April Coker, Author

Tag: school

  • 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: Yo, Tony!

    It seems there may be at least one “civilian” out there who knows what it is like to teach public school.  Plenty of people–government officials, community members, parents, the President–think they know what schools and teachers need, but few have actually ventured into the classroom to see for themselves.     You gotta hand it…

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: Lest we forget. . .

    I left my classroom during the break between classes and headed to a colleague’s door.  We were chatting when another teacher stopped and asked, “Did you hear about the World Trade Center?  A plane crashed into it.” Hurrying back to my classroom, I switched on the television and as students entered the room, our attention…

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: Meet the Parents

    One of the most difficult things I had to do as a teacher was contacting parents.  Oh, don’t get me wrong.  I didn’t mind sending notes and letters home, or stamping classwork with “Parent, please sign,” or even asking students to get their parents to call me.  That was easy.  The hardest part for me…

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: Reminiscing. . .

    Whatever happened to classroom discipline?  Remember when we had to be in class on time with all our supplies, homework in hand, ready to learn?  Remember what happened when you weren’t on time or didn’t have your supplies or homework?  You may have come in contact with the dreaded. . .dare I say it?  The…