I am very proud to share a “new” contributor to this week’s newsletter. In reality, he’s not new at all. He has been behind the scenes every step of the way with SOAR®…going all the way back to my days as a “study skills tutor,” before SOAR® even existed. He’s a truly inspirational teacher!
Please allow me to introduce you to my husband, Brian, as he shares one of his favorite classroom-management strategies…
By now, you’ve heard me mention Chrystal, SOAR’s Operations Manager. Chrystal is a certified teacher; she was actually my son’s (favorite) teacher, which is how I met her. She is very kind and easily wins respect from her students, but she holds everyone accountable. Personally, I believe she is one of the best teachers I’ve ever had the pleasure to meet, so I’m thrilled to have her on our team!
Around the office, Chrystal and I often get on rants about how we would make the world perfect, if only people would ask for our opinion. During a couple of these rants, Chrystal got rather animated while telling good stories, so I asked her to turn those stories into two specific articles. Today, she presents the first one: (more…)
I am an assistant principal. We adopted the SOAR Study Skills curriculum binder system from K-8 grades. The students in fourth through eighth grades have the book. The SOAR Study ...
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Tobi Flair
Public Middle School
New Orleans, LA
Tobi Flair is the principal at Harry Hurst Middle School in Destrehan, Louisiana. Her building has built a 20-minute session of “SOAR time” into their daily schedule.
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