:08 PM Sep 5th, 2012 vmontgomery48 Does anything change on a huge way or not #TeachChat -9:07 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@MrsMorgansClass Me too! I feel like it’s a fresh start for me, as well as my kids, at the start of each year. #TeachChat -9:07 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass The thing to remember, once something is in place, it’s hard to change until the next year – unless it’s just not working. #teachchat -9:07 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@MrsMorgansClass Awesome! Both about the Book Buddy bags AND #2ndchat ! =) #TeachChat -9:05 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass@ReallyGoodStuff yes, every year is new and different – I keep a running list in my head about what will change the following yr. #teachchat -9:05 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff If it’s okay with all of you,I’d like to alter the topic a bit to include encouraging all teachers at the beginning of the year #TeachChat -9:05 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass@ReallyGoodStuff slow start but great finish – lots of great links on behavior mgmt. Will be on our wiki later #teachchat -9:04 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff In a way, at the start of each year we are ALL new teachers. We have new ideas, new strategies, new hopes and dreams… #TeachChat -9:04 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass@ReallyGoodStuff Just got my shipment of “My Book Buddy” bags – hoping they will work great with Daily 5. #teachchat -9:03 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Tonight’s topic is encouraging new teachers, BUT I kept thinking about it in a slightly different light today… #TeachChat -9:03 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Hi Vanessa! RT @vmontgomery48: Vanessa, hi Brandi #TeachChat -9:03 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@ktvee Hi Krissy! #TeachChat -9:03 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@MrsMorgansClass Hi! How are you? How was #2ndchat ? #TeachChat -9:02 PM Sep 5th, 2012 vmontgomery48 Vanessa, hi Brandi #TeachChat -9:02 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff We’ll be doing #giveaways tonight throughout the chat so watch for those questions! #TeachChat -9:02 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ktvee Hello! What’s tonight’s topic? Krissy from Missouri! #teachchat -9:02 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff If you have any questions as we go through the chat, please don’t hesitate to ask! #TeachChat -9:01 PM Sep 5th, 2012 MrsMorgansClass Hey Brandi. #teachchat -9:01 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff My name is Brandi and I’ll be your moderator this evening. #TeachChat -9:01 PM Sep 5th, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Good evening, everyone! Welcome to tonight’s #TeachChat -9:00 PM Sep 5th, 2012
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