Back to School
On a Mission
Students should be the prime stakeholders in their education. Let’s teach our students to create the future they choose. Vision Letters and Mission Statement Collages can help students set goals for life.
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The Top Five Reasons Why Back-to-School is the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Teaching is a profession to be proud of, and you do work worthy of song.
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Getting to Know Your Students with Writing
By Karla Hilliard The single most important thing we can do as teachers is know our students and honor their identities. Without intentionally seeking to learn our students’ names, experiences, cultures, communities, faiths, families, and evolving selves, we erode the opportunity for real connection and deep and meaningful learning. Many Read more…
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Squad Goals: Combatting Secondary Traumatic Stress in Teachers
I remember vividly the first time I put my head on my desk and cried during my lunch period. The bell to end fourth period and move to lunch had just rung and a student was lingering behind asking me questions that had nothing to do with that day’s lessons. Read more…
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Writer’s Notebooks: Practice and Possibilities
We all have our back-to-school rituals, and they are sacred: fresh notebooks, pens in all the colors of the rainbow (because we haven’t lost any yet), a well-organized classroom library that will be pilfered and picked through soon enough. One of the most important parts of establishing a writing community Read more…