Coaching for Plans
Beyond Paraphrasing and Re-stating to Scaffolding Planning Responding to urgency that teachers and principals express to see tangible results from each… more »
Summer Dreams
We’re inspired by “The Writing Assignment that Changes Lives” and dreaming about creating our own writing program for Advisories that continue to… more »
Heartfulness: how our kids can have hope
When I feel nostalgic for my early years, it is usually a longing for the hopefulness I felt then. If young… more »
Acceptance
When I complained about something in work or life to my friend, Helena Wu, she would say to me, “What… more »
Just a series of quotes
“Every child born into the world is nature’s attempt to make a perfect human being.” Stage Manager in “Our Town” … more »
Field Experience (literally)
New studies keep coming out as if its news that children need to be in nature. They cite may reasons. I… more »
Carry you in my heart
Middle of Summer. Hours go by without being required to think about work and yet there are still emails and… more »
Summer & School Movies
Do you ever miss school during summer break? I know there’s a lot not to miss–a colleague just wrote me… more »
Teaching as Art
How well does this describe your teaching? “What do you think an artist is? …he is a political being, constantly… more »
Discipline
Nearly every student teacher who starts our program identifies classroom management, discipline as the number one concern and goal. They… more »
How to tell a story?
I once worked with a group of World Language teachers who were each planning a project where kids would get… more »
8 small actions
Small things in our power to do that can still make a big difference in our days: Close the door sometimes–this… more »
Hey! Teachers!
So much of the representation of school in pop culture–in media, movies and especially music–is a place where children are… more »