Dr. John Shufeldt has a deep love for life-long learning. Inspired by educators, John Shufeldt launched a five video series with outlier Maribeth Sublette where she provides several insights for current teachers. Maribeth Sublette was recently featured in John Shufeldt’s book, Outliers in Education. Outliers in Education serves as a how-to guide for education majors and current teachers, designed to equip readers with classroom management tips, career advice, and act as a six segment mentorship session with seasoned elementary through college educators in various subjects. You can currently … [Read more...]
5 Automatic Ways to Bring Laughter to the Classroom
While I was student teaching at a high school, I was paired with my humorous college classmate Tony. He always cracked jokes and could light up the room with his master storytelling. He would introduce himself as “Toe-Knee” while pointing to his toe and knee, which got an immediate laugh out of students. As we began student teaching together, I wondered how his antics would affect the students’ perception of him as a teacher. Would they take advantage of him? Would they refuse to take him seriously? Would they gravitate towards his teaching? All these questions lingered in my mind as we … [Read more...]
5 Helpful Tips for Teachers to Transform School Curriculum Over the Summer
Once school is out for summer, teachers are able to take a small break from their daily grind and enjoy the summer sun. However, unlike students, teachers really do not typically kick up their feet for the entire summer “vacation”. In fact, many teachers end up teaching summer school, attending conferences, redesigning their curriculum, going to school/district meetings or even picking up a summer job. Redesigning school curriculum is typically on every teacher’s summer agenda. With standards changing, new classes being taught, and a desire to fit student needs better, there is something … [Read more...]
June Causes to Celebrate this Month
June is all about living an enlightened life- experience yoga, forgive a foe, smile more often, and mind the environment. Dare to do something that's on your mind, but you don't have the nerve to follow through with. Help do your part to end world hunger. For your own personal health and well being, or for the health of your family, dive deep into these June causes! Celebrate the Month: Dare Day - June 1, today is a call to action. It is not a day for procrastinators or for hesitation. A day to to accomplish a challenge, or a personal action, this is the day to make the dare. World … [Read more...]
Five Quality Teacher Conferences to Attend in 2016
These days, I am an Educational Consultant for Outliers Publishing. I create leadership curriculum that pairs with the Outlier Series of leadership and career books. I also teach math courses at a local community college. But I used to be a high school teacher. When I was teaching, I typically struggled finding the time to hunt down a quality conference for professional development. Let’s face it, between lesson planning, preparing, creation of material, tutoring and grading, teachers don’t have much time in the day to find quality events. Personally, I have been both motivated and … [Read more...]
May Causes to Celebrate this Month: Mark your calendar with worthy social causes
May might bring extreme heats or perfect weather depending on where you are geographically- regardless of your location, note that health is important and potentially add biking into your daily or weekly routine. Familiarize yourself with women's health issues, and take the time to thank your former teachers or child's teacher. Get to know our history and achievements in space exploration. Support the Red Cross. Honor the lives of our fallen heroes. As always, don't overload your schedule by cramming as many important things in as you can if you can no longer take the time to be present in … [Read more...]