Growth Mindset
On the way to benchmarks, sometimes students get “stuck” because of a fixed mindset. How can we, instead, encourage a growth mindset? How can we cultivate our own?
Equity vs. Equality
Is there a way for all students, no matter their various starting points, to reach benchmarks. Melissa answers the question by sharing what she’s learned recently about equity.
What’s So Essential about Essential Questions?
Dale De Weerd shows us how to bridge benchmarks to classroom instruction by using essential questions, a second trend in education. Read, respond, and try it out!
Benchmarks
This post begins our new series on Trends in Education. Join us every week for the next six. Read, respond, and try it out, starting this week with ultimate goals and their smaller steps.
The Master’s Prayer for Teachers
We started and now we close before the throne. Kimberly takes us back to the Teacher’s Prayer and brings us to our knees for students.
The Log in my Eye
As we move into the last chapter of the Sermon on the Mount, Melissa shares her struggles with the words, “Do not judge.”
Teach Like a Bird
“Birds do not reap or sow, yet God feeds them.” Bradley Baurain deepens our understanding of the Sermon on the Mount by showing how to “teach like a bird.”
Being Salt & Light
Tasha Bleistein continues our study of the Sermon on the Mount. She looks at salt and light through a lens of humility.
3 Lessons from our Master Teacher
Amy Young digs into the Beatitudes and how they apply to teachers. Under the microscope is our attitudes toward teaching and students.
On the Mountainside
Over the next few weeks here on Master Teaching, you’ll read answers to the question: What does the Sermon on the Mount teach you about being a teacher who follows … Continue reading
3 Tips for New Teachers
Mark Wickersham closes out this series with advice for new teachers. His three tips, both practical and philosophical, bring us back around to rest.
Talk to Yourself
In her advice to new teachers, Kimberly suggests that instead of giving into fear, they should talk to themselves with messages of trust.
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