Weekly Report
Teacher Leaders and Self-Compassion
This week's topics include educators as community leaders, classroom lighting, and how to live a good life.
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Cell Phones and Silent Discussions
Topics for this week include cell phones in schools, hearing from all students during class discussions, and what to do when your stress level surpasses your window of tolerance.
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Truth and the Mighty Pen
Topics for this week include writing by hand, Close reading, Black History Month, and media literacy.
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Learning Teams and Harnessing Anxious Energy
Topics include using learning teams, action research with PLCs, and keeping streaks alive.
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Service, Smartphones, and Resilience
Topics for this week include service learning, smartphones' impact on test scores, and how to feel better in the new year.
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What's Important
Topics for this week include note-taking skills, test retakes, and morality in schools.
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Seven Things I’ve Learned From Sending a Friday Newsletter for 100 Weeks in Row
Tomorrow I will send out the 100th TGIF Teacher newsletter. I haven’t missed one Friday yet. It feels pretty good.
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Your Best Self and Active Learning
Topics for this week include active learning, the power of Physical education, and becoming the best version of yourself.
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Should I Grade Everything?
Topics for this week include what is necessary to grade, how teachers felt about this past year, and making good decisions.
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TGIF Teacher Newsletter Greatest Hits - Angry Parents, Humility, Ed Tech, and More.
Here are the most popular TGIF Newsletters from the past year. Each week I email a growing community of educators who want to become a happier, healthier, and stronger teacher.
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Handle Hard, Old School, and the Good Life
Topics for this week include cultivating resilience, flash cards for retrieval practice, and using memes in the classroom.
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Angry Parents, Apologies, and Humility
Topics for this week include how to work with angry parents, helping kids with apologies, and humility.