[…]are consumed by the moment, taking everything personally. Taking in feedback about ourselves is uncomfortable, and it can give way to endless thoughts of self-doubt and obsession. On the other side of the tightrope is the complete opposite—building a wall around ourselves and telling the story that we don’t care what others think. If you build the persona of not caring what others think, then you protect yourself from any kind of critique or possible shame. If we are going to walk this tightrope of vulnerability, we must toe the line between caring too much and caring too little about […]
[…]love with. I didn’t know how I was going to do it, but I knew it was important. The one thing I knew for sure was that I needed to be in the classroom. I wanted to transform secondary math education so that students could feel that feeling that I had fallen in love with. I was offered a teaching position at a new high school in South Central Los Angeles. The school plan was designed by teachers and the philosophy was exactly what I was looking for: focusing on restorative practices and collaborative learning. The population of students was […]
[…]and a Master of Arts in Mathematics from SUNY Albany. In her free time, Janice enjoys running, biking, and baking. She has also recently become a certified master […]
[…]Are they [the district] taking you away from us? We need you!” The teacher I coached feels more comfortable asking students to share their thinking, and she sees value in it. I am not sure that she would feel this way if I had been more upfront early in the year about what I saw and didn’t see in her classroom. I am glad that I will get to work with Allie again next year (and that she is interested in continuing our work). At the beginning of the year, I wondered if I should push back more and ask […]
[…]time, you can find Sonia painting, going on long walks to explore nature, playing board games, cooking new recipes, and traveling. Academic Background University of Maryland (Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Minor in Human Development) University of Maryland (M.Ed., Curriculum & […]
[…]voice and give them the option of rejecting our suggestions for revision. So what do we call this “product” that we send into the world? This collection of perspectives that only teachers hold? If we were to cast off this term, what would take its place? And what else might we need to cast off to welcome and affirm the full range of teachers’ experiences? We invite you to get in touch with us at kaleidoscope@knowlesteachers.org if you are interested in being a thinking partner as the staff explores these questions. Download Article Becky Van Tassell, a Knowles Senior Fellow, […]
[…]three sticky notes to record what they would add to the model, what they would take away, and what new questions they had (see Figure 3). We then added their new questions to the driving questions board. Incorporating multiple models and tools The next question we considered was, “How does heat affect the particle arrangement and motion in solids, liquids, and gases?” We used a virtual simulation, States of Matter (PhET, n.d.), and a worksheet from a unit by MI-STAR, “Water on the Move: The Water Cycle” (Michigan Science Teaching and Assessment Reform, n.d.), to support students to use their […]
[…]In 2006, Holly earned an MT in secondary science education from the University of Virginia. “Once I finally combined my education with community service involvement, I had something I was really passionate about.” While in graduate school, Holly worked for America Reads and Upward Bound. Many of the students Holly teaches don’t have a strong voice at home to encourage success in education. “If I can make a difference in even one student’s life, then I feel I’ll be successful.” Holly’s innovative approach to teaching has already resulted in an impressive accomplishment: in 2008, 92% of her students passed the […]
[…]teaching English for over a decade, she became an instructional coach in 2019. In 2023, her first book, Choose Your Own Master Class: Urgent Ideas to Invigorate Your Professional Learning, was published. Reach Katie at […]
