Category: professional development
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To Begin the School Year, Turn Inward
Yesterday was the first time I’ve seen my colleagues in my school building since March. I can’t even begin to tell you how it fed my heart and soul to see them in person! But being together after a long quarantine summer also means that we continue our individual and collective work as anti-racist educators…
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Student Surveys
Just before the Thanksgiving holiday (which feels like forever ago!), our school sat down together to work on what we call our “Professional Growth Process,” which was designed as a way for us to work together with others in our community to foster our growth as teachers. The professional growth process was carefully and thoughtfully…
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National Council for the Social Studies Conference 2018
I am proud to announce that my colleague and I will be presenting at the NCSS 2018 Conference in Chicago. Please visit us if you’ll be there! Empowering Students: Teaching Civic Action in American History Engaging students in civic action is both practical and necessary. American history courses can take a hybrid approach to teach…