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Navigating Election Years in the Christian School Classroom

In my classroom, my students often wear their emotions on their sleeves. As a result, it’s usually easy to...

Why Do I Need a Teacher's Guide?

The teacher’s guide occupies a space in your desk drawer or on your bookshelf, or at least, I hope you have a...

Teaching Methods Used in the New Testament (Part 2)

“Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.” (John...

Nurturing a Healthy, Pro-Learning Classroom Culture

Classroom culture is created, nurtured, and maintained by the teacher. Your classroom is your realm, and you,...

Cultivating Gratitude

Where I live in Southern Ontario, autumn comes with startling beauty every year. There’s the invigorating...

The Grading Mountain

I love most things about my job as a teacher. I love interacting with my students and fellow staff members. I...

My Homework

As we end the first part of the school year, I reflect on these weeks of school and think back to the...

Just an Aide?

In a recent conversation with some acquaintances, it became evident to me that many of my new friends were...

A Surprise Lesson at the Orchard

Last spring I had asked one of my high school students about her summer job at an orchard. She invited me to...

Whatever

It is commonly used as slang to show a lack of interest or disagreement. “Whatever,” someone might mutter as...

The Joy of Hiring Teachers, Part 1: Recruitment and Hiring

We are nearing that time of the year again when we spend time looking at our teacher needs for the following...

Speak Life

It was language class. We were learning about possessive words, and to give the students some practice, I...

A Prayer for Ordinary School Days

God of miracles, God of the unusual and unexpected, and God of the extraordinary, You are also a God of my...

The Winter Doldrums

doldrums: a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or slump (Merriam-Webster) January and February are...

Lessons from a Climbing Wall

Last year a group of us met at a youth camp in West Texas to view the 2024 solar eclipse. One of the features...

The Gift of Drought

How utterly frustrating. Week after week. Nothing seemed to help. Although I studied diligently, prepared...

The Motivation Mystery

The Things We Learn—and the Things We Don’t I have learned a number of things through the years such as how...

Helping Students Who Need More Processing Time

I carefully observed a few of my students this year in an attempt to understand how their brains work and how...

Book Review: The Anxious Generation

Is today’s generation of children and young teenagers more anxious than previous generations? Is mental...

When Grievances Arise

In John 17, Jesus tells his disciples that offences will come. These offences can come in many forms. The...

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