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Teaching Strategies for Disrupted Lesson Plans

Disruptions are a regular part of a teacher’s day, as is recovery from them. Whether it’s an ill-timed fire drill, or an unexpected guest at the classroom door, educators need to have an array of teaching strategies at the ready to keep students engaged in a post-distraction timeframe.
Today on TeachHUB.com, frequent contributing writer Janelle Cox, who is a seasoned elementary school educator based in Upstate New York, looks at some teaching strategies that you can use when your carefully crafted lesson plan is disrupted or goes awry.
Janelle’s ideas include teaching strategies for when a lesson is interrupted by:
  • A Fire Drill
  • A Person
  • Finishing Early

Janelle sums up her article thusly: “In order to save a disruptive or derailed lesson plan, you must plan ahead for every unforeseen scenario. Keeping clipboards with worksheets by the doorway for fire drill days, creating a Top 10 board for early finishers or when your lesson plan ends early, and having a variety of games and activities ready to go when you are in a pinch can be a lifesaver. Always have a backup plan and remember not to overreact — then you will be able to get through anything that comes your way.”
What are your teaching strategies for when your lesson plans get disrupted? Please share your tips and ideas in the comment section of the actual article on TeachHUB.com, we’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas on this topic.
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Holy Week and Easter in the time of pandemic

Last April, Holy Week and Easter were marred by the fire in the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris and by terrorist attacks upon churches in Sri Lanka. This month, Holy Week and Easter seem overshadowed by the COVIN-19 pandemic. Good stewardship of our own health, and love for our neighbors prompting concern for their health, keeps most Christians from gathering for services during these very special days. Neither violence nor disease can mar or overshadow the meaning of these days. Christ has redeemed us from sin and death. Christ has rescued us from all evil. Christ has risen from the dead; he lives and reigns to all eternity.

Sin resembles a communicable disease. It spreads throughout the world, and none of us are immune from its infection. Sin separates us from one another. Sin builds barriers that keep us from loving each other as we should love. Sin isolates us. Sin even separates us from the God who created us. The wages of sin is death, and this death comes in a variety of forms, each of which is a separation. Separation from God is spiritual death. The soul’s separation from the body is physical death. Combined, they result in eternal death. Every sinful separation is a kind of death. Sin can separate members of families. Sin can sever friendships. Because of sin, each of us is divided internally; none of us is in touch with the holy person God meant us to be.

Jesus, the Son of God, came into this wilderness of sin and death. Like a shepherd, Jesus came to seek and to save what was lost. In the wilderness he battled the devil, overcoming Satan’s temptations. In all his days, Jesus led a sinless life, obeying all his Father’s commands, fulfilling perfect righteousness. Jesus then faced the ugliness of sin and death in their fullness. He was betrayed, denied, accused, convicted, mocked, tortured, and killed. He deserved none of these things. Because evil is unfair, good people suffer in this world. Because evil is unfair, the one perfect Person suffered and died. Because evil is unfair, God himself became unfair, granting us the rewards earned by his Son’s righteousness and placing the burden of our guilt upon Him.

Good stewardship of our health and love for our neighbors will keep us in our homes this Good Friday and this Easter. We still live in a sin-polluted world, a world infected by evil and the separations evil causes. But our isolation is not permanent. Many Christians enjoy the benefit of Internet services, which allow us to join our voices in worship even though we are physically apart. All Christians have access to the Word of God, which proclaims his love and mercy and assures us of our place in his kingdom. All of us are guaranteed the love of God, which we will know in its fullness in the new creation, but which we enjoy already today. We know that nothing in all creation can separate us from the love of God which is in Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. J.

THE STORY OF THE CORPORATE APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEM

Which came first; the job board or the e-recruitment system?  The Monster Board was first created in 1994 with most of the early ATS vendors not appearing until 1998/9.
Since those exciting late 20th century days the market has ducked and weaved all over the place. I still remember Recruitsoft, Recruitmax, Brassring and many others that have since renamed, acquired or simply disappeared.
Some of the older products that still exist today are now in their 14th year. Imagine pulling a 14 year old mobile phone out of your pocket; assuming you could fit it in your pocket! Yet some organisations are still using an ATS that is of this ilk.
Back then it was all very much the Wild West and vendors had to pitch a missionary sales message as recruiters were not convinced that the Internet would ever become relevant for mainstream recruiting. IT jobs maybe, but your average shop worker or plumber would never apply for a job online.
Job boards continued to explode rapidly destroying the print media industry who clung on as long as they could but as recruitment advertising moved online it created a global platform for job advertising. This in turn forced the recruiter to look to the e-recruitment system to help automate the processing of all the (irrelevant) candidates. Many companies adopted a “screening out” approach to their online job application forms with branched screening questions becoming the de rigueur from 2005 onwards. 
Whilst all the vendors continued to change their names the e-recuitment system also became known as an Applicant Tracking System or ATS which suited it well. Applicants were forced through a bureaucratic online process, inherited from an old paper based process that just didn’t work online. Candidate experience was hardly considered and ATS vendors provided a clunky experience that did nothing but frustrate everyone.

Arrival of Web 2.0

Then Web 2.0 came along followed shortly by social media and now mobile. Some industry commentators still like to proclaim that recruitment is (now) broken although I would argue it was never fixed. The basic premise of moving a paper based process online is not a fix; far from it. Yet some of the older ATS’s still follow this clunky route hence it is still broken for many organisations.
Candidate experience is on the agenda of most HR Directors. Social is a conversation piece at every recruitment conference and mobile is catching up fast. The candidate is more active online now than ever before due to the likes of Facebook (albeit not actively looking for a job on these channels). Social media has created a new way of using the Internet and most people involved in any business process is comfortable with sharing, commenting, liking etc. The market is way beyond the “end of the beginning” yet many of the ATS vendors are still peddling systems that may as well have been built 100 years ago as far as recruiters are concerned.
Meanwhile recruiters have been waiting patiently for social functionality to be added to their existing ATS yet still they wait. Posting a job to Twitter or adding share code to a job description is so far from what social really means. Social and mobile have placed a new imperative on the recruiter and they cannot and will not wait for the ATS vendor to catch-up. Why should they and what should they do now?
The next post in this short series “What is a social ATS” will cover how social is being weaved into the ATS.
In the meantime and in case you didn’t recognise the names:
  • Recruitsoft ~> Taleo ~> Oracle
  • Recruitmax ~> Vurv ~> Taleo
  • Brassring ~> Kenexa ~> IBM
Or if you remember any other ATS names from yesteryear please tell us. 

Get a Teaching Job: Common Interview Mistakes

For a while now, we’ve focused considerable effort on TeachHUB.com toward helping current and potential teachers to get a teaching job. It’s never easy, and in these days of budget cutbacks and leaner staffing trends, it can seem near impossible to get a teaching job. And if you do land that coveted interview, you can bet that those doing the hiring will be looking to pounce upon any mistake, perceived or real, to eliminate those they deem unworthy from the process.
So today on TeachHUB.com, frequent contributing writer Janelle Cox, herself a seasoned educator based on the East Coast (specifically, New York state) tells our audience about common interview mistakes that job candidates need to avoid.
Specifically, Janelle mentions that during an interview, potential teachers should not:
Be Arrogant
Talk Excessively
Dress Inapprpriately
And More!
In summation, Janelle’s words ring true: “You never get a second chance to make a first impression. In order to land that teaching job of your dreams make sure that you dress to impress, arrive early and shake hands with each person on the interview panel, utilize your teaching portfolio when answering questions, be confident, and don’t be afraid to ask questions. You have done your homework and you know that you are qualified for the job, now all you have to do is make sure that you avoid these common interview mistakes, and you will ace that interview. You’ve got this!”
What do you think are some common interview mistakes that teachers make? Do you agree with the ones that are listed above?
Get our guide to the most common teaching interview mistakes>>
Multimedia Podcast: Mastering the iPad
Here are the five essential skills you should know when mastering the iPad. For instance, with the help of an iPad, kids can discover more easily the information that is most meaningful to them.
Learn more in this week’s podcast, from the always-free TeachHUB Magazine.

Professional Development: Why Do Teachers Quit?

Why do teachers quit? It’s a perennial perplexing question that has plagues administrators since the onset of education, and it’s particularly thorny in that teachers have a 4 percent higher turnover rate than any other profession.

Today on TeachHUB.com, frequent contributing writer Janelle Cox, herself a seasoned educator based on the East Coast, explores many of the reasons why educators quit the profession in droves, whether for reasons of professional development or otherwise.
Janelle looks at the myriad of facts supporting resignations, and states that salaries indeed do play a part when it comes to low teacher retention rates.

Janelle sums upper her article wondering, “What does this all mean?”: “Based upon other educational statistics, there is a range of factors that influences teacher retention, with teacher satisfaction being on the top of that list. Schools that know how to manage and respond to student behavior have far better teacher retention rates. Along with schools that give value to their teachers by really listening to them and allowing them a voice in all matters. Parent involvement and student achievement are among other factors. Overall, teachers who receive these elements are more satisfied with their job, and will stay at it.”

What is your view on teacher retention? Why do you think teachers quit the profession, and why do some stay?

Read our think piece on why teachers quit>>

Classroom Management During Reading Groups

A big hurdle for all elementary teachers to overcome is how to manage class during reading groups. It can be difficult for an educator to maintain control of her students while some are being pulled to attend those reading groups.
Today on TeachHUB.com, frequent contributing writer Janelle Cox, who has a deep educational background, offers up 10 classroom management tips for teachers looking for ways to keep students busy while teaching reading groups. These tips include:
•  Literacy Games
•  Manipulatives
•  Buddy Reading
•  Technology Time
•  And More!
The goal of keeping students busy is to ensure that you won’t be interrupted during the important time of reading groups.
How do you manage students during reading groups? Do you have any tricks or tips that work for your classroom?

Teaching Strategies to Get Students Listening

It’s never been easy to get a classroom full of youngsters to listen to you, and maintaining control of a class is always tricky. One of the worst things that can happen to an educator is having a principal, parent, or administrator saunter in to a roomful of chaotic, misbehaving kids. It’s a nightmare scenario!
But getting kids to listen doesn’t have to be a frustrating situation. Today on TeachHUB.com, frequent contributing writer Janelle Cox, herself a seasoned educator, examines some ways that teachers can use to get a noisy class to listen.
Janelle’s ideas include:
  • Use hand signals
  • Be a role model
  • Hold students accountable
  • And more!

In summary, Janelle writes: “Getting and keeping the attention of students these days is not easy, thanks to all of the new technology and the media that there is today. Use the above tactics to help you learn the shortest route to getting your students to actively listen to you.”
What are some ways you encourage active listening in your classroom?
Get our tips on how to get your class to listen>>
Classroom Management: Procedures
Procedures are a part of life that helps promote stability. For instance, a procedure is always followed for any kind of doctor appointment – that procedure almost always entails the monitoring of blood pressure, the measuring of patient’s body temperature, and quick overall glance at the patient’s physical stature. Procedures are also followed for driving, cooking, and just about every other facet of daily life.
Today on TeachHUB.com, frequent contributing writer Janelle Cox looks at classroom management procedures designed to foster a sense of community and culture, and why it’s important to teach and implement them.
Janelle’s procedural tips include those aimed at addressing even the most basic classroom topics:
  • Entering the classroom
  • Leaving the classroom
  • Asking a question
  • And more!

In closing, Janelle notes that effective teachers spend lots of time emphasizing their procedures, and that efficient classrooms are usually due in part to the strict following of procedures.
Do you have any tips on implementing procedures in your classroom?

Classroom Management: How to End the School Day

Somehow, the end of the school day almost always brings about classroom chaos. Even the best educators fail to use classroom management to ensure that the end of the day is smotth, which can bring about strewn backpacks, yelling kids, running, and other elements of loss of control.

But with a little classroom management in the form of planning, you can make the day’s end as uneventful as the rest of your well-oiled day. Today on TeachHUB.com, frequent contributing writer Janelle Cox, who is a seasoned elementary school educator based on the East Coast, takes a look at how to use classroom management to make the day’s end a pleasant time.

Janelle’s ideas include:

  • Create a “Closing Routine”
  • Take Time to Clean Up
  • And More!

Janelle sums up her article thusly: “By taking the last 15 to 30 minutes of class time to have a set routine, you are eliminating all of the unwanted behavior and chaos that comes with the winding down of the end of the day. Make sure to keep your routine simple and to do the same thing each day. Children thrive on routine, and it’s important to keep it the same up until the very last minute of your day.”

How do you end your classroom day? Do you have any tips or tricks that make ending the day productive? Please share your ideas, we would love to hear your thoughts.

Get our classroom management tips on ending the school day>>

School Attendance Teaching Strategies
School attendance is absolutely important if education is to be effective. Think about it: If kids aren’t in class, then learning cannot be achieved. It’s simple, and it’s the reason that so many schools have incentive programs attached to things like perfect attendance.
Today on TeachHUB.com, frequent contributing writer Janelle Cox, herself a seasoned educator on the East Coast, addresses the importance of the school attendance, and offers up some teaching strategies for educators to beef up their attendance records.
Janelle’s ideas include:
•   Educate Parents on the Value of Attendance
•   Have a Strict School Attendance Policy
•   Prepare Student Contracts
•   And more!
In summation, Janelle notes: “School attendance matters, that’s a fact. Schools need to implement preventive programs and policies that ensure students are attending each and every day.  These policies, when effective can be a lifesaver for the students who normally miss a lot of school. Schools need to form a partnership with parents where together they can develop a plan that will improve school attendance so that all students will have a chance a bright future.”

What are some things you do to get students to come to your classroom? Do you have any special tips or tricks that you use?

Classroom Management: Teambuilding Tips

Creating a caring, nurturing classroom begins at the top: With you, the teacher. It’s imperative to use classroom management to foster a warm atmosphere. One way to do this is through teambuilding amongst your students.

Today on TeachHUB.com, frequent contributing writer Janelle Cox, herself a seasoned educator on the East Coast, takes a look at some ways that teachers can use teambuilding techniques to bring about a warm and caring classroom atmosphere.
Janelle’s ideas (and descriptions of those ideas) include:

  • Team Talk
  • Beat the Clock
  • Team Challenge
  • And More!

Janelle sums up her article thusly: “Taking the time to have students complete these teambuilding activities will go a long way in creating a caring classroom environment. While it’s best to start these exercises the first week of school, it is also a good idea to continue to have students partake in these activities throughout the school year.”

Do you have your students partake in teambuilding activities? Which activities are your favorite? Please share your thoughts.

    THE STORY OF THE CORPORATE APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEM

    Which came first; the job board or the e-recruitment system?  The Monster Board was first created in 1994 with most of the early ATS vendors not appearing until 1998/9.
    Since those exciting late 20th century days the market has ducked and weaved all over the place. I still remember Recruitsoft, Recruitmax, Brassring and many others that have since renamed, acquired or simply disappeared.
    Some of the older products that still exist today are now in their 14th year. Imagine pulling a 14 year old mobile phone out of your pocket; assuming you could fit it in your pocket! Yet some organisations are still using an ATS that is of this ilk.
    Back then it was all very much the Wild West and vendors had to pitch a missionary sales message as recruiters were not convinced that the Internet would ever become relevant for mainstream recruiting. IT jobs maybe, but your average shop worker or plumber would never apply for a job online.
    Job boards continued to explode rapidly destroying the print media industry who clung on as long as they could but as recruitment advertising moved online it created a global platform for job advertising. This in turn forced the recruiter to look to the e-recruitment system to help automate the processing of all the (irrelevant) candidates. Many companies adopted a “screening out” approach to their online job application forms with branched screening questions becoming the de rigueur from 2005 onwards. 
    Whilst all the vendors continued to change their names the e-recuitment system also became known as an Applicant Tracking System or ATS which suited it well. Applicants were forced through a bureaucratic online process, inherited from an old paper based process that just didn’t work online. Candidate experience was hardly considered and ATS vendors provided a clunky experience that did nothing but frustrate everyone.

    Arrival of Web 2.0

    Then Web 2.0 came along followed shortly by social media and now mobile. Some industry commentators still like to proclaim that recruitment is (now) broken although I would argue it was never fixed. The basic premise of moving a paper based process online is not a fix; far from it. Yet some of the older ATS’s still follow this clunky route hence it is still broken for many organisations.
    Candidate experience is on the agenda of most HR Directors. Social is a conversation piece at every recruitment conference and mobile is catching up fast. The candidate is more active online now than ever before due to the likes of Facebook (albeit not actively looking for a job on these channels). Social media has created a new way of using the Internet and most people involved in any business process is comfortable with sharing, commenting, liking etc. The market is way beyond the “end of the beginning” yet many of the ATS vendors are still peddling systems that may as well have been built 100 years ago as far as recruiters are concerned.
    Meanwhile recruiters have been waiting patiently for social functionality to be added to their existing ATS yet still they wait. Posting a job to Twitter or adding share code to a job description is so far from what social really means. Social and mobile have placed a new imperative on the recruiter and they cannot and will not wait for the ATS vendor to catch-up. Why should they and what should they do now?
    The next post in this short series “What is a social ATS” will cover how social is being weaved into the ATS.
    In the meantime and in case you didn’t recognise the names:
    • Recruitsoft ~> Taleo ~> Oracle
    • Recruitmax ~> Vurv ~> Taleo
    • Brassring ~> Kenexa ~> IBM
    Or if you remember any other ATS names from yesteryear please tell us. 
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzOJDJZHoBttdHAjJsnN9w?sub_confirmation=1

    Classroom Management During Reading Groups

    A big hurdle for all elementary teachers to overcome is how to manage class during reading groups. It can be difficult for an educator to maintain control of her students while some are being pulled to attend those reading groups.
    Today on TeachHUB.com, frequent contributing writer Janelle Cox, who has a deep educational background, offers up 10 classroom management tips for teachers looking for ways to keep students busy while teaching reading groups. These tips include:
    • Literacy Games
    • Manipulatives
    • Buddy Reading
    • Technology Time
    • And More!

    The goal of keeping students busy is to ensure that you won’t be interrupted during the important time of reading groups.
    How do you manage students during reading groups? Do you have any tricks or tips that work for your classroom?
    Get our classroom management tips to use during reading groups>>
    17 Topics to Teach K-8 About Digital Citizenship
    Digital citizenship is a hot topic in educational circles these days. And with the plethora of technological devices making knowledge attainable just about anywhere, it’s important to teach kids responsibility, including digical citizenship.
    We recently posted an article by frequent TeachHUB.com contributor Jacqui Murray (herself a technology teacher) on how educators should promote responsible digital life. In it, Jacqui notes that teachers should frequently address:
    • Cyberbullying
    • Digital Commerce
    • Passwords
    • And More!

    Jacqui notes that teachers shouldn’t fret about addressing these topics – we’ve instructed kids about general safety since the dawn of time. These rules are merely variations on the overall theme of safety and how they apply to this day and age.
    Jacqui encapsulates her article in one apropos paragraph: “One of my favorites of all the above, is “digital rights and responsibilities.” With great virtual wealth comes obligations. You can\’t have one without the other. It\’s never too early to start that conversation.”

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    Technology in the Classroom: Make Keyboarding Fun

    The goals of teaching typing aren’t speed and accuracy: The reason we teach typing is to get kids to communicate in a manner that doesn’t disrupt their thinking process.
    The importance of typing, meanwhile, can’t be underestimated. Think of all the classroom needs that require the skill:
    • Journaling
    • Researching
    • Collaborating
    • And more

    Indeed, the ubiquitous academic nature of typing underlines its importance, and today, frequent TeachHUB.com contributing writer Jacqui Murray, also a technology teacher, outlines several ways that teachers can make their typing lessons more fun, including:
    • Drills
    • Team Challenge
    • Quizzes
    • And More!

    How do you keep keyboarding practice fresh in your classroom?
    Discover our six ways to make keyboarding fun>>
    Top 12 Super Bowl Activities for the Classroom
    The energy that the Super Bowl radiates each year is palpable. Kids everywhere don their favorite jerseys in anxious anticipation, and television and the Internet is chok full of big game-themed advertisements and news stories (not all of them good this year).
    Recently, we took a look at some fun classroom activities involving the Super Bowl, and every year at this time the article trends highly. In it, we suggest the following football-based learning lessons:
    • Football Measurements
    • Sport Weather Effects Experiment
    • Anatomy and Sports Injuries
    • And More!

    All in all, executing some Super Bowl-themed curriculum plans is a great way to motivate students and enliven your class.
    How do you use Super Bowl excitement to inspire learning?
    Get our top 12 Super Bowl-related classroom activities>>
    Graduate Programs for Teachers
    Did you know that the TeachHUB.com team is an excellent resource for helping teachers advance their careers through helping enroll in graduate programs?
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    Yoga Pants & the School Dress Code

    Dress code debates and figuring out acceptable attire have been around since the invention of school. Today, fashionable female students are donning Yoga pants, those tight, form-fitting-yet-comfy piece of apparel that pushes the boundaries of the school dress code in many districts.
    In many circles, Yoga pants, spaghetti straps, bare midriffs, and the like are viewed as being distracting to male students, a point that is well-taken by many in the education field.
    Still others argue that “dictating that young women change their appearance because they are ‘distracting’ men inherently objectifies them, and it teaches girls to be ashamed of their bodies.”
    So the debate rages on. Today on TeachHUB.com, frequent contributor Jordan Catapano (also a high school English teacher) points out the arguments on both sides of the pantleg (his joke) in a great think piece that will get you to respect both debate teams. Check it out – it’s an excellent school dress code op-ed article.
    What do you think about banning yoga pants, leggings, and the like in schools?
    Read more about the debate on Yoga pants and the school dress code>>
    Google for Teachers: 100+ Tricks
    An article on Google for teachers is presently trending on TeachHUB.com, and in it we outline we point out various ways that teachers can save valuable time when researching their next technology in the classroom-related project.
    Here’s a sampling:
    • Find a term in a URL
    • Search for a specific file type
    • Google scholar
    • Collaborate on group projects
    • Send invitations
    • Consolidate e-mail accounts
    • Add events from Gmail
    • Use the Chrome shortcuts
    • Go incognito
    • And more!

     How do you use Google in the classroom? How do you use other technology in the classroom? How are you integrating technology in the classroom?
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzOJDJZHoBttdHAjJsnN9w?sub_confirmation=1

    Technology in the Classroom: Using Digital Tablets

    Digital tablets, including iPads, have become all the rage in classrooms today. Teachers like them because it’s like having an all-in-one tool at their fingertips: Indeed, one device affords word processing, research, document sharing, and even school-to-home communication. Students like these devices because they make learning fun: Let’s face it an animated, turnkey lesson plan created by a third party can be a lot more engaging than a stand-and-deliver, traditional lecture.
    But in this age of teachers strapped for time, it’s all too easy for educators to not take the time to learn how to use these powerful devices. So today, frequent TeachHUB.com contributor Janelle Cox explains some quick and easy ways for educators to get assimilated with these new technologies that are rapidly changing the educational landscape. Janelle’s tips include using tablets and iPads for:
    • Presentations
    • Record-Keeping
    • Virtual Field Trips
    • And More!

    Seasoned, well-connected educators know that there’s an app for everything these days, and kids are always jazzed up over any kind of new ed-tech trend, so why not embrace the nascent technology in the classroom? You’ll be helping yourself, and your students will love the experience.
    Do you have a digital tablet or iPad in your classroom? How do you use it in your class?
    Get our tips on using the latest technology in the classroom>>
    Technology in the classroom has long been a focus of ours at TeachHUB.com, and we’ve been ahead of the curve in terms of introducing teachers to new technology in the classroom trickery for quite some time now.
    One perennially popular article we rolled out a while ago was entitled “Technology in the Classroom: Amazing iPad Apps for Educators.” In that piece, we spelled out our favorite apps for many devices, all designed to forever alter a teacher’s educational landscape. Check it out – many of the apps we reviewed there include interactive video vignettes that explain in full detail an apps hits and misses.
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    How to Get a Teaching Job in Today’s Economy

    Finding any job in this economy can be difficult, and for potential teachers, it’s even more difficult. Teachers looking for jobs are up against both seasoned veterans and rookies for a coveted position.
    Today on TeachHUB.com, frequent contributor Janelle Cox, herself a seasoned educator, takes a look at the top ways that educators can put themselves ahead of the job-seeking pack.
    Janelle’s tips include:
    • Be willing to move
    • Substitute teach
    • Get letters of recommendation
    • And more!

    All in all, by using the techniques listed out today, your search for a good job will be that much easier.
    Do you have any tips on how to find a teaching job in today’s economy?
    Learn hot to get a teaching job in these tricky economic times>>
    How to Apply Ed Tech Teaching for Common Core Standards
    The Common Core State Standards require teachers and students alike to utilize a full gamut of technologies. Recently, we ran a popular article on how teachers can integrates more technologies into everyday learning activities.
    We listed out several methods that teachers can use to integrate technology and learning, including:
    • Blogs
    • Wikis
    • Podcasts
    • And more!

    How do you intend to use ed tech tools to help your students reach the learning goals set by Common Core State Standards?
    Learn more about applying ed-tech tools to the Common Core>>
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    In the December issue of TeachHUB magazine, learn some GREAT gift ideas for your teaching colleagues for under $5 – but our ideas are NOT the typical coffee mug fare.
    Likewise, we take a look at three smart boards you may want to incorporate into your classroom, and offer up some tasty holiday treats guaranteed to bring a smile to the faces of your guests.
    Did you know TeachHUB magazine is FREE? It is, and it’s a wonderful resource designed to help you become a better educator.
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    Our Top 10 Songs About School

    Songs about school have been a pop culture touchstone since the early 20th century. Indeed, although the specific topics vary from song to song (love, cars, emotions about various items on the curriculum), you can bet that at any moment, there’s probably a song about school live on the airwaves right now (or on a closer friend’s playlist).
    In a fun piece today, frequent TeachHUB.com contributor Jordan Catapano (who’s also a high school teacher in Illinois) calls out the most memorable tunes about school, including:
    • Van Halen, “Hot for Teacher”
    • The Police, “Don’t Stand So Close to Me”
    • The Beatles, “Getting Better”
    • And More!

    Overall, songs about school culture have been a staple in popular music forever. The themes these songs address are universal – perhaps that’s why songs about school are always close to the top 10.
    What other songs should be on our list? What will songs of the future sing about school?
    Get our list of the top 10 songs about school>>
    Minecraft in the Classroom Teaches Reading and More
    It’s the video game that’s taken the world by storm! Chances are, you know at lest one kid who’s obsessed with Minecraft, that building video game that owes more to Legos than it does to Pac-Man.
    Minecraft seems low-tech and blocky, but beneath its simplicity is a powerful program run but scads of algorithms.
    Kids and adults are completely taken with Minecraft – but did you know the game also has reams of educational uses?
    It’s true, and recently, frequent TeachHUB.com contributor Jacqui Murray took a long glance at the game’s classroom capabilities, and her findings will astound you. She learned that Minecraft addresses:
    • Reading
    • Problem-solving
    • Writing
    • And More!


    Do you have any fresh uses for Minecraft in the classroom?
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