Relationships and Team Building
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Sweet Monday!
Posted by Diane Badden on 13 Sep 2010 | Posted in: Meet the Mailbox®, Relationships and Team Building
Sweet Monday? On most Mondays I’d say putting these two words side by side is a perfect example of an oxymoron. But not today! Today has truly been sweet!
Getting to Know the Teacher
Posted by Diane Badden on 20 Aug 2010 | Posted in: Meet the Mailbox®, Relationships and Team Building
I have an idea for making a connection with your students’ parents. See what you think!
Bingo!
Posted by Diane Badden on 14 May 2010 | Posted in: Inspiration and Motivation, Relationships and Team Building, Teachers and Teaching
Thank goodness for bingo moments! I had one this morning with the help of a TV reporter. I was racking my brain...
Teachers Helping Teachers
Posted by Diane Badden on 05 May 2010 | Posted in: Drawings and Giveaways, Inspiration and Motivation, Relationships and Team Building, Teachers and Teaching
I’m back! And just like I promised, I’ve cooked up a little giveaway for Teacher Appreciation Week. Trust me, my first giveaway proposal was to send three of us on a tropical getaway...
Happy Holidays!
Posted by Hope Spencer on 24 Dec 2009 | Posted in: Holiday and Seasonal, Relationships and Team Building
Our holiday greetings to you!
From your friends at The Education Center, Inc.
Celebrating the Season
Posted by Kim Murphy on 22 Dec 2009 | Posted in: Holiday and Seasonal, Meet the Mailbox®, Relationships and Team Building
I have stolen a pair of gloves! No, no, the winter-wear police aren’t going to clap me in irons. I stole the gloves while playing a game of Dirty Santa at The Education Center’s annual holiday potluck! Each employee wraps an inexpensive gift. (Because we’re a quirky bunch, we’ve had everything from stuffed Grinch toys to framed Godzilla pictures.)
It Takes a Team
Posted by Hope Spencer on 06 Nov 2009 | Posted in: Inspiration and Motivation, Meet the Mailbox®, Relationships and Team Building, Teachers and Teaching
One of the things The Mailbox editors love to talk about is schools. We talk about the schools we taught in, the schools our kids attend, and the schools we attended as children. Of course we're school-obsessed: look at our choice of profession!
Fun for Teachers Too
Posted by Jen Bragg on 14 Aug 2009 | Posted in: Inspiration and Motivation, Relationships and Team Building, Teachers and Teaching
In my opinion, one of teaching’s best perks is the chance to learn new things. How great is it, when planning or teaching a lesson, to discover a fabulous new book or make a connection to a previously learned fact? Better still, how fun is it to get involved with students’ learning and have a new experience yourself?
First-Year Teachers
Posted by Hope Spencer on 30 Jul 2009 | Posted in: Inspiration and Motivation, Meet the Mailbox®, Professional Development, Relationships and Team Building, Teachers and Teaching
I don’t have to tell you what a busy, exciting time of year this is. But it is an especially thrilling time for first-year teachers. My first year gave me some of the most wonderful, terrifying, and humorous memories of my life! This is such an important topic that I’ve decided to run a short series aimed at first-year teachers, with memories and tips from those of us who've been there. For the first blog, I’ve asked my good friend, editor Krystle Short Jones, to share some of her thoughts with us:
Recipe Request
Posted by Sherry McGregor on 08 Jul 2009 | Posted in: Inspiration and Motivation, Life After School, Relationships and Team Building
A few weeks ago, we had a potluck here at work. I made one of my favorite go-to snacks, green chile pinwheels. It was also the last week of school, so I made an extra batch of pinwheels and sent them with my husband, Mark, to school. (Mark teaches seventh-grade math.) At the end of the day, he brought home the empty plate and two requests for the recipe.
