Professional Growth and Development

Creating a teaching portfolio is essential to help you land your first teaching job or advance in your career. Learn the in's and out's of perfecting your educational portfolio.

Discover ways that teachers can promote student growth in the elementary education classroom. Learn tips, techniques and suggestions that will help your students succeed in school.

Every effective teacher has an educational philosophy to guide his or her instruction and outlook. What is your Educational Philosophy?

Is Job Sharing the right choice for your teaching career? Here's a look at the pros and cons of sharing a contract with another teacher.

Successful teachers share these six key traits. Cultivate these attributes in yourself to maximize your effectiveness in the classroom.

Make sure your interactions in the teacher's lounge are geared toward achieving the same success you create behind your classroom walls.

If you sense growing tension with a problem administrator, you must be proactive. Here's how to do it...

Why teachers should pause and relfect on the successes and shortcomings of the previous school year as a new year begins.

It's easier than you might think to start a tutoring business in your neighborhood. Whether you're ready to tutor on the side or just take a break from the classroom, your education experience and skills lend themselves perfectly to tutoring. Let me offers you some tips and strategies for success.

Part 2 of my article on how to set up a tutoring business on the side if you're a teacher.

Have you ever considered tutoring in addition to your classroom duties? Tutoring can be a lucrative and personally rewarding venture that takes the best of teaching and combines it with the convenience of designing your own schedule.

Make the Most of Your Summer

Every summer, we can choose to keep moving or slow down and recuperate. What are the pressing issues you must consider in order to make this decision?

John McCain's Statements on Education in the Final Presidential Debate

Profession Reading for the Summer Months

Barack Obama's Statements on Education in the Final Presidential Debate

Investigates best practices in teaching and learning so that you can use them to create your own models that work.

Teaching is difficult, especially in the beginning of your career. Get a mentor (or be one!) through this great site.

Of course, countless others deserve this honor, but here are the official winners.

The latest information to inform your teaching practices.

There are many pros and cons to teachers job sharing. If you've job shared before (or are just passionate about the topic), share your opinions and insights with other educators who may be thinking about taking the job sharing plunge.

Share your opinions on the surprisingly controversial topic of how teachers should dress. What is a professional dress code for teachers?

There's never enough time in the day for teachers to get everything done. Share your top time management tips here, and learn a few new strategies from other educators around the world.