This is my second post in this series. Check out the first one here. Two years ago I was a member of a hiring committee at my school. Along with two administrators, one other teacher, and a parent, I ...

Really that one word says it all about presenting a stand-alone lesson to a bunch of kids you have no relationship with. Compound that with the fact that you’re stepping in for a teacher that they may ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The teaching demo is a common step in the hiring process at many colleges. Giving a successful demo ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Faculty searches are labor-intensive tasks. Committee members must review materials from dozens of ...

I ’ve noticed a definite trend whenever I serve on faculty search committees lately: More and more job candidates seem to be relying heavily on PowerPoint during their teaching demonstrations. Such ...

What is a Lesson Plan? An effective lesson plan demonstrates how a teacher creates objectives for his or her students and measures how those objectives are mastered. Creating a lesson plan begins with ...

In lesson author Tim Smyth’s book, “Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels: Fun and Engaging Strategies to Improve Close Reading and Critical Thinking in Every Classroom” (Routledge 2022), he discuss ...