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Find Your Marigold: The One Essential Rule for New Teachers

…you’re with them: Are you calmer, more hopeful? Excited to get started on a teaching task? Comfortable asking questions, even the stupid ones? If you feel good around this person, chances are they have some marigold qualities. Once you’ve identified your marigolds, make an effort to spend time with them. Having a hard day? Go to your marigolds. Not understanding how to operate the grade reporting system? Go to your marigolds. Confused by something the principal said at the faculty meeting? Marigolds. They may be on the other side of the building, out of your grade or subject area, or…

Find Your Marigold: The One Essential Rule for New Teachers

…when you’re with them: Are you calmer, more hopeful? Excited to get started on a teaching task? Comfortable asking questions, even the stupid ones? If you feel good around this person, chances are they have some marigold qualities. Once you’ve identified your marigolds, make an effort to spend time with them. Having a hard day? Go to your marigolds. Not understanding how to operate the grade reporting system? Go to your marigolds. Confused by something the principal said at the faculty meeting? Marigolds. They may be on the other side of the building, out of your grade or subject area,…

What Advice Would You Give a Student Teacher?

…you want to do differently next time around. I’m here to tell you that you won’t remember half of them if you don’t write them down. 9. Find Your Marigold If you’ve never read my article about teachers and marigolds, go read it now. I’ll wait. Okay, that applies to student teachers too. To really have a wonderful student teaching experience, you need to find one person in the building who embodies everything you want to be in a teacher, then spend as much time with them as you can. If you’re very lucky, this could be the person who…

The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Teaching Job Mid-Year

…know your colleagues as well. Start by finding one or two positive, supportive teachers who seem to really love their jobs (around here, we call these people Marigolds), and spend most of your time with them. Other key staff members to get friendly with are the school secretary, the librarian, the cafeteria staff, the technology coordinator, the guidance counselors, and the custodial staff. You’re going to have lots of questions for all of these people, so be sure to get off on the right foot by introducing yourself before problems arise. Meanwhile, be friendly with everyone else. Your new position…

Download a PDF of “Find Your Marigold”

If you liked “Find Your Marigold” enough to want your own, nicely laid-out copy of it, then you are exactly the kind of thoughtful person I want to stay in touch with. Sign up for my e-mail list and you’ll start getting a SHORT weekly email from me with something valuable to help you with your teaching. After hitting “Submit,” you’ll be taken straight to your download. I’m really looking forward to getting to know you….

Summer Video Challenge: The Winner!

…never given these tools a try yourself, make this the year you do it. We’ll run another video challenge next summer with the same options we gave this time (and maybe a few more), so you can get started early! If you missed the deadline to submit this year but would still like to share your efforts, post a link to your video in the comments — I would love to see more of these! __________________________ As our winner, Cristina will receive a free item from our store — the Red Marigold Mug, part of the Marigold Collection. ___________________________ …

Thanks. Here’s your personal copy of “Find Your Marigold.”

I’m so glad you’ve joined us! CLICK HERE to download your PDF. (If it opens up in a browser window, just hover your mouse near the bottom and the option to save the PDF should come up. If you have any problems, just reply to any of my recent emails and I will send you a direct attachment.) Here’s what to expect next: You should start receiving emails from me about once a week. I do NOT like a cluttered inbox, so I work really hard to make my emails very short, casual, and valuable — each one will contain…

What is Cult of Pedagogy?

…have 10 minutes…read the results of my Survey on School Administrators. In December of 2013, I surveyed 85 teachers in over 20 states about the things their administrators do that lift them up, and the things that crush them. Their comments are anonymous and completely honest — it’s a fascinating read. If you have 6 minutes…read Find Your Marigold, one of my oldest and most-read posts. It was the post that gave birth to the category “Rants and Pep Talks,” and was the first idea I really had to get off my chest when I started this site. …

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