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Back to School Guide

Educator-tested tips, advice, and resources for a successful start to the school year.

Students Ruin My Good Lesson Plans

Advice from your fellow educators to a frustrated first-year teacher whose problem student is creating a classroom crisis.

Teachers Have Backpacks Too!

As you get ready to go back to school, you will need to pack your teacher survival kit. What does that include? Check out what your NEA colleagues but in their backpacks to be prepared for all those unexpected classroom adventures.

Teachers Have Backpacks Too!

As you get ready to go back to school, you will need to pack your teacher survival kit. What does that include? Check out what your NEA colleagues but in their backpacks to be prepared for all those unexpected classroom adventures.

Best of Works4Me: Back to School

21 of the best back-to-school-themed teaching tips we’ve gathered over the years, each one authored a real expert, an educator like you.

Cool Apps for Your Classroom

Educators from across the nation shared with us some of their favorite iPad and iPhone apps to make learning engaging, interactive and challenging.

Eight Classroom Disrupters

Our 11-page downloadable PDF file looks at the eight student behaviors most likely to derail your lessons and presents strategies for helping students get back on task. Links to further resources online are also included.

The Best of Works4Me: Parent-Teacher Conferences

Practical advice on preparing for, and conducting, parent-teacher conferences – from the real experts: teachers like you.

Create a Substitute Information File

Give your substitute teacher an edge on what could be a long day in the classroom.

Stayin' Alive, Part II

Strategies for smooth sailing to Spring break.

Stayin' Alive

Staying stress free - and surviving the first semester.

Use This Not That

Cut classroom costs by substituting these inexpensive items for pricier classroom supplies.

Advice for New Special Education Teachers

An elementary special ed. teacher tells how he survived the first few months of school.

The Best of Works4Me: Halloween Activities

Works4Me is a weekly e-newsletter, showcasing practical classroom tips written and submitted by the readers themselves. Here you’ll find our favorites on Halloween activities, lesson plans and resources.

Pinterest: Get Ideas for your Classroom

Pinterest, now famous for being the fastest-growing social media site ever with 31.2 million users after launching just a little over two years ago, is both a great tool for educators and dangerously fun.

Seven Ways to Talk to Your Students

Veteran educators offer advice on creating a positive learning environment.

Best of Works4Me: December Holidays

For over 10 years we have been gathering teaching tips and classroom management strategies for our readers. Here we present you with a collection of holiday-themed teaching tips from the real experts, educators like you.

Best of Works4Me: December Holidays

For over 10 years we have been gathering teaching tips and classroom management strategies for our readers. Here we present you with a collection of holiday-themed teaching tips from the real experts, educators like you.

Finding It for Free

Savvy educators' tips on scoring no-cost classroom resources.

30 Questions to Ask During the First Days of School

The questions you should ask now, for smooth sailing in your school later.

Creating a Professional Image

Creating a professional image is very important for new teachers. Here are eleven time-tested, positive image-making ideas for new teachers.

More (and Free) Cool Classroom Apps

Are you looking for fun, creative and engaging apps to use with your students? Educators from across the nation shared with us some of their favorite apps to make learning engaging, interactive and challenging.

10 Approaches to Better Discipline

10 classroom discipline approaches that may prove useful to you.

Fighting the Stress of Teaching to the Test

Legislation has raised the stakes for testing, and teachers are feeling more stressed than ever. Research & health experts show that stress can manifest itself in unforeseen ways, and fellow educators offer unique strategies for managing stress.

5 Tips for Better Relationships With Your Students

Should teaching be a popularity contest? Probably not. But skilled educators know the value of having good relationships with students.

Ask the Expert

You can't teach a class that's out of control. But Kate Ortiz, our classroom management expert with more than 30 years of experience, may be able to help. Describe your situation and you’ll have an answer within 24 hours.

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