Welcome Fellow Educators
Midwest Teachers Institute was co-founded by teachers, so we are dedicated to supporting our fellow educators throughout the U.S. From providing free E-books and helpful tips to sharing best practices, we want to help teachers thrive in and out of the classroom. We are committed to assisting teachers in order to foster deeper engagement and opportunities for students to excel. We want to do our part in making the lives of today’s busy teachers a bit easier, because we’re teachers too.
We are continuously working to find and create the best FREE resources for our community of teachers. Be sure to check back often as we frequently update this page. And feel free to let us know if you would like to contribute your great ideas, the more we all help, the more we all benefit.
Tips to Improve Assessment and Feedback Tomorrow
Tips to Improve Student Progress Starting Tomorrow We’ve all been there — it’s midway through the year and your students are struggling to make progress. You’re focused on consistent skill-building, classroom review, student engagement, but nothing seems to move the...
Why The Teacher Shortage is Real
Here’s why the teacher shortage is real, and what we can do about it It's every administrator's worst nightmare...school starts tomorrow and there are zero teacher candidates for the classroom. I'm not talking about a lack of substitute teachers. I'm talking about a...
99 Inspirational Self Care Quotes for Teachers
Spend enough time teaching, and eventually you'll run into a hard time. A time when you question what you do, why you do it, and if you are truly making a difference for the young people you teach. If you don't take care of yourself, it can lead to teacher burnout,...
25 Effective Teacher Classroom Management Tips
Check out these effective tips for classroom management. By Shawn Bean, president of MTI, Social studies teacher since 1999 Throwing things. Ignoring you. Arguing with each other. Fighting. The list goes on and on. Disruptive behavior is the national pastime for some...