Educational Links 6/28/17

17 Terribly Rotten Things Teachers Do to Ruin Students’ Lives

https://www.weareteachers.com/rotten-things-teachers-do/#.WVR8MhgrJQJ

Always Assume The Best In Students

http://teachthought.com/pedagogy/always-assume-best-students/?utm_content=buffer93ad5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Dysgraphia: What You’re Seeing in Your High-Schooler

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dysgraphia/dysgraphia-what-youre-seeing-in-your-high-schooler?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

5 ways technology can support educators in an environment of expanding school choice

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/06/20/technology-school-choice/

8 Lies Teachers Tell Themselves About Work/Life Balance

http://teach4theheart.com/8-lies-teachers-tell-worklife-balance/

16 YouTube Videos That Teach Social Skills

http://additudemag.com/slideshows/youtube-videos-for-kids/

We Need to Support the Mental Health and Wellness of Teachers

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_ahead/2017/06/we_need_to_support_the_mental_health_and_wellness_of_teachers.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Seventy-eight percent of teachers express overwhelming levels of stress. Teachers who experience higher levels of stress are more likely to be burnt out, less effective in teaching and classroom management, less connected to their students, and less satisfied with their work. If a teacher is stressed out and unhappy, she or he will not be able to deliver the best possible instruction to students—regardless of whether the teacher has created a lesson that is differentiated, cross-curricular, and standards-aligned. Researchers have found that teacher anxiety, stress, and depression negatively affects student test results.