Midwest Teachers Week

"Where there's life, there's hope." Do you still show signs of life as a teacher beyond automatically correcting students grammar and guzzling coffee? Are you developing new skills? We will discuss the path to enlightenment.

We’ve already discussed the pitfalls that result in harried teachers. Now the hopeful part: we’ll explore remedies and discuss ways to stay cool, calm, and collected – even in the hairiest situations.

There are so many ways for teachers to become harried. In this session, we’ll discuss some of the things that give teachers heartburn. Be prepared to share your own stressors, then come back for tomorrow's session to explore some remedies.

All students (and teachers) have abilities and weaknesses. Maximizing ability goes hand in hand with minimizing weakness. In this class we want to discuss some practical ways to work with both disability and giftedness in our classrooms.

It can be a challenging time of life for children and the parents. What, if any, is our roll as school leadership/ teachers as they navigate this season of change? We will have time to discuss real life experiences and practical application to set them up for success later in life.

We expect our students to be disciplined in our classrooms and we want them to grow into disciplined, useful adults. What standard of discipline do you hold yourself to? Being disciplined is a godly principle that affects all areas of your life. Come discuss and share how discipline impacts you and your teaching

We will discuss why and how Phonics Foundations was developed and how it is designed to work. Might it fit a student in your classroom? How many students in your school could benefit from using Phonics Foundations?

Some things we do are not worth doing. Sometimes the little things we do today can transform the future world. What are you doing today that will echo through eternity?

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher. Luke 6:40 If our students become like their teachers, what will they become?

Mark Twain once said, “Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.”