One careless choice and a teaching career can unravel, leaving students and parents to deal with the fallout.
A significant part of a teacher’s professional growth plan should include learning about the many pitfalls they must avoid, writes Michael Zwaagstra. (Brynn Anderson/AP Photo)antoniodiaz/Shutterstock
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Teachers make hundreds of decisions every single day. Most are minor, such as deciding how many math problems to assign at the end of a lesson. But others carry much more significance. Some could even be career-ending.
Michael Zwaagstra is a public high school teacher and a senior fellow with the Fraser Institute. He is the author of “A Sage on the Stage: Common Sense Reflections on Teaching and Learning.”
