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Here is Your Back to School Pep Talk

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It's back to school season and sometimes you need a good laugh to set the year off right. Come read through some of our favourite teacher stories and get your back to school pep talk.

It’s time to head back to school. There are two types of teachers in the world. There are the ones who cannot wait to get back into the classroom and spend their whole summer break planning and prepping. And they’re the ones who squeeze every last drop of summer out before heading back.

It doesn’t matter which one you are. You can even be a little of both. Loving your students and your free time doesn’t have to be mutually exclusive. You are allowed to have mixed emotions.

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How to Create Your Dream Home Office

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Do you take your teaching work home? Is your home office the dining room table or do you have a room? Here are some things for you to consider. Come read the post.

When you work from home, do you have an actual office or are you like so many teachers piling things high on the dining room table or the living couch?

That strategy works, but after a while it can take a toll. We all need a safe, reliable space to work in, but that doesn’t mean you have to break the bank.

Here are some things to consider when designing your own home office.

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How to Make Students Listen Without Yelling

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Are you struggling to get students to listen? Do you feel like yelling all the time? Are you running out of patience? Come learn how to get your students to listen without all the yelling.

Do you have to repeat yourself constantly because your students just don’t know how to listen? Maybe it’s not them. Are your directions unclear? Do you have their attention? Maybe your instructions were unclear. Nobody likes a yelly teacher. So here is how you can fix your directions and improve their listening skills at the same time.

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