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Teaching Job Skills in Middle School

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

Teaching Job Skills Middle school is a crucial time for students to start thinking about their future careers and what they want to do when they grow up. One of the best ways to do this is by teaching job skills in middle school. One of the best ways to do this is by teaching job skills in middle school.

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Two Programs with Fresh Solutions to the Teacher Shortage

Cult of Pedagogy

” After extensive research, she decided that the path she wanted to pursue for her state was Educators Rising, which gets young people started on a path to teaching as early as middle school. ” Eckert believes this appeal to social change is what makes EdRising different from recruitment programs of the past.

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OPINION: We must remove barriers that keep teachers away from our profession and encourage a diverse workforce

The Hechinger Report

At the start of my teaching career, I was the only full-time, Black, male classroom teacher for a predominately Black student population in a southwest Philadelphia middle school. I think of my former students who brought their own children to the middle/high school I would later lead as a principal.

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How to find minority teachers who want to stay in the job?

The Hechinger Report

“This benefits the school system, it benefits the community,” Foose said. “It After attending PUC Schools for middle school and part of high school, he returned to PUC Schools to coach high school soccer. The program’s emphasis on social justice has also taught him how to craft better lessons.

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Innovation Study Tours Explore Equity in Diverse Settings

Digital Promise

The school visit demonstrated how they integrate culturally relevant pedagogy, differentiated instruction, and varied assessments to highlight Black brilliance in mathematics. Bessborough Drive Elementary and Middle School is a dynamic neighborhood school that uses technology predominately to redefine learning.

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How Teach for America Crushed My Passion for Teaching

ED Surge

As a junior in college, TFA’s "mission” of ending educational inequity appealed to students like myself: hardworking and passionate about the intersection of social justice and education. But shortly after I started the program, I realized I was unprepared for the two years that lie ahead.

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Introducing the Honorees of the 2021 Teacher Leader Impact Awards

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Putnam County Schools – Eatonton, Ga. Tasha Jones is an ELA middle school teacher and this year has set up her classroom for virtual success for students who decided to stay home due to COVID-19. Fairfax County Public School System – Fairfax County, Va. Alicia is also committed to equity and social justice.