How to Navigate August
When teachers flip the calendar from July to August, a feeling of trepidation overcomes them. There is a considerable difference between July and August in a teacher's life. July is fairly easy-going and August is extremely demanding. The amount of tasks teachers must complete in August is expansive and daunting. A teacher's list includes responsibilities that might range from learning the important concepts and principles of a new curriculum to considering how various discipline methods can be applied to student behavior, and organizing their classrooms to memorizing dozen(s) of students' names, interests and aptitudes. No amount of time can lighten the morass of responsibilities teachers face in August. So, how might teachers take command of this list and approach it with a sense of control? As Charlotte Danielson wrote in 1996, "given the complexity of teaching a map of the territory is invaluable." The Framework for Teaching is a roadmap that teachers can u