When it goes well, a parent call can be a transformative moment in your relationship with the student, and by extension in your classroom.

The actual call can be scary, because you never know what you’re gonna get. 

Calling your students’ parents can be intimidating… but it’s also a central component in meeting your students’ needs.

National Board Certification is a challenging journey. Make it easier on yourself by avoiding a few common pitfalls.

No more wasted class time. Sponge Activities soak up those lost minutes of learning so every class is bell-to-bell instruction!

Working with difficult students requires us to model what we want our students to become: Calm. Confident. Knowledgeable. Caring. Unflappable. Here’s how.

Firm structure and thoughtful classroom practices can help you meet the needs of challenging students.

Deep in their hearts EVERY student has the same question: “What are you going to do about it?” Effective teachers provide a quick, calm, and fair answer.

It’s incredibly hard to teach when your students wont behave. It’s demoralizing, and there are no easy answers. Here are 18 suggestions to - not fix it, but to help make it better. (Part 1)

AI art generators are evolving quickly. Teachers and Parents have got to keep up!

AI art generators are evolving quickly. Teachers and Parents have got to keep up!

Learning when to use AI - and when not to - is increasingly part of being a teacher… and a human!

AI is always confident, but not always the best tool for the job.

High interest, high context, low reading level texts to engage your French students!

How can teachers hold students accountable for their reading, assess true comprehension, and discourage reliance on translators? These practices can help!

Well-implemented independent reading is low-prep, high-impact, and 100% individualized.

Creating Independent Readers takes more than a pile of books on a shelf: we must curate an engaging library and equip students with tools to explore and enjoy target language texts.

(or, why I hauled in the sofas and beanbags… and then hauled them right back out again).

Harness pop culture for French instruction. The same students who tune you out will spend long periods of focused listening to understand a funny YouTuber!

Having a few tech tools up your sleeve can save the day when you have to re-plan on short notice!