April Coker, Author

Category: teaching

  • Teacher Tuesday: Red Ribbon Week

      This week public schools throughout the country observe Red Ribbon Week, a week devoted to drug abuse awareness and prevention.  Students will participate in activities through the week to foster awareness of the dangers of drug abuse.  Started in the late 80’s as a tribute to DEA agent Enrique Camarena who was murdered because…

  • Teacher Tuesday: Admitting you’re wrong

    What?  Wrong?  Me?  But I’m the teacher! Laughable, isn’t it? But sometimes we teachers are afraid to admit when we have made a mistake.  After all, we are people, too, and people generally have a hard time admitting when they are wrong. But, and this is a biggie, it is even more important for a…

  • Teacher Tuesday: Establishing a routine

    By this time, about the second week of school, you are probably beginning to accumulate papers, notebook or journal entries, memos from different offices or departments, and data that needs to be entered into the computer, such as grades and student information (special education, language learners, etc.).   As a teacher it was difficult to…

  • Wedded Life Wednesday: A Temporary Discombobulation

    I’ve been feeling sad the past couple of days, attributing it to my teacher’s soul feeling a bit left behind by the whole world going back to school.  Not that I really want to go to school myself, but there’s a weird feeling of restlessness and purpose-less-ness after thirty years of the August frenzy of…

  • Teacher Tuesday: First Day of School Thoughts

    Yesterday was the first day of school for most Texas school kids.  My Facebook home page was filled with photos of students taken by proud parents marking a new school year. I never thought I would say this, and I hate to admit it, but I was a little sad all day yesterday.  After almost…