Class Management 101: Logistics, Logistics, Logistics

Posted by sylvia

I’ve heard of an old military saying: “Amateurs talk strategy, dilettantes talk tactics and professionals talk logistics.” It’s not clear who said it first (perhaps Gen. Omar Bradley), but that doesn’t make it any less true. In the classroom, you can have phenomenal content knowledge (strategy), amazing lesson plans (tactics), but if you don’t have [...]

24 Aug 2012

First Days of School: That Red Hat…

Posted by sylvia

That red hat on the first day of school should have been a clue. On the first days of the school year, students introduce themselves, but with their personas in full effect — the image they want to project to the world. But at some point, the masks fall. Only then can we get to know [...]