ED Surge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Together, we navigated the cultural shock of teaching in Jacksonville, a city with a small Latino population compared to the communities we had grown up in. Her deep understanding of the cultural needs of our students constantly pushed me to reflect on my teaching practices. I also found mentorship through identity-based connections.

Classroom Management 134

Classroom Management Social Justice Lesson Plan Cultures 134

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2021

This required extra time to create my own lesson plans, adapt our school curriculum and find supplemental materials to help my students connect with the grade-level content. That’s because the curriculum I was given didn’t consider their language needs and was devoid of the cultural richness EL students bring to the classroom.

Leadership 132

Leadership Lesson Plan Education Policy Cultures 132

Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 18, 2020

We can come up with a number of these questions, each of which has major implications for leadership behaviors and school support structures: Which is bigger? The number of teachers who need to turn in lesson plans because they’re struggling with instructional coherence or the number of teachers who don’t? Which is bigger?

Lesson Plan 144

Lesson Plan Leadership High School Cultures 144

ED Surge

AUGUST 22, 2022

Taking the time to analyze student data and factor it into a personalized lesson plan is usually something for which teachers are expected to volunteer their personal hours. Teachers Aren’t Given Real-Time Data Making the time to analyze data and apply it to lessons is only half the battle. Data-Driven Leadership in Schools.

Lesson Plan 113

Lesson Plan Leadership Professional Development Cultures 113

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2020

This past June, my organization partnered with Starlight Africa to pilot the Career Girls Mobile Learning Center , to create a customized, culturally sensitive career discovery curriculum that includes African role model videos and interactive lesson plans for 100 girls (ages 10 to 17) in two Rwandan schools, Gihogwe and Acts4Rwanda.

Middle School 135

Middle School Leadership Lesson Plan Cultures 135

ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2023

Teaching is about more than curriculum and lesson planning. Despite my hesitance, I recently took on a leadership role at my school for a few reasons. I wanted to help shape a culture where every voice matters, I wanted to flatten the hierarchy and, of course, like many professionals, I wanted to try something new.

Teaching 145

Teaching Humanities Lesson Plan Middle School 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2021

Related: OPINION: Now is the time to hire and promote Asian Americans into leadership positions. For example, schools should support the development and leadership of Asian American organizations that raise awareness about racial justice and equity. This raises a necessary question: Who is going to teach these classes?

High School 124

High School American History Social Studies Leadership 124

ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2022

What Teachers Pay Teachers Is Learning From Bad Lessons and Upset Teachers by Stephen Noonoo The popular lesson planning site Teachers Pay Teachers has long struggled with allegations of plagiarism, racist lesson plans and poor content quality—drawing the ire of teachers and social media users.

K-12 115

K-12 Tutoring EdTech Lesson Plan 115

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Following the news, my lesson plans for the day suddenly seemed ridiculous. An Obligation to Change Marching on is not the solution, even though leadership wishes it was. The work culture of teaching is rooted in the unabashed expectation of toxic resilience, and the broken system that we operate on is utterly dependent on it.

Lesson Plan 111

Lesson Plan Leadership Teaching Humanities 111

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This begs an important question: When schools know that they’re on the receiving end of that supply, what need is there for meaningful, lasting change to the school’s culture or approach? As TFA cuts a quarter of its staff after reporting its lowest recruitment numbers in 15 years , I feel angry.

Teaching 106

Teaching Social Justice Pedagogy Lesson Plan 106

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

CompuGirls was founded in 2006 by Dr. Kim Scott and introduces adolescent girls to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through culturally responsive practices and social justice. This past spring, I had the opportunity to develop a virtual cybersecurity camp for young women and girls called CompuGirls.

Social Justice 98

Social Justice Lesson Plan Private School Cultures 98

ED Surge

AUGUST 4, 2023

But I knew that for a fundamental transformation like this to take root, leadership was critical, so I led by example, modeling the kind of change I hoped to see among staff. Reflecting on my own experiences, I have distilled three key leadership principles that can guide educators and administrators grappling with similar challenges.

Humanities 98

Humanities Psychology Education Library 98

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2016

Whether it’s a difference in race, income, cultural background or learning style, they are rarely in a classroom that mirrors their own experience. Done well, this powerful and effective professional learning model fosters teacher leadership and supports collaborative school cultures focused on improving teaching and learning.

Lesson Plan 75

Lesson Plan Classroom Management Elementary School Cultures 75

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

According to Berger, Crew fosters a schoolwide “culture and spirit of being on a team and looking out for each other.” Casco Bay’s principal, Derek Pierce, credits much of the school’s success to the way Crew culture personalizes each student’s journey over four years. “We And what are my plans for the future,” said Pierce.

Middle School 111

Middle School Library Elementary School Tradition 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

“Tell me one thing you remember about yesterday’s lesson on expansions and tax on Native Americans,” Tatro said, pacing the front of the classroom. If they do go to school outside of Nome, or go to work outside of Nome, they’ve had some exposure to different cultures, different places.”. A plan to link Alaska to the world.

Social Studies 103

Social Studies Public School Charter School High School 103

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Parents and advocates have also called for more teachers who can relate culturally to black New Orleans children and make connections with the communities they serve. And you’ve got to make sure that they understand the culture of the school, but at the same time, you’ve got to make them feel needed.”. It’s not a stop.

Elementary School 109

Elementary School Public School Teaching Cultures 109

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 2, 2019

Just because something has been done in the past, or is a traditional component of school culture, does not mean it is an effective practice. turn in lesson plans, complete all observations/evaluations by a set date, etc.) Educational Leadership, 69(3), 40-44. Educational Leadership, 65(5), 85–87. O’Connor, K., &

Leadership 419

Leadership Lesson Plan Cultures Tradition 419

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The vast majority of Saridis’s students are Latino, and at the Margarita Muñiz Academy in Boston, a dual-language high school in Boston Public Schools, connecting the curriculum to their culture is a top priority. This strategy of tapping into students’ own experiences as part of a lesson plan is an increasingly common one in U.S.

Cultures 111

Cultures American History Tradition Lesson Plan 111

ED Surge

JUNE 23, 2023

What sports didn’t offer us was the opportunity to develop awareness and appreciation for our cultural identity. When I was nine years old, my mother enrolled my brother and me in folklorico — a traditional cultural dance that emphasizes Mexican folk culture — at our local recreation center. At first, I was annoyed.

Community Engagement 109

Community Engagement Cultures Social Justice Leadership 109

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2018

They also added a school support coach to help teachers improve their lesson plans and use more data to track students’ progress. In Edgecombe County, the district uses Restart schools as a buttress for a pre-existing program: Opportunity Culture , which focuses on teacher leaders, multi-classroom teachers, and teacher-led training.

Elementary School 99

Elementary School Charter School K-12 High School 99

Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month April 29, 2024 • Studies Weekly Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a great opportunity to incorporate culturally responsive teaching into students’ learning experience. In 2016, Ko was honored by the National Women’s History Museum for success and leadership in business.

Heritage 59

Heritage Teaching K-12 Museum 59

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

A self-described Southern conservative and man of faith from rural Alabama, Grimes, 48, set about overhauling instruction for English learners, establishing culturally relevant extracurriculars and reaching out to the Hispanic community. It is just amazing to see what he’s been able to do in a small district with not a lot of resources.”

High School 145

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

As she would later argue in school board meetings, Hillsdale’s 1776 Curriculum was “supposed to be overlaid” with the district’s lesson plans, yet “there was never any evidence of that overlay” actually happening. On such grounds, the letter says, OCR could open an investigation. There’s a lot of work to undo.

Education Policy 143

Education Policy Education Advocacy Social Studies 143

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Teachers now must use lesson plans, and they finally have a curriculum to use in English, science and math classes. He also pitched a new, five-year strategic direction that will emphasize tribal sovereignty and cultural education both promises the bureau made in its reform agenda more than a decade ago. Its just taken a while.

Education 117

Education Elementary School Government K-12 117

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

Formally, he was the director of a place that we hold very dear, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The most important thing they did is they redefined their crime, not as crimes of nationality, of an innate culture. Her solution was not to denigrate the cultures of these people. Thanks, T.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources History K-12 Economics 52