This issue has something for every new teacher. Among the topics are finding time to fit everything in, strategies for working with paraprofessionals, tips for ELLs and classroom management, assessment as learning, teamwork, and reading strategies. Rounding out the issue are four regular columns: Hope Starts Here, Technically Speaking, Management Mentor, and The Doctor Is In.

The Teacher Advocate, Special Double Issue

Inside the Current Issue
• 5 Tips for Teacher Efficiency
• Implementing Growth Mindset in Your Classroom
• The Use of Data in the Classroom
• Empowering Middle School Parents
• Creating a Positive and Engaging Math Classroom

SUSTAINABILITY
Educating the #SolutionaryGeneration

TECHNICALLY SPEAKING
Communicating With Parents

USE YOUR TEACHER VOICE
Connecting With State and National Legislators

THE DR. IS IN
Navigating Food Allergies


The Professional Magazine for New Teachers The New Teacher Advocate is a partner for success to beginning educators. This quarterly magazine is designed to support new teachers transitioning from being a student, through student teaching, and into their first years of teaching. Its succinct articles inform, encourage, and inspire through stories, resources, practical applications, and expert advice from educators at all levels.

Among topics covered in this issue are visual thinking, student teaching, parent partnerships, close reading, and literacy, as well as regular columns, which focus this time on food systems education. ed tech, video creation, and classroom environment.

Are your students lacking in motivation this time of year?

See the special themed issue of the New Teacher Advocate on engaging your students. The Spring 2019 issue is double its normal size and packed with tips to support teacher candidates and new teachers.

This special issue gives you twice the ideas for keeping yourself inspired and your students engaged. Explore how to use games and Problem-Based Learning to engage EL students, incorporate STEM into elementary classrooms, use folklore in an interactive approach to literacy, involve parents in home-based activities, and many other ways to engage every student in every class. 

Learn how to include all students in STEM lessons, plan culturally inclusive celebrations, cultivate a love of learning in your students, support English learners with homework, teach the principles of the Earth Charter, improve reading and writing with Microsoft’s Learning Tools, get students actively involved and excited about learning, create alternatives to homework, and facilitate dynamic classroom discussions.

In this issue, learn how to create winning presentations, implement consistent classroom management techniques, use alternative seating to engage students, effectively teach newcomer ELs, implement standards in a fun way, augment reality with Merge Cubes, use the ACT method to keep students engaged, create a student-friendly science fair, and use mindfulness to help students cope with stress.

Among the topics in this issue are tips for working with your mentor, rules for being a teacher versus a friend, principles of Universal Design for Learning, vocabulary development for English learners, stimulating higher-level thinking, organizing a classroom library, and advice for interviewing. Rounding out the issue are four regular columns: Hope Starts Here, Technically Speaking, Management Mentor, and The Doctor Is In.

Read tips on how to strengthen your teaching. Discover new strategies to engage learners. Adopt core values to guide your teaching career. Also find out what it means to connect skills with student interests … and more, including technology, classroom management, and in-class discussions!

Kicking off the new school year, this issue introduces a new regular department called "Hope Starts Here," which offers practical ways for teachers to prepare students to solve current and future problems. Featured topics include movement in the classroom, special education, English language learners, listening, centers, and technology.

This issue features articles on strategies teachers can use immediately. Topics include nonverbal interventions, STEM education, augmented reality, minimizing stress, education policy, improving ELLs' writing and pronunciation, citizenship through service, and more.

Chock full of strategies, tips, and techniques, this issue shares way to teach using social media, scrapbooking, jigsaw learning, collaboration, questioning, apps, and the flipped classroom, as well as regular columns on classroom management, technology, and "The Dr. Is In."

The theme of this issue is "Helping Students," with articles about all the ways teachers can help students. Included are improving ELL test scores, involving parents, injecting humor, integrating technology, supporting writing, teaching coping skills, and monitoring and tracking. Also included are articles to support student teaching and professional growth.

Starting the school year is the theme of the articles in this fall issue. Articles include the topics of supporting English language learners, informing your teaching with data, voting in the national election, partnering with the school nurse, teaching note-taking, building parent relationships, and more.

First-year teachers reported on the 5 things they wish they knew before they entered the classroom. 

There are much better, and effective, ways to praise students for their efforts and achievements than “good job!”

Parents of teenagers may expect more interactive communication with teachers. Here are some ways teachers can cultivate a partnership.

Use this efficient numbering system to organize papers, take attendance, and collect assignments.

Follow the tips in this article to be prepared for a substitute teacher to step in at any time.

Regular Columns:
Fave Five: Valuable nuggets of wisdom from an experienced teacher
The Dr. Is In: Best ways to integrate and teach computer science at all levels
Management Mentor: Storage tips for an orderly classroom
Technically Speaking: Choosing the best iPad apps for your class

English Language Learners (ELLs):
Effective ways to use Internet content with ELLs
Using journals to engage parents of ELLs
Is a dual language program (DLP) best for your student?



Know the promises, pitfalls, and purposes of homework before you assign it.

For planning and collaboration, your school district may use curriculum mapping. Get familiar with them.

Similarly, your school district may use curriculum guides, which can be difficult to navigate. Find advice for working with them.

School administrators expect teachers to conduct themselves in a professional manner. Be sure to develop these 7 habits.

Are you a brand new teacher? Then these top 10 tips are for you.

Teaching and running have many similarities. Use these 7 principles for successfully running your teaching marathon.

Use these research-based strategies to reduce testing stress.

You know how to play the sport, but are you ready to coach the team? Try these tips for success.

Regular Columns:
Fave Five: Teaching metaphors from applicants for National Student Teacher of the Year
The Dr. Is In: Strategies for building community in your classroom
Management Mentor: Help your students manage their time
Technically Speaking: Teach your objective, not how to use the app


This issue focuses on facets of literacy:
Discover 3 ways to help students master content.
Grappling with writing standards? Try this easy strategy.
Help English learners with writing skills.
Target vocabulary during read alouds.

Make your directions clear, precise, and effective.

Writing is a core skill for teachers too.

Confront the dragons, and you can discover the treasures of teaching.

Regular Columns:
Fave Five: Ideas for service to the community that make literacy come alive
The Dr. Is In: Creative ways to connect with your students
Management Mentor: How to avoid interruptions
Technically Speaking: Literacy standards for technology information


This issue focuses on success with special students:
Be a culturally responsive teacher.
Build a strong school–home connection.
Be sure to review an exceptional student’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP).
Communicate with families of children who need special education.
Address the needs of the gifted and talented.
Use these collaboration strategies with your co-teacher.

Stay calm and respond positively to student-teacher conflict.

Empower your middle and high school students to focus on their assets.


Regular Columns:
Fave Five: Tools and interventions for diverse learning needs
The Dr. Is In: Wisdom and inspiration for starting the school year
Technically Speaking: Collaborating with colleagues and the community


Spring 2020, Volume 27, Number 3

Winter 2019, Vol. 27 No. 2

Fall 2019, Volume 27, Number 1

Summer 2019, Volume 26, No. 4

Spring 2019, Vol. 26, No. 3

Winter 2018, Vol. 26, No. 2

Fall 2018, Vol. 26, No. 1

Summer 2018, Vol. 25, No. 4

Spring 2018, Vol. 25, No. 3

Winter 2017, Vol. 25, No. 2

Fall 2017, Vol. 25, No. 1

Summer 2017,  Vol. 24, No. 4

Spring 2017, Vol. 24, No. 3

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Summer 2016, Vol 23, No. 4

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