Teacher & Student Burnout, Longer Days/Shorter Nights, Spring Sports, insert "...", yes there are many things we teachers face to keep the students focused on learning till the end of the school year. Heck, I personally struggle especially when I turn my desktop calendar page to May and see the "LAST DAY OF SCHOOL" in the date square. You'd be lying to yourself if you didn't start your own internal countdown clock. As a tech teacher I can even insert a countdown clock right into this post. But this post is about staying focused till that last day. I like breaking my final 9 weeks down into segments, have the students focus on giving back to their community with project based learning, and doing lessons that carryover to the summer into next year. Learning never stops! ( Click to tweet ) #1 Segments: I know every year that I have Spring Break the 4th quarter, the BIG test week of which I am both a proctor and still t
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