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Sometimes it may feel like your principal is your enemy instead of your educational partner. If that happens, try to view the situation through his/her eyes. There may be issues going on that you are unaware of or maybe you are just wrong. If you consider all of these things and still feel that you are in the right, stick to your guns. Just make sure, that the primary focus is always about the students and what will be of benefit to them.

Middle school science students love to adopt the persona of a mad scientist. Embrace it! Let your little mad scientists present some spectacular and showy science experiments to the class. This will create all kinds of enthusiasm for science. Additionally, your other students will absorb the information in a new fun way. The mad scientist students will also gain a greater understanding of the material by not only studying it but also teaching it.

As a teacher, there will be days when you think, "I'm in the wrong profession,wrong job, wrong school and/or working with the wrong students.” Don't get discouraged and don't give up. Just think, tomorrow or the next day something wonderful will happen - a discipline problem will resolves itself, a student will make a break through in math or a parent will call to tell you what a difference you have made. At that moment, you'll think, aha, how could I have even thought about giving it all up?

When it comes to teaching and, well, life, we have to take the good with the bad and learn that each moment and experience serves a purpose.

A phenomenon of teaching is that every class has its own unique "class psyche." Smart teachers work with that. Don’t be influenced by a class’s reputation or what other teachers say. Form your own opinion and adjust your teaching techniques accordingly.