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In contrast, when we were arranging for some of our Humor Conference authors to make presentations at schools where they would be paid by the PTA or through other special funds, that the authors were being paid did not keep them from drooping with discouragement or bristling in irritation if they felt “dissed.” They were […]

Alleen began seriously courting authors to come to Arizona when in the 1980s she was helping her husband, Don, set up April Fools Day Humor Conferences. The Nilsens called these “Stone Soup” conferences in an allusion to the old folktale about the itinerant French soldiers who managed to get the townspeople of whatever village they […]

Finding a good mentor is a great first step. Novices who find they have not been assigned a mentor should request one from the department chair or another administrator. A mentor, who provides great professional feedback about lesson planning, classroom management, and assessments, still might not meet all of a new teacher’s needs. Perhaps novices […]

Anna’s perceptions of her efforts and of her success as a teacher, however, were different from the reports I received. During February of her second year, Anna found me at the end of a day of observing student teachers. I could tell from her body posture—shoulders slumped, eyes cast slightly downward, and a forced smile—that […]

Why should we use a rubric for assessing the use of imagination and creativity in assignments? To make the creative element of the assignment clear to the teacher and the students. Teachers may assume the assignment is clear, but unless the students fully understand the purpose of the assignment, the role that imagination and creativity […]