Spending too much time grading? With constant meetings, conferences, growth charts, progress reports, collaborative planning, curriculum writing, and everything else on their plates, it’s amazing that teachers find any time to grade. Before moving to a lower grade, I taught high school for 8 years, and that often meant 150+ students, 5 classes to prep, […]
5 ways to increase enrollment in your foreign language class
Enrollment time will be coming up soon, and when I taught high school French, that was always a really stressful time for me. Not having enough students enrolled sometimes meant teaching a class I really didn’t want to teach so I’d have a full schedule. Sometimes it meant that my class became a dumping ground […]
Why I use self-evaluations with secondary students
I love using self-evaluations with my students to encourage them to think reflectively on how they can improve. I find that it is a great way to encourage student responsibility, and self-evaluation activities are great tools to come back to if you need to have a conference with a parent, a quick chat with an […]
Making the most out of leftover class time
One thing I’ve learned as a teacher is that things just don’t always go as you planned. Maybe there was a fire drill right in the middle of the class and now you only have eight minutes left, so teaching that lesson is not going to happen. Maybe there was an assembly, and out of […]
French speaking activities for Christmas
Christmas is such a fun time to be a teacher, but it’s also really stressful. Snow days, finals, schedule changes, and excited students make this month especially hard. Quick and ready-to-use activities are a must, but you still want to keep teaching, so find some things that are engaging, interesting, and perfect for the season. […]
