April Coker, Author

Tag: education

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: Teaching is spooky these days!

    Tomorrow is Halloween and the natives (students) are getting restless.  I know this because I spent many a Halloween doing my best to keep my young charges busy as they squirmed like they had ants in their pants.  And they were teenagers!   Before standardized testing and its ensuing universal lesson plans where all the…

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: Is ICU necessary?

    It’s the fifth week of the first six weeks, the end of the grading period for most public schools.  Teachers are burning the midnight oil to get all the grading finished before grades are due to the office next week.  Many students are scrambling to get all their work turned in before they get a…

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: Develop what?

    This is that most wonderful part of year–the school year, that is–that warms the heart of many an educator: the week of staff development before school starts.   Whether you have five days or just half a day without students, you can bet your Smartboard that every minute will be filled with engaging instruction–i.e., lectures…