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””
Reconsidering the Signposts
I had the chance to attend a small group workshop with Kylene Beers and Bob Probst this week where we dug more deeply into their approach known… Read more “Reconsidering the Signposts”
Theirs are the voices I want to hear
I have a student who is known by many as a kid who cuts class, wanders the hallways and uses the school iPad to watch movies or… Read more “Theirs are the voices I want to hear”
#TeacherInspo Limiting creativity and imagination in schools…
“…the habit of not thinking, just doing, is dangerous. […] Evidence abounds. Too many students are fake reading. Too many students follow a formula and stop composing… Read more “#TeacherInspo Limiting creativity and imagination in schools…”
