Many of us are forced to pack up our classrooms each summer—even if not moving to another room or another building, but so they can be cleaned or summer school can be held in them. Prepping for packing leads to some not-so-fun before and after work. We return...
Meet Adzua! And Win a Desk Set-up Care Package!
Back-to-School time always means starting fresh with clean desk. . . setting up where you will lesson plan, where you will grade, and where you will rummage for an afternoon snack. If you just can’t wait, scroll to the bottom of the blog for a giveaway! We don’t want...
FAQ: Maintaining Good Habits?
Happy New Year, Teachers! The beginning of the school year often feels more to me like January 1 than the actual January 1. For those of us who live on an academic calendar, this is our time of year to make resolutions: we start afresh, buying new backpacks and...
Meet Ge’ron! Or, Wearing Multiple Hats!
We are all more than teachers. . . We are also family members, friends, parents, church leaders, community organizers, amateur bowlers, runners, and chefs. At school alone, many of us take on additional responsibilities like becoming grade level leaders, department...
For My Technophiles: Evernote Love!
Evernote is everywhere! In a nutshell, Evernote is an electronic notebook that allows you to take notes on separate notebook pages, create notebooks and then organize your notebooks into stacks. No more lugging around a burly five-subject notebook! No more starting...
Win a free consultation with Maia!
Share your Hoarding Habits and Enter to Win a Together Teacher Coaching Session. By now, many of you have started heading back to your classrooms to unpack boxes, unearth tote bags, and generally get in order for the upcoming school year. Those sales at Staples and...
Getting the Most out of Google
More and more, I’m seeing schools and districts shift from using Outlook to Google for their productivity and communication software. Many teachers appreciate this shift because of Google’s easy synchronization to smart phones and universal access. Out in the...
Face the Project Monster: Take the First Bite
Outside of the daily hard work of planning, teaching, grading, and data analyzing, we teachers are often responsible for school-wide projects outside of our immediate classrooms. The following rule often applies: The better teacher you are, the more projects your...
Drum Roll Please! The Winners Are . . .
So excited to announce the winners of our very first Together Teacher contest! I loved reading about all the wonderful ways you invest your students in your awesome and high-functioning classrooms. As promised, I randomly selected five winners using a very...
Mailbag: What Can I Do This Summer to Get Ready for Next Year?
Dear Maia, I’m wondering if you have any suggestions on how to best plan out your summer time? I’m trying to adjust my organization system now that I’m not teaching (no lessons to prep, copies to make, etc). I would LOVE to see a post about how to best use the summer...