The Leader in the Mirror
My first webinar of 2019 will be a webinar for the TESOL Affiliate Network on January 11th. I’m thrilled to have an opportunity to talk about what teachers want from their teacher associations. Here’s...
Author: Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto
Happiness Jars for the Classroom
I’ve always thought that happiness jars are a great idea. At the end of each day you write down the best thing that happened that day. Then, when you have a tough day, or...
From This Teacher’s Daughter
The ‘From the Teacher’s Family’ issue was recently published on the iTDi blog with posts from Rose Bard, Matt Shannon, and Ayat Tawel. These authors share posts about how being a teacher affects our families and...
Remembering
I’m in the process of updating old posts to work with a new blog template, which has been quite a walk down memory lane. Hopefully, when I’ve finished, it will be easier for readers...
Why I love Teachers 2014
A few years ago I wrote a simple little post about the reasons I love Teachers. Since then, I’ve had a chance to work with some amazing Teachers through the International Teacher Development Institute....
Help! I just got another new student!
What happens when a new student enters your class at a very different level than the students who are already there? That’s the question a teacher would like to ask Villagers (that’s you!). Have you...
When kids don’t want to be there
Image: sizumaru Teaching Villagers rock! I’ve shared two problem situations with you recently, and the advice has been superb. Both teachers really appreciated your shared wisdom. I have another teacher with another fairly...
A very bad, horrible, no good class
We’ve all had them! That class when, for whatever reason, nothing seems to go right. A teacher friend of mine had a class like that today. Image: markheybo It was worst… the lesson...
More than five ways to use milk carton cubes
About 25 years ago, my co-author Ritsuko Nakata taught me how to make cubes out of milk cartons, and I’ve been using them in class ever since. I love recycling things and coming up...
Boisterous Boys and Bored Girls
I had a recent reminder of the power behind this blog’s simple motto: We’re better when we work together. To get some guidance in preparing for an upcoming webinar about working with large, small,...
