Teaching and parenting is hard, but we can laugh together. A collection of my articles below.
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How I Use Check For Understanding Questions

3 tips for your close reading lesson

3 Strategies to Promote Positive Reinforcement

What Not To Do When Planning For Response To Intervention

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About the Author
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​Dan Henderson was recruited in his late twenties to serve as an elementary school teacher in an inner city school in the United States.  Day two of teaching involved being spit on, cussed out, hit, and generally abused by the students he was trying to help. Dan's collection of stories span three different inner city schools. He recalls how things went awry and provides tools anyone can use.

Layered in all the ridiculous stories are real experiences you might encounter, which I pair with practical, functional tips. These tales are the product of inner city pressures and many social dilemmas. We can't solve all of the world's problems. We can help a child in our community. We can laugh at their silly mistakes, and we can learn through our failures. Just as we teach our students to learn though their failures, new teachers can feel overwhelmed and need to know many teachers have had similar experiences. Few people told me I would cry myself to sleep or admit that I failed. Yes, I failed and learned more through the challenges. Challenges are good; they help you grow. My hope is you can take a lesson from this book to improve your teaching or parenting.

A Survival Guide To Teaching

Teachers and parents need a little help in their first years of teaching or parenting.  A Survival Guide To Teaching follows Dan's adventures of when situations went awry while he shares insights to avoid similar mistakes.

Reviews
That’s Special: A Survival Guide to Teaching by Dan Henderson tells the story of a special education teacher who is still surviving in spite of some pretty wacky student behaviors he has faced along the way. Dan follows real stories in each chapter from his career with tools that other teachers can use to survive in difficult situations. If you buy the book, 10% will go back to local schools.

- Dr. Doug Green ( read the review )


​This is not your everyday “how to” for teachers.  Though many of those offer a lot, we found that this book also offered good advice, but was presented in a much different format than others we have read.   Each chapter begins with a scenario and what reads like a “case study” of a student that Dan struggled with for whatever reason.  These are delivered in very humorous ways, which admittedly at times took a second read to really take in and understand, but were very funny nonetheless.  As much as you want to cringe at the brutal honesty, teachers with some experience will most likely also find themselves relating to many of the situations in one way or another and even chuckling at how Dan handled them.

​- The Curriculum Corner ( read the review )

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We have given back over $200 dollars this year to the Boys and Girls Club of America as part of our initiative to help our schools. If you wish to donate to the Boys and Girls Club of America -Donate Here

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