Catholic Schools Week
School choice is changing the landscape of Catholic school enrollment and who better to talk about the positives and negatives than a former teacher, coach, and principal. Hear more from …
Catholic Schools Week
Every school has a trusted teacher that everyone looks up to no matter what grade they teach. Today’s guest, Elizabeth D’Aurora, a 3rd grade teacher from Parnell Michigan, is one …
Catholic Schools Week
Taking a stroll down memory lane with special guest Dr. Debbie Sullivan from the Greeley Center for Catholic Education at Loyola Chicago to savor all the wonderful traditions of Catholic …
Home Schooling at School
Welcoming home schoolers into a community is what Catholic schools are all about. Students can embrace new friends and teachers can see education and learning methods with a fresh perspective. …
Art Coach
Many teachers also coach, but how many coaches also teach? Bringing a coach mentality to the classroom can significantly improve skill development and application across disciplines. It can embrace failure …
Exit Question
How do we know students are grasping the lessons of the day — especially if they are working independently or across multiple ages and stages of learning? It is imperative …
Information Overload
We love to do field trips and other immersive teaching opportunities, but when there is so much to see, do and experience, we risk information overload for students with different …
Super Substitutes
By its nature, substitute teaching is usually unplanned, but the preparation doesn’t have to be — by the teacher AND school. An annual substitute orientation seesion for new and old …
Nurturing Narcisism?
Jennifer Wallace’s new book Never Enough opens our eyes to the pressure on kids and parents to achieve, achieve, achieve and the unintended consequence of teaching our young people that …
Finding Time
In our culture of achievement, we are seeing the impact of overscheduling on our students. Is it the responsibility of the teacher to give less (or no) homework or are …