Fall 2019
Kaleidoscope: Educator Voices & Perspectives
In this issue of Kaleidoscope, teachers use inquiry to explore individual relationships as they work to develop solutions to large-scale problems.
From the Editors’ Desk
The Power of the Small-Scale
All of our teacher-writers in this issue illuminate some aspect of the power of looking closely at what is right in front of us.
In This Issue
Beyond Diversity: Reflections on Participation from Two Women of Color
Two perspectives and takeaways from Black participants who experienced Beyond Diversity.
Call and Response: What Keeps You Coming Back?
We asked teachers in the Knowles community to tell us: “What keeps you coming back to the classroom?” Here are their responses.
Now on Teacher Voice: After the Story’s Out
In this episode of Teacher Voice: The Podcast, teachers talk about what happened for them after their writing was published.
Setting Teachers Up for Success: A Reflection on Providing Professional Development
Lessons in humility from what I thought was a great professional development session.
I am from ‘Not Knowing When Her Car will Come Through the Snow’
Tracing my strengths as a teacher back to an inflection point in my own adolescence.
Improving Mathematics at High Tech High with Improvement Science
Three teachers share how focused data sharing and collaboration led to big shifts in instructional discussions and practices.
The Machines Around Us
In spite of their enormity, engaging with the systems that drive education is an important part of teachers’ work to support student learning.
The Persona of a Teacher
Is this really me, or a character I’ve invented?
From “Strikes” to “Collective Action”: Reflections on a Changing Mindset
I swore to my friends that I would never join a union. I swore to myself I would never participate in a teachers’ strike—and now I’ve done both.
Shifting Perspectives of Success
Three teachers reflect on what Critical Friends work has taught them about engaging in inquiry, collaboration, and leadership.
Pressing Pause
My reflection on my choice to press pause on my career to focus on being a parent.
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About Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope strives to provide readers and writers a public space for discourse and dialogue about the knowledge and expertise of teachers and the complexity of our profession. We believe that teachers are well-positioned to improve education in their classrooms and beyond, and we know the power that storytelling and knowledge sharing can hold in the process of transforming educational outcomes for students.
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