Category: Back To School

Gearing Up for a New School Year

8/5/2019

Can you believe summer break is almost over? I know for many of our readers, school has already begun, but here in Northern Virginia, our students don't come back for a few more weeks. I, on the other hand, head back to work next week. And, even though summer ends every year, I'm feeling a bit stunned that it happened so fast this time around. It's hard for me to go from 0 to 60 on day one, so I'm focused this week on getting my school year mojo back. Here are some things on my to do list for the week as I prep to go back to the library.

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Tips of the Trade for New Teachers

8/22/2017

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The first school bells are ringing in school districts across the country and teachers are welcoming students back to class. With Back to School in full swing, we offer up one of our favorite posts for new teachers. We know that this can be an exciting, energizing and sometimes overwhelming season for everyone -- especially people who are new to our profession. Our post New Teacher? Start Here. can help new teachers along in the days, weeks, and months to come.

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Back to school, back to reality

8/5/2017

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Heading back to school after a fun summer hanging out with my kids, beach vacations, afternoons at the pool, and lots of time spent with family and friends is tough. The beginning of the school year always brings lots of emotions: I'm excited about a fresh start and bringing new ideas to our library program, looking forward to seeing my teaching colleagues and meeting new staff, happy to get our family back on a more regular schedule, but I also always feel a bit of melancholy about leaving the freedom of summer. Thus, in order to make it through this stressful time of year, I offer you some tips to ease the transition.

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Back to School Night: We're all in this together.

8/30/2016

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Back to School Night is almost upon us, which has me rethinking about how to best use this valuable time. At the beginning of the year, I feel like a detective, gathering vital clues about each of my students not only as learners but people. Back to School Night is exciting but it's also a time crunch. At the middle school level, we get ten minutes with each group of parents which means a lot of things need to happen in a short amount of time.

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Gearing Up for a New School Year

Tips of the Trade for New Teachers

Back to school, back to reality

Back to School Night: We're all in this together.

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