Teaching in a student-driven, constructivist way was EXTREMELY, PAINFULLY challenging to do over Zoom during remote instruction. Students did not want to turn cameras on and often… Read more “Looking back at Teaching in a crisis”
Author: Ms. Mac (@teachdmac)
Bronx-based high school English teacher dedicated to radically improving instruction for newcomers and multilingual students; always in search of time to read, write, connect, breathe and, of course, sleep. Ok, maybe not much sleep.
Leading with Student Self-Determination
Quote: This describes well why the shift away from traditional teaching and toward a workshop model is so necessary. How do we do this from a place… Read more “Leading with Student Self-Determination”
Text Selection: Who and How (post 3/3)
Click here for post #2 in this series on quick writes. Letting Students Choose Letting students choose the text is a direct way of honoring their voices… Read more “Text Selection: Who and How (post 3/3)”
Pacing mentor text lessons in the multilingual classroom (post 2/3)
Click here to read the first post in this series. So, the reason we might go from a Quick Write as a one-time deal to using it… Read more “Pacing mentor text lessons in the multilingual classroom (post 2/3)”
Break away from traditional scaffolds with quick writes (post 1/3)
Some instructional approaches, including many traditional scaffolds, reinforce internalized and institutionalized racism and bias. Teacher-centered direct instruction can create relations that promote and rely on compliance, obedience… Read more “Break away from traditional scaffolds with quick writes (post 1/3)”
White teachers: Whatever we are doing, it isn’t enough
A lot of memes have been floating around telling teachers that, through this pandemic, what we are doing is enough. Because what we are doing is hard… Read more “White teachers: Whatever we are doing, it isn’t enough”
