April Coker, Author

Tag: school

  • Teacher Tuesday: Advice for the new teacher

    Much has been written for and about teachers, especially advice for the new teacher, but I thought I would devote today’s blog post to that subject anyway.  After 30 years of teaching and administrating, I feel like I know a little something about the field, so here goes. . . As a new teacher about…

  • Teacher Tuesday: The rewards of social media

    Facebook sometimes gets a bad rap.  Everybody who is hip and tech savvy seems to have a Facebook or Facebook page while the rest consider it a waste of time and an invasion of privacy.  Granted, some people spend way too much time reading news feeds and posting statuses that no one cares about.  Worse…

  • Teacher Tuesday: Good news for Texas students

    This week Governor Rick Perry signed into law House Bill 5, which reduces the number of tests students have to pass to graduate from high school from 15 to 5.  It also allows students to choose whether or not they want to go the “4 x 4” route, taking four English courses, four science, four…

  • Teacher Tuesday: Another school year gone. . .

    I I was at my doctor’s office today getting a bone density screening (yes, I’m that old) and the technician said, “So, you teach?” Of course I told her I had retired last year, so she congratulated me and proceeded to tell me that she used to be a school teacher and sometimes wanted to…

  • Teacher Tuesday: Most teachers I know would do the same.

    Have you seen the news clips of the aftermath of the Moore, Oklahoma tornado?  The scenes of the parents and teachers of those elementary students are heart-wrenching. There is the mother who finally finds her child with his teacher and collapses on her neck with happy tears of gratitude.  There is that teacher who claps…