December 24, 2012
Dear Together Teachers, Greetings! I hope you all are enjoying a happy and rejuvenating holiday break. Here at the Together Teacher, we are celebrating with a semi-Digital Detox. On my analog agenda, I’m looking forward to cookie-baking,…
December 24, 2012
It’s easier to stick to planners, calendars, To-Do lists, PD materials, electronic notebooks and uplifting stories of teachers working hard every day than express to you my feelings about the elementary school shooting in Newtown,…
December 18, 2012
We teachers cannot live without our clipboards. To this day, I cannot teach without a clipboard in hand. It’s like my security blanket; I feel safely wrapped up with my pacing guide, anecdotal notes, and lesson plans. The challenge, of course,…
December 13, 2012
Since we recently posted on keeping your Comprehensive Calendar in Outlook, we didn’t want to ignore our paper lovers. Here’s a nifty sample—a Comprehensive Calendar and an Upcoming To-Do List —all on the same page. As teachers, we face…
December 11, 2012
We know many of you use Outlook in your schools—particularly for e-mail and calendar features. Here are a few things we love about how Cole F., a teacher in Harlem, uses Outlook to manage his time. We encourage you to steal some of his…
December 6, 2012
I recently received these photos from our reader Chloe the Velcro Gal! She was not to be outdone by Keith the Rubberband Man! All teachers I meet are on a quest for an efficient tool to carry as they teach, monitor, grade, plan, call, meet and so…
December 4, 2012
It was great fun to recently bump into Jocelyn G. in Boston. Jocelyn was one of our original Together Teacher workshop attendees some years ago, and she continues to be a thoughtful, dedicated, and Together teacher—now over a decade into her…