In response to the release of “West Virginia’s Voice” and reactions to it, WVCTE Co-Director Karla Hilliard shares her thoughts on addressing addiction and offering hope to our students. Recently in an interview I was asked, “What do you believe is a major problem facing public education?” We’ve gone over this question pretty well in Read more…
With the emphasis on STEM these days in education, sometimes I feel like English gets lost in the shuffle and with that, our English-loving students do as well. How do we keep the fire for reading and writing lit when students are pulled (or pushed) into other areas? This past Read more…
Elevating our profession is best done by us, not by legislators.
Beware the Ides of March: An Open Letter to New Teachers For the past decade or so, I’ve been supervising all of the student teachers in my building, as well as working with first year teachers in my county and department. My own learning during this process has been Read more…
By Jessica Salfia We are gearing up for WVELA19 and we couldn’t be more excited! Let’s be honest, the last few months—heck, the last few years–as a West Virginia teacher have been trying. We’ve listened to our elected officials falsely claim our schools are failing. We’ve spent the last few Read more…