We will be following the electoral college order in evaluation state teachers unions on twitter. We will be listing the twitter name, profile, followers, and tweet grade.
We hope you enjoy.
1. @NEAToday – “The National Education Association’s official publication, committed to a great public education for all students. Get free resources, news & more!Washington DC · http://www.nea.org/neatoday ” (56,000+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
2. @CATeachersAssoc – “CTA represents more than 325,000 teachers, counselors, librarians, psychologists, nurses, community college and CSU faculty, and education support professionals California · http://www.cta.org“ (5,300+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
3. @AFTunion – “We’re 1.5 million teachers, paraprofessionals/school-related personnel, higher ed faculty, gov’t employees, & healthcare workers making a difference every day. Washington, DC · http://www.aft.org“ (5,200+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
4. @massteacher – “The Massachusetts Teachers Association Boston, Mass. · http://massteacher.org“ (3,550+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
Massachusetts Teachers Association – THANK YOU
5. @NJEA – “NJEA represents 200,000 teachers, education support professionals, higher education, retired and student members. Follows/RT are not necessarily endorsements. Trenton, NJ · http://www.njea.org” (3,350+ followers, 97.2/100 twitter grader)
6. @MEAOnline – Michigan Education Association, professional organization representing more than 150,000 public education employees, affiliated with NEA.Michigan · http://www.mea.org” (3,200+ followers, 97.2/100 twitter grader)
Michigan Education Association – THANK YOU!
7. @PSEA – “The Pennsylvania State Education Association, Pennsylvania · http://www.psea.org“ (2,925+ followers, 97.2/100 twitter grader)
8. @FloridaEA Florida Education Association Tallahassee, FL · http://feaweb.org“ (2,900+ followers, 97.2/100 twitter grader)
9. @OhioEA – “Representing 124,000 teachers, faculty members & support professionals. Retweets/Follows are not endorsements. http://www.facebook.com/OhioEducationAssociation Columbus, OH · http://www.ohea.org“ (2,550+ followers, 96.8/100 twitter grader)
10. @nysut – “A Union of Professionals. Latham, New York · http://www.nysut.org (2,100+ followers, 97.2/100 twitter grader)
11. @txstateteachers “Texas State Teachers Association, NEA’s Texas affiliate. Austin, Texas · http://www.tsta.org (1,900+ followers, 96.5/100 twitter grader)
12. @ieanea – “Illinois Education Association, education news, advocacy, fair funding Illinois · http://www.ieanea.org (1,800+ followers, 96.8/100 twitter grader)
13. @ncae – “Professional Organization for North Carolina Educators Raleigh, NC · http://www.ncae.org (1,750+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
14. @TEA_teachers – “Tennessee’s Teachers: Educating Our students, Engaging Our Parents, Empowering Our Schools. (Profile managed by @akchaney) Nashville, TN · http://www.teateachers.org/“ (825+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader) need the grader
15. @ArizonaEA – “Largest professional organization in Arizona, dedicated to providing great public schools to every child in Arizona. Phoenix, AZ · http://www.arizonaea.org” (700+ followers, 92/100 twitter grader)
16. @GeorgiAEducator – “We exist to support, protect, and strengthen those who nuture Georgia’s children/ Tucker, Georgia · http://www.gae.org“ (550+ followers, 90/100 twitter grader)
17. @washingtonea “Our mission is to help public education be the best it can be for students, staff and communities. Federal Way, WA · http://www.WashingtonEA.org ” (450+ followers, 89/100 twitter grader)
18. @ISTAmembers – “This is the official Twitter account for the Indiana State Teachers Association. Indiana · http://www.ista-in.org (300+ followers, 82/100 twitter grader)
Virginia Education Association – Not on twitter.
My Town Tutors is a website that connects parents with teachers who tutor. We are completing a Teacher Challenge: Make a Difference, 50 States in 50 Days to recruit teachers who tutor. If you are a teacher who tutors, we are always looking for qualified teachers from all 50 states who tutor to join our national directory of teachers who tutor.
It is FREE for parents to search for a teacher in their area.
Tag: Indiana tutors
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Teacher Unions: The Tennessee Education Association is #14 on Twitter
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Teacher Challenge: Make a Difference, 50 States in 50 Days
My Town Tutors makes is easy for parents to connect with local teachers who tutor. Our goal is to be the #1 tutoring resource for parents and teachers in America. Our motto is “Teachers are great tutors!”
Parents love the fact that every teacher in our directory is a teacher!
We currently list over 280 teachers who tutor, mostly from Massachusetts, the state where we started. During the our 50 States in 50 Days Challenge, our goal is to register teachers who tutor from all 50 states. We have set up twitter accounts for each state to communicate with teachers and parents.
Our goal is to attract and register teachers who tutor in ALL 50 states. FOR 50 DAYS My Town Tutors will be offering FREE MEMBERSHIP for any teacher (working or retired) who tutors. The only requirement is that you MUST BE A TEACHER!
There are no other fees! A teacher sets the hourly rate and keeps 100% of the fees. It is that simple. One of our tutors made $5,000 this past school tutoring, not a bad return on a $12 investment!
If you are a teacher and are interested in registering use the following code for a FREE membership until September 30, 2013:
Code: usteachers
TEACHERS – The registration process is simple and only takes a few minutes to complete. Just enter your school zip code and follow the prompts from there.
PARENTS – Enter your home zip code to find the teachers who are registered in your area. View the profiles and select the one that best fits your needs and the needs of your child.
Please share this blog with others. We need your help to spread the word that “teachers are great tutors!”
Have a great start to the school year!
My Town Tutors is a website that connects parents with teachers who tutor. We currently list over 280 teachers from Massachusetts. We are always looking for qualified teachers from all 50 states who tutor to join our national directory of teachers who tutor. -
My Town Tutors Connects with Teachers and Parents
My Town Tutors is using twitter to connect with teachers and parents. Our goal is to be a great resource for teachers, parents, students, and educational groups in all 50 states. We are committed to being the #1 local, national tutoring resource.
We hope to slowly expand our influence to be the #1 resource for parents and teachers in America. We currently list over 275 teachers in Southeastern Massachusetts and hope to similar success in other areas! Please help us spread the word and connect with us on your state level by following the accounts below.
Accounts with directors.
@mytowntutors (2,900 + followers)
@mytowntutorsma (1,100+ followers)
@mytowntutorsne (500+ followers)
@mytowntutorsnj4 (175+ followers) -
Top 30: 100% Perfect Teacher Twitter Accounts!
The feedback from teachers has been incredible to our top 10 twitter accounts for teachers. We would like to continue to provide great resources for teachers and educators, so we are creating a blog series of “Perfect Twitter Accounts for Educators.”
The only requirement is that the account receive a perfect score of 100 / 100 from tweet grader.
For each account we have included the twitter name, the twitter profile, twitter followers, and the perfect twitter grade. We hope you find them helpful and would love your feedback.
We will be adding additional accounts in the future as we come across them.
1. @AngelaMaiers “I believe these 2 words can change the world – #YouMatter – I’m an Educator, Author, Speaker passionate about literacy, learning, and power of social media. Iowa · http://www.AngelaMaiers.com“ (66,000+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
2. @NEAToday – “The National Education Association’s official publication, committed to a great public education for all students. Get free resources, news & more!Washington DC · http://www.nea.org/neatoday ” (56,000+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
3. @web20classroom “Educator, Speaker, Blogger, #Edchat Co-Creator, #140Conf Character, Edublogs Twitterer Of The Year, ASCD Emerging Leader. Do You Use Social Media In Education?Winston-Salem, NC · http://blog.web20classroom.org“ (48,300+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
4. @coolcatteacher “Best teacher blog award winner, co-founder- Flat Classroom Projects, Conference, Digiteen, NetGenEd, known as the Wikinator by my students, author Camilla, Georgia · http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com” (38,100+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
5. @rmbyrne “Teacher. Speaker. Writer. Google Certified Teacher. My dog thinks I’m cool. http://android4schools.com Maine, USA · http://www.freetech4teachers.com” (29,250+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
6. @willrich45 -“Parent, author, speaker, instigator, blogger about social Web tools and their effects on schools, education and learning. Flemington, New Jersey · http://willrichardson.com“ (27,250+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
7. @NMHS_Principal “Principal of New Milford HS (NJ): NASSP National Digital Principal Award Winner (2012), Google Certified Teacher, Adobe Education Leader, Author, Speaker. New Milford, NJ · http://ericsheninger.com ” (25,600+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
8. @ShellTerrell “Education thought-provoker, The 30 Goals Challenge author, International Speaker, #Edchat founder, Host for AM TESOL Free Fri Webinars, SC Mgr @TheConsultantsE worldwide · http://bit.ly/ShellTerrell” (25,250+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
9. @ScholasticTeach – “The official Scholastic Teachers account. We like to talk books, education trends and life as an educator. USA · http://www.scholastic.com/teachers“(25,200+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
10. @tomwhitby “Prof of Education. Founder: #Edchat, The EDU PLN Ning, Linkedin group Technology-Using Professors et al. BLOG: My Island View http://tomwhitby.wordpress.com Long Island, New York http://tomwhitby.wordpress.com/” (22,000+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
11. @Larryferlazzo “Inner-city High School teacher — ESL & Mainstream Sacramento, CA · http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/” (18,650+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
12. @cybraryman1 “Educator & Writer trying to catalog the internet for students, educators and parents. http://cybraryman.com ÜT: 27.179819,-80.236438 · http://www.cybraryman.com” (17,100+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
13. @gcouros – “Division Principal of Innovative Teaching and Learning for PSD70. Passionate about learning, ed. tech, and helping others find their passion! I like dogs 🙂 Edmonton · http://georgecouros.ca” (16,300+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
14. @KylePace “District Instructional Technology Specialist and Google Certified Teacher. Presenter. Love to learn. Love to share. #EdcampKC organizer. Proud Dad. Kansas City, MO. · http://www.kylepace.com” (15,200+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
15. @shannonmmiller “Teacher Librarian & Tech Integrationist who loves connecting, creating, change, advocacy & NOISE. Presenter & Blogger. Connecting People Shorty Award Recipient. Van Meter, Iowa · http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/” (14,900+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader )
16. @PatrickMLarkin “Artist formerly known as @bhsprincipal – BPS Asst. Supt. NASSP National Digital Principal Award Winner (2012), Evangelist for Web 2.0 and Digital Tools. Burlington, MA · http://www.patrickmlarkin.com/” (14,450+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
17. @rweingarten “American Federation of Teachers president, committed to improving schools, hospitals and public institutions for children, families and communities. Washington, DC · http://www.aft.org” (13,000+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
18. @langwitches “Educational Consultant GloballyConnectedLearning.com 21st Century Learning Specialist- Technology Integration- World Language Teacher USA-Argentina-Germany · http://www.langwitches.org/blog“ – (12,700+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
19. @TeachaKidd – “Blogger, EdTech, Geek… I will annoy you with questions. You’ve been warned. South Florida, USA · http://www.leekolbert.com/ (11,250+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
20. @teachingwthsoul “Consultant/Speaker. ASCD/ISTE presenter.New Teacher Chat Founder #ntchat.Core Blogger @Edutopia @KIDS_DISCOVER. Rep.@iTooch. Former Principal. Passion2 #mentor! California · http://bit.ly/lisamdabbs ” (11,200+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
21. @TeacherBeat “I cover teachers for Education Week newspaper and write our Teacher Beat blog. Washington, D.C. · http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/“ (9,450+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
22. @theTeacherPage “Quality Resources for Teachers! Comments and Suggestions Welcome! @robertwhughes Halifax, MA · http://TheTeacherPage.com” (9,400+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
23. @feedtheteacher “EFL Teacher, E-tutor and social media and technology enthusiast! I believe in the power of sharing and collaborating! · http://feedtheteacher.blogspot.com” (8,100+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
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24. @tyeducators “Educators play such an important role in our lives. We want to say thanks to those who teach and enrich our communities. Presented by California Casualty. · http://educators.calcas.com“ (6,950+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
25. @baldy7 – “Father. Husband. Educator. Blogger. iPhone: 42.363468,-71.057022 · http://transleadership.net“ (6,700+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
26. @plnaugle “I teach 4th graders math and social studies using many Web 2.0 tools like Edmodo. Glogster, kidblog.org, Jing, Skype, Wikis and I have 35 years of experience. New Orleans, LA · http://pnaugle.blogspot.com ” (6,300+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
27. @dancallahan “Instructional Technology Specialist K-5 @PineGlenLTC by day, #edcamp Foundation Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-founder by night. Burlington, MA · http://remixteaching.com” (5,500+ followers / 100/100 twitter grader)
28. @WorldLillie ~ “Boston teacher & #travel blogger: http://AroundTheWorldL.com & http://TeachingTraveling.com. #EdBlogs founder: http://www.facebook.com/groups/EducationBloggers Boston (and the world) · http://www.AroundTheWorldL.com/about/” (4,200+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
29. @TeacherCast “TeacherCast.net was set up to help teachers better use technology in their classrooms. We are your Educational Community for 21st Century Learning. Philadelphia · http://www.TeacherCast.net (3,800+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
30. @TeacherSabrina – “Teacher-turned-advocate for kids, teachers & communities. Pro-#edreform that works for real people, not corporate interests. Tweets = mine, RTs ≠ endorsements. Washington, DC · http://www.sabrinajoystevens.com” (3,725+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
We hope you have found this list helpful. We hope to add more to help teachers expand and improve the quality of their PLN. As we find more 100% twitter accounts for educators, we will add them to our list.
How do we stack up?
@mytowntutors “Teachers are GREAT tutors! We connect parents with local teachers who tutor. Teachers keep 100% of fees. http://www.mytowntutors.com/blog/ Boston, Massachusetts and USA · http://www.mytowntutors.com“ (2,800+ followers / 97.2 /100 twitter grader)
My Town Tutors is a website that connects parents with teachers who tutor. We are always looking for qualified teachers from all 50 states who tutor to join our national directory of teachers who tutor.
It is FREE for parents to search for a teacher in their area.
@elemenous -
Wanted: US Teachers who Tutor: FREE registration until 8/26
My Town Tutors makes is easy for parents to connect with local teachers who tutor. Our goal is to be the #1 tutoring resource for parents and teachers in America. Our motto is “Teachers are the best tutors!”
During the our 50 States in 50 Days Teacher Challenge, our goal is to attract and register teachers who tutor in ALL 50 states.
To celebrate our promotion launch, we are offering a FREE promo code to any teacher who tutors. The only requirement is that you MUST BE A TEACHER!
The promo code is: usteachers.
If you are a teacher who tutors, why wait? Register today! We also have one other amazing special rate.
$5 – Promo Code teacher – We are practically giving our membership away. That is fine with us, we need to attract teachers who tutor. If we are going to be a top tutoring resource in America, we need to build up our directory before the start of the 2012-2013 school year.
TEACHERS – The registration process is simple and only takes a few minutes to complete. Just enter your school zip code and follow the prompts from there.
We also will be offering special rates for specific states. Please check our FREE REGISTRATION SCHEDULE for updates.
This promo code is for any teachers who tutors in America (sorry to others who might be interested.)
The length of membership for all our promotions is until September 30th, 2014. We do need money to cover operating expenses, so we would love it if you would sign-up using the $5 code – teacher.
Please share this blog with others. We need your help to spread the word that “teachers are great tutors!”
My Town Tutors is a website that connects parents with teachers who tutor. We are completing a 50 States in 50 Days Teacher Challenge to recruit teachers who tutor. If you are a teacher who tutors, we are always looking for qualified teachers from all 50 states who tutor to join our national directory of teachers who tutor.
It is FREE for parents to search for a teacher in their area. -
Tutoring in College
By Alexander Diedrick
Tutoring can get a bad rap when you’re in college. When you tend to think of tutoring, you usually think of high school students getting help in geometry or European history. It doesn’t seem like college students would need tutors because they are more “adults.”
But the truth is that everyone could benefit from tutoring. It’s a relatively simple concept that could vastly improve your grades in just about any subject. You might think that tutors would only be necessary in gen ed subjects like science, but if you can find a tutor, you should consider seeking help in the courses that you are most passionate about.
For example, I attend Columbia College Chicago and have fiction writing as a minor. During my first semester at school, I registered for a fiction writing tutor to help me in the classroom. Never having a tutor before, much less a fiction writing tutor, I didn’t really know what to expect. Would the tutor simply read my stories and tell me which ones sucked the most? Would I be intimidated by the tutor to the point where my work suffered? Do I even know what my “work” is since I’m just getting started as a fiction writer?
On my first day, I was pulled into a closet-like space with my tutor. Over the next two hours, she followed the same format as my fiction writing classes, which included reading other authors’ stories, free writing, word games, and critiquing my own writing. It all seemed very natural, and that’s the sign of a good tutor – they put you at ease with your work.
Afterwards, I was baffled to find out that my tutor was only a year older than me. She had a few more fiction writing classes under her belt than me, sure, but she still knew what she was doing almost as much as one of my professors.
Now, over two years later, I know that I am a better writer because of my experience with tutoring. Classrooms are great, but there is something so much more personal with the one-on-one relationship between tutor and tutee. It’s important for someone who knows more than you to be as familiar with your work as a tutor would because sometimes, especially when you are just getting started as a college student, you need to be told where you need to improve the most…and when your work really does suck (told in a more polite way).
Go and find a tutor, even if it’s just a student in a more advanced class that looks over your work. Even if you don’t think so now, you’ll benefit in the long run.
Alexander Diedrick is a writing intern for myfootpath.com, a free career and education resource for students of all ages. -
Top 25: 100% Perfect Twitter Accounts for Teachers
The feedback from teachers has been incredible to our top 10 twitter accounts for teachers. We would like to continue to provide great resources for teachers and educators, so we are creating a blog series of “Perfect Twitter Accounts for Educators.”
The only requirement is that the account receive a perfect score of 100 / 100 from tweet grader.
For each account we have included the twitter name, the twitter profile, twitter followers, and the perfect twitter grade. We hope you find them helpful and would love your feedback.
We will be adding additional accounts in the future as we come across them.
1. @AngelaMaiers “I believe these 2 words can change the world – #YouMatter – I’m an Educator, Author, Speaker passionate about literacy, learning, and power of social media. Iowa · http://www.AngelaMaiers.com“ (65,650+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
2. @NEAToday – “The National Education Association’s official publication, committed to a great public education for all students. Get free resources, news & more!Washington DC · http://www.nea.org/neatoday ” (55,650+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
3. @web20classroom “Educator, Speaker, Blogger, #Edchat Co-Creator, #140Conf Character, Edublogs Twitterer Of The Year, ASCD Emerging Leader. Do You Use Social Media In Education?Winston-Salem, NC · http://blog.web20classroom.org“ (47,900+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
4. @coolcatteacher “Best teacher blog award winner, co-founder- Flat Classroom Projects, Conference, Digiteen, NetGenEd, known as the Wikinator by my students, author Camilla, Georgia · http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com” (37,750+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
5. @rmbyrne “Teacher. Speaker. Writer. Google Certified Teacher. My dog thinks I’m cool. http://android4schools.com Maine, USA · http://www.freetech4teachers.com” (28,950+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
6. @willrich45 -“Parent, author, speaker, instigator, blogger about social Web tools and their effects on schools, education and learning. Flemington, New Jersey · http://willrichardson.com“ (27,000+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
7. @NMHS_Principal “Principal of New Milford HS (NJ): NASSP National Digital Principal Award Winner (2012), Google Certified Teacher, Adobe Education Leader, Author, Speaker. New Milford, NJ · http://ericsheninger.com ” (25,200+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
8. @ShellTerrell “Education thought-provoker, The 30 Goals Challenge author, International Speaker, #Edchat founder, Host for AM TESOL Free Fri Webinars, SC Mgr @TheConsultantsE worldwide · http://bit.ly/ShellTerrell” (24,900+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
9. @tomwhitby “Prof of Education. Founder: #Edchat, The EDU PLN Ning, Linkedin group Technology-Using Professors et al. BLOG: My Island View http://tomwhitby.wordpress.com Long Island, New York http://tomwhitby.wordpress.com/” (21,700+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
10. @Larryferlazzo “Inner-city High School teacher — ESL & Mainstream Sacramento, CA · http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/” (18,450+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
11. @cybraryman1 “Educator & Writer trying to catalog the internet for students, educators and parents. http://cybraryman.com ÜT: 27.179819,-80.236438 · http://www.cybraryman.com” (16,800+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
12. @KylePace “District Instructional Technology Specialist and Google Certified Teacher. Presenter. Love to learn. Love to share. #EdcampKC organizer. Proud Dad. Kansas City, MO. · http://www.kylepace.com” (15,100+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
13. @shannonmmiller “Teacher Librarian & Tech Integrationist who loves connecting, creating, change, advocacy & NOISE. Presenter & Blogger. Connecting People Shorty Award Recipient. Van Meter, Iowa · http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/” (14,750+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader )
14. @PatrickMLarkin “Artist formerly known as @bhsprincipal – BPS Asst. Supt. NASSP National Digital Principal Award Winner (2012), Evangelist for Web 2.0 and Digital Tools. Burlington, MA · http://www.patrickmlarkin.com/” (14,200+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
15. @rweingarten “American Federation of Teachers president, committed to improving schools, hospitals and public institutions for children, families and communities. Washington, DC · http://www.aft.org” (12,850+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
16. @langwitches “Educational Consultant GloballyConnectedLearning.com 21st Century Learning Specialist- Technology Integration- World Language Teacher USA-Argentina-Germany · http://www.langwitches.org/blog“ – (12,700+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
17. @teachingwthsoul “Consultant/Speaker. ASCD/ISTE presenter.New Teacher Chat Founder #ntchat.Core Blogger @Edutopia @KIDS_DISCOVER. Rep.@iTooch. Former Principal. Passion2 #mentor! California · http://bit.ly/lisamdabbs ” (10,900+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
18. @theTeacherPage “Quality Resources for Teachers! Comments and Suggestions Welcome! @robertwhughes Halifax, MA · http://TheTeacherPage.com” (9,350+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
19. @feedtheteacher “EFL Teacher, E-tutor and social media and technology enthusiast! I believe in the power of sharing and collaborating! · http://feedtheteacher.blogspot.com” (8,100+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
20. @tyeducators “Educators play such an important role in our lives. We want to say thanks to those who teach and enrich our communities. Presented by California Casualty. · http://educators.calcas.com“ (6,750+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
21. @plnaugle “I teach 4th graders math and social studies using many Web 2.0 tools like Edmodo. Glogster, kidblog.org, Jing, Skype, Wikis and I have 35 years of experience. New Orleans, LA · http://pnaugle.blogspot.com ” (6,300+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
22. @dancallahan “Instructional Technology Specialist K-5 @PineGlenLTC by day, #edcamp Foundation Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-founder by night. Burlington, MA · http://remixteaching.com” (5,450+ followers / 100/100 twitter grader)
23. @WorldLillie ~ “Boston teacher & #travel blogger: http://AroundTheWorldL.com & http://TeachingTraveling.com. #EdBlogs founder: http://www.facebook.com/groups/EducationBloggers Boston (and the world) · http://www.AroundTheWorldL.com/about/” (4,100+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
24. @TeacherCast “TeacherCast.net was set up to help teachers better use technology in their classrooms. We are your Educational Community for 21st Century Learning. Philadelphia · http://www.TeacherCast.net (3,700+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
25. @TeacherSabrina – “Teacher-turned-advocate for kids, teachers & communities. Pro-#edreform that works for real people, not corporate interests. Tweets = mine, RTs ≠ endorsements. Washington, DC · http://www.sabrinajoystevens.com” (3,675+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
We hope you have found this list helpful. We hope to add more to help teachers expand and improve the quality of their PLN. As we find more 100% twitter accounts for educators, we will add them to our list.
How do we stack up?
@mytowntutors “Teachers are GREAT tutors! We connect parents with local teachers who tutor. Teachers keep 100% of fees. http://www.mytowntutors.com/blog/ Boston, Massachusetts and USA · http://www.mytowntutors.com“ (2,750+ followers / 97.2 /100 twitter grader)
My Town Tutors is a website that connects parents with teachers who tutor. We are completing a 50 States in 50 Days Teacher Challenge to recruit teachers who tutor. If you are a teacher who tutors, we are always looking for qualified teachers from all 50 states who tutor to join our national directory of teachers who tutor.
It is FREE for parents to search for a teacher in their area. -
My Town Tutors 50 States in 50 Days Teacher Challenge
My Town Tutors makes is easy for parents to connect with local teachers who tutor. Our goal is to be the #1 tutoring resource for parents and teachers in America. Our motto is “Teachers are great tutors!”
Parents love the fact that every teacher in our directory is a teacher!
We currently list over 280 teachers who tutor, mostly from Massachusetts, the state where we started. During the our 50 States in 50 Days Challenge, our goal is to register teachers who tutor from all 50 states. We have set up twitter accounts for each state to communicate with teachers and parents.
Our goal is to attract and register teachers who tutor in ALL 50 states. Each state will have ONE FREE DAY where My Town Tutors will be offering FREE MEMBERSHIP for any teacher (working or retired) who tutors. The only requirement is that you MUST BE A TEACHER!
(The FREE DAYS and promo codes will be announced in August. Stay tuned!)
There are no other fees! A teacher sets the hourly rate and keeps 100% of the fees. It is that simple. One of our tutors made $5,000 this past school tutoring, not a bad return on a $12 investment!
If you are a teacher and are interested in registering, why wait? We have two other amazing special rates. The length of membership for all our promotions is until September 30th, 2014.
$12 – No promo code is needed for our special promotion rate which will expire on September 30th, 2013. After this date, our rates will change.
$5 – Promo Code teacher – We are practically giving our membership away. That is fine with us, we need to attract teachers who tutor. If we are going to be a top tutoring resource in America, we need to build up our directory before the start of the 2012-2013 school year.
TEACHERS – The registration process is simple and only takes a few minutes to complete. Just enter your school zip code and follow the prompts from there.
PARENTS – Enter your home zip code to find the teachers who are registered in your area. View the profiles and select the one that best fits your needs and the needs of your child.
The teacher and parent will communicate directly to set up a time that is mutually convenient. Parents can choose 3 payments that are all easy to use.
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Tips for Math Tutors
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Math is a special brand of torture for some students. They just don’t get the concepts behind it. It is sort of like handing someone who only knows English a book written in Japanese. Not only are the letters unfamiliar, but the whole book is backwards!
The issue that older students especially have is that they missed out on the basics. They faked their understanding at some critical point in the past. Now, they are lost and just following directions without actually understanding how it works. The good thing is, this can be easily resolved.
What you have to do, as a tutor, is find out what they are missing. That may mean starting at the very simplest points. Maybe they missed the idea behind division or fractions. Maybe they don’t understand how decimal places work.
Maybe they just do not get the concept behind the letters and numbers being jumbled, or order of operation. Any of these crucial but simple foul ups can greatly affect their ability to learn the new concepts they need to.
Math builds on itself. It doesn’t matter if it is Algebra, Geometry, Calculus or Trigonometry. Everything starts with the basics and works its way up from there. Make sure your students have a firm foundation, and then work on their understanding. Anyone can follow directions, but only thorough understanding what they are doing will the students be real mathematicians.
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