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Did your classroom or school celebrate Missouri Read-In Day on March 8? In 2011, Rep. Mike Kelly (R-126) sponsored HB 795 that selected the second Friday in March to be Missouri Read-In Day. Perhaps the [...]
MSTA Action – April 18, 2019
Download the pdf. House passes alternative method of instruction bill The House of Representatives approved HB281 & 570 (Kelley). Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, a district would not be required to make up any [...]
Ideas to Boost Staff Morale
By Anne Billington In my opinion, teaching is one of the noblest professions one can commit to. As educators, we are second parents, role models, doctors, psychologists, hair dressers, dentists, etc. We deal with BIG [...]
Reducing Teacher Stress
The end of the year can be stressful. The University of Missouri’s Keith Herman has tips and resources for reducing teacher stress. Using the Social Learning Theory to deal with stress Herman likes to use [...]
What I’ve Learned So Far in Sixth-Grade
By Lisa Davis Orf When I substitute teach, sixth is the grade-level that throws me completely off-balance (probably because most of my sub days are spent in high school). They’re not the elementary school kids my [...]
Welcoming a Student Teacher
By Pam Clifton It’s the moment an education major has been waiting for. Student teaching is one of the hardest, most challenging and stressful times of a soon-to-be teacher’s life. It can also be one [...]
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