Today Id like to share one of my favorite episodes from the Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast archives. In this special episode, I invited five creative guests to give their take on impactful classroo

On this weeks mini-episode, I just have a very quick idea for you and its this. As back-to-school hits, its easy to immediately become isolated in your classroom. Youve got a million to-dos for yo

Back-to-School season is the perfect time to set up your reading program for success throughout the year. Heading into the school year with a well-organized library, a plan for routines like First

On this weeks mini-episode, I want to answer a question from our community about lesson planning. Here it is: How do you plan? Im struggling to put together a series of lessons that culminate into

Maybe you've heard the story of how I almost quit teaching on my first first day of school. Despite the fact that I had spent three months preparing moment-by-moment lessons for fall. Despite the

On this weeks mini-episode, I want to share my top strategy for taking the pressure off you while delivering a great experience for parents on back-to-school night, stations. Back-to-school night,

If I told you the elective were about to dive into has an awkward party unit, would you believe me? Well, it does, and I cant wait for you to learn about it and start planning an awkward party l

On this weeks mini-episode, I want to answer a question from our community about reading in class. Here it is Hi all. Next year my middle school will be implementing a 45-minute every-other-day rea

What would you do if you had nine weeks to help ELA students imagine the real-world use of ELA skills? Inside the unique elective wheel program at Lisa Jones' school, students explore each discipline

This week lets talk about careers. I dont know if you can relate, but I graduated from high school with a general awareness of maybe six careers - law, medicine, teaching, ministry, science, and bus