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05 May Do you have any stressed out teachers in your life?

Posted at 08:34h in Blog, Teachers by Helene Segura 0 Comments

How can you improve teacher productivity, which in turn will increase test scores? How can you raise teacher morale and increase the retention rate? How can you help ease “the overwhelm” for teachers? It’s quite simple:

25 May How a little computer play time could help others

Posted at 09:04h in How to Run a Business by Helene Segura 0 Comments

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[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240"] education (Photo credit: Sean MacEntee)[/caption]I’ve done something crazy (no surprise, right?!) and need your help in making things get even crazier. I have entered two different grant contests. My goal is to get funding to help me get my T.E.A.C.H. Approach™...

15 May Instead of Waiting for Superman, why not save Superman?

Posted at 13:03h in Teachers, The Power of the Brain, Thinking, Reflection by Helene Segura 2 Comments

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A teacher and young pupils at The British Museum Duveen Gallery (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption]I have to admit that I hadn’t watched Davis Guggenheim’s documentary Waiting for Superman until last weekend because 1) it had a long wait on Netflix and 2) I was in no hurry to see it since I was sure it was just going to be another condemnation of teachers from a non-educator’s point of view.Before becoming a productivity consultant, I taught for 11 years, and my husband has been teaching for 17. He teaches (as did I) at a Title I school where 100% of the students are in the free breakfast and free lunch programs. When folks hear where we teach, they literally make a slight bow with their heads and say in a lowered voice,