My unique perspective on distance learning, experienced both as a teacher as well as a parent (of more than one child in different grade levels), PLUS, my… Read more “How to make remote instruction not suck, A.K.A. Key Principles of Remote Instruction”
Author: B. Marie
Our Core Pedagogical Principals and Goals
Our vision for our curriculum has 5 key anchors—reflected in both pedagogy and practice —that we use to align our curriculum and instruction. Alignment allows us to… Read more “Our Core Pedagogical Principals and Goals”
Marie tries to make a video
Y’all know I’m not the most tech savy… … but I’m trying! (and learning!)
The hell that was distance learning
A long long time ago, in a version of our world (what seems like) far, far away, the coronavirus swept through and upended everything we thought we… Read more “The hell that was distance learning”
Split ELA: Writing and Reading: Re-Imagining Literacy as Student-Driven
What we do in a nutshell. In a student-driven instructional model, teachers co-create the curriculum alongside students. Our priority is to understand who our students are and… Read more “Split ELA: Writing and Reading: Re-Imagining Literacy as Student-Driven”
New York State English Council Conference: “Empowering our Students and Reclaiming our Passion for Teaching”
Albany, NY Today Mac and I presented about how we transformed the curricular structure at our school from a very scaffolded, traditional ELA class into a deconstructed,… Read more “New York State English Council Conference: “Empowering our Students and Reclaiming our Passion for Teaching””
