About Secondary Education: Teaching Star Athletes

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Secondary Education Secondary Education Teaching 101 Lesson Plans Educational Issues From Melissa Kelly, your Guide to Secondary Education Teaching popular athletes can present its own set of challenges. This week's newsletter looks at the issues and concerns with teaching the star athletes. Teaching the Star Athletes In schools across the nation, excellent student athletes play sports while working hard to maintain good grades. Unfortunately, there are also student athletes who struggle or do not even try to maintain passing grades in school. They are often given extra services to help them succeed. However, in some schools, teachers are pressured to make special allowances for the 'star' athletes. Why does this occur and what can you as a teacher do about it? See More About:  athletes  careers  counseling Make Up Work Handout It's Flu season again, which means there will be an excessive amount of students missing school. You can better prepare yourself by using this form for the students that... Read more Creating Emergency Lesson Plans Emergencies will arise as you teach that will require you to call in sick without leaving lesson plans for the substitute. Therefore, you will need to make sure that you... Read more Curriculum and Lesson Plans Curriculum is at the heart of education. This category provides a wealth of information, resources, and lesson plans for each subject area across the curriculum. Secondary Education Ads Education Teaching Jobs Classroom Teachers Teaching Resources School Teacher Jobs Featured Articles Assessments and Tests Technology and Education Learning Theories and Pedagogy Teacher Education and Enrichment Teaching Tips and Strategies Issues in Education   More from About.com Favorite Summer Frozen Drinks Blended with ice or chock full of fresh fruit, these yummy drinks will liven up any warm-weather gathering. More> Best Frozen Summer Desserts Ten easy, delicious, make-ahead desserts that will cool you down on the hottest of summer days. More> This newsletter is written by: Melissa Kelly Secondary Education Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Secondary Education newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2011 About.com   Must Reads Why Teach? What Teachers Do Top 10 Discipline Tips Keys to Successful Teaching Creating Rubrics Advertisement