by Lisa Dabbs | Sep 8, 2014 | Posts
Back to school is always an exciting time filled with opportunities to learn and share with colleagues, grade level teams, and friends in your professional learning network. So when H&R Block approached me with this great opportunity to share their budget...
by Lisa Dabbs | Aug 28, 2014 | Posts
The New Teacher Chat mentoring message started as a weekly chat on Twitter on May 5, 2010. The chat is practitioner focused to support new and pre-service educators world wide to receive resources and mentoring to grow in their practice. I’m excited to share...
by Lisa Dabbs | Jul 21, 2014 | Posts
I grew up loving to read and waited excitedly every month for the children’s literary book club order that my Dad made sure I received. As I reflect on this, I consider myself to have been fortunate that my parents knew about the power of reading and made a...
by Lisa Dabbs | Jun 2, 2014 | Posts
Learning to write a good, strong lesson plan is the backbone of confident teaching. Without a plan, you can kiss that goal of supporting your learners to succeed goodbye and your students will definitely suffer in the long run. When we talk about writing a lesson...
by Lisa Dabbs | May 7, 2014 | Posts
GIVEAWAY is now CLOSED as of 6pm PST May 13, 2014. Thanks to all who entered! This week, New Teacher Chat celebrates the 4th Anniversary of our Chat with a giveaway to say Thank You to all our supporters! To help celebrate this event, I’m sharing with our...
by Lisa Dabbs | Feb 25, 2014 | Posts
“Read along with me: the best is yet to be.” – Lisa Dabbs (adapted from Robert Browning) When I first became a teacher, I was excited to begin sharing the love of reading with my students. I grew up loving to read and couldn’t wait to...
