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Join JHU Choral Society

Join JHU Choral Society!

No audition required! Join the oldest co-ed choir on campus. All levels of experience are welcome. Rehearsals are on Tuesdays from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Mattin Center SDS Room. E-mail jhuchoralsociety@gmail.com.

http://web.jhu.edu/announcements/faculty-staff/targetpage.html?baid=31021

“What is an effective teacher, anyway” by Jan Fisher

Check out Teachers.net for some great articles for current and former educators.  Add an attribute that you think a teacher needs to be effective.

http://teachers.net/gazette/MAY08/archive/

Millions coming to MD schools – who should get the money?

Maryland wins Race to the Top funding – http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bs-md-win-race-to-the-top-20100824,0,238026.storyMaryland

Maryland will receive $250 million.  How do you think the money should be  spent?

Counseling Wine and Cheese Reception Aug. 25

Counseling students and alumni are invited to the Counseling Wine and Cheese Reception on Wednesday, August 25 at the Education Building in Baltimore from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.  This event is sponsored by the SOE’s Student and Alumni Counseling Association (SACA) – Homewood Chapter.

To RSVP for this event, please email soe.students@jhu.edu.
We hope to see you there!

12 Surefire Tips: How to Manage Time and Efficiency in the Classroom by Susan Fetzell

Valuable tips for educators this year in Teachers.net.  Dont’ miss these other articles:
Ten Tips to Deal with Difficult Parents Effectively
Five Tips to help Children Develop their Natural Gifts
Practical Tips for  Teaching Elementary Writing
Word Wall Tips

Space toilets, pencils, and zippers – fun articles on Teachers.net

Teachers.net has some fun articles about the history of the pencil, and space toilets. These are considered general articles written by Tim Newlin of TimTim.com.  Enjoy!

Chinese Royalty and Cedar Wood, The History of the Pencil

Space Toilets

Digital Pens & Touchscreens

A World of Zippers

The Dance of the Honeybees

Cheating in College is Widespread – but why?

NPR article discusses cheating in college.  Who is the main culprit?  Why do you think more students are  cheating?

Read more…

JHU SOE alumna’s leadership raises inner city school to national blue ribbon standard

“Leadership is not about telling someone what to do; it’s about teaching them to think. Meet Roxanne Forr, M.S. ‘96, principal of Cecil Elementary, a Blue Ribbon School in Baltimore.  Read more…

Helpful article about Dyslexia in Teachers.net

“Every once in a while you have a student assigned to your class that seems a mystery, that makes you feel inadequate to the task. The methods that work with other students do not work with her. The year ends and you have a sense that you could have done more if you only knew what “more” was….Hope was that student for me.” Read the rest of Dyslexia in the Kindergarten Student by Kimberly Willoughby

Terrific story about one of our own (both of his degrees are actually from Johns Hopkins!). Congratulations, Mr. Miller!

Paul Miller taught math for many years but never kept count. But on Thursday, Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith Jr. awarded Miller, 93, a calculus teacher at Ner Israel High School, for his 75th year of teaching.
Teacher Honored After 75 years in the Classroom - Baltimoresun.com