tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656908554946621165.post1887739447550024369..comments2024-03-23T02:14:07.785-04:00Comments on The Dream Teacher: Marketing Ourselves as TeachersCindi Rigsbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05421258393568987852noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656908554946621165.post-34603444735865090952012-01-06T06:06:00.454-05:002012-01-06T06:06:00.454-05:00Many internet marketers allow their products or se...Many internet marketers allow their products or services to be sold in this way by making them available through ClickBank or PayDotCom. This is ideal for those who are new to affiliate marketing <a href="http://smallbusinesswebsites.net.au/affiliate-marketing-australia/" rel="nofollow">affiliate marketing australia</a>Small business websitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15488413092560966772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656908554946621165.post-52554109093846809032010-01-05T02:04:59.754-05:002010-01-05T02:04:59.754-05:00Affiliate Marketing On The Internet
Affiliate Ma...Affiliate Marketing On The Internet <br /><br />Affiliate Marketing is a performance based sales technique used by companies to expand their reach into the internet at low costs. This commission based program allows affiliate marketers to place ads on their websites or other advertising efforts such as email distribution in exchange for payment of a small commission when a sale results. <br /><br /><br />www.onlineuniversalwork.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656908554946621165.post-77194583844071472822009-08-02T18:12:26.342-04:002009-08-02T18:12:26.342-04:00Misconceptions about the teaching profession are p...Misconceptions about the teaching profession are pervasive in our society. Many people mistakenly believe teachers have low-pressure jobs and work until three o’clock. My father and sister are both teachers, and I know teachers work long hours, endure stress and anxiety, and overcome a multitude of challenges every day to mentor, guide and educate our nation’s children. I wrote my book, “The Teacher Chronicles: Confronting the Demands of Students, Parents, Administrators and Society,” to dispel the misconceptions about teachers and convey the major contribution they make to our society. One of the biggest challenges teachers face is developing constructive relationships with the parents of their students. Since the book was released last year, I’ve been conducting workshops for parents to help them develop successful partnerships with their children’s teachers. (I also conduct workshops for teachers.) Children benefit the most when parents and teacher work together as partners. <br /><br />I’m concerned that the Obama administration’s “Race to the Top” program will perpetuate the notion that teachers should be held solely accountable for a student’s poor performance on academic assessment tests. A child’s education is a collaborative process that requires the commitment of the parent, teacher and child. I expressed my concerns about the “Race to the Top” program in my blog entry last week at parentteacherpartnerships.blogspot.com.<br /><br />Teachers are entrusted with the vital task of educating the future leaders of America. To be successful, they need cooperation from parents, support from political leaders, and respect and gratitude from all of us.Natalie Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05349336280811365190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656908554946621165.post-77280857392935565902009-07-30T23:07:51.154-04:002009-07-30T23:07:51.154-04:00Changing the general impression of teachers is goi...Changing the general impression of teachers is going to be one of the hardest things for our profession. On one hand, you have those "Teacher Bashers" who seem to get a genuine joy out of "proving" to us all how much we don't work; on the other hand, there are those who treat us as if we're a "cause" and not a profession. You know I saw a red ribbon magnet with an apple and "support teachers" on a minivan last week? Seriously. wtf?<br /><br />Your call to get the minds of legislators changed is good because they, after all, hold the purse strings. But the rest of the public -- the "my taxes pay your salary" crowd -- might be even more important. For instance, while I teach in a place where the school budget is determined by the board of ed and the county board, I grew up in a school district where the school budget is decided by a direct vote. <br /><br />And then you have the fact that you're not only marketing yourself to the public, but to your students. After all, you are trying to get to embrace the material you're using and knowledge you're trying to impart, even if it's not your favorite thing either (case in point: I have to teach Wuthering Heights this year -- GAG!). <br /><br />I think a lot of your points are good, and I've made a lot of them myself -- although I think that you shouldn't be so hard on us for complaining about our jobs. Yes, there is a martyr complex in our profession, BUT the way that we can establish cameraderie with people in other sectors, whether it be the corporate world or service sector is by bitching about our jobs. <br /><br />The key is not to act as if just because we're teachers, we've got it worse than anyone else. I spent my first six years out of college in various corporate jobs and I can compare every pain in the ass I've encountered in the classroom--student, administrator, parent, or fellow teacher--to anyone I had to work with or deal with in my prior career. Some things are universal and in a weird way, embracing that will help and not hurt.<br /><br />Then again, I just got back from a week's vacation, so what do I know?Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379096331960338241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656908554946621165.post-83510455272164284182009-07-29T15:27:11.647-04:002009-07-29T15:27:11.647-04:00YES! I taught last year at a large city system (H...YES! I taught last year at a large city system (HATED it!). What fried my backside was sitting in "professional development" that repeated things I had learned more than a year before that. It wasn't the only time that a PD person treated us as though we were idiots.<br /><br />Would it have killed her to ask how many had some familiarity with the topic in question? Some of us could have taught it ourself.<br /><br />Of course, that would have been bad - she wouldn't have taken home the cash for 'teaching' what we already knew.Linda Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024201252345608291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656908554946621165.post-43262308805974558522009-07-19T19:08:55.605-04:002009-07-19T19:08:55.605-04:00Kuods to your blog! I often get tired too of heari...Kuods to your blog! I often get tired too of hearing "uneffective teachers" when myself and several other teachers I know give above and beyond what is called to us. We often feel like we're not being met in the middle with the lawmakers in our state. While I love teaching in SC, I do believe that our lawmakers set our standards way to high for our students. We push them and ourselves to meet these standards and yet they are never satisfied with the results. Just this past year they realized that some things were unfair and not aligned with National standards. I agree that the job is not just the teachers but the whole community. With a month to school starting back, I have already been in my classroom several times preparing for the new school year. Thanks for reminding me to "market myself" to those around me. Bravo!Strosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10286904486379386391noreply@blogger.com