Tag: teachers

Many years ago, I wrote a piece about coaching with my friend Aishwarya. At that time, we wrote about being coached. Many years later, I am in the wilderness of coaching others. And I love it! But it struck me one day to re-read that piece and see if, after 4.5 years of coaching others,… Continue reading some reflections on coaching →

I recently wrote about why starting strong is a crucial part of any type of instruction on where we are building voice: writing and research being the two things I most frequently teach. Just a day after I posted that piece, one of my students restarted an important writing piece that he’d been working on… Continue reading starting strong with memoir– the how →

A year ago or so, I built a curriculum around what I believed it takes to lead with love, meant for educators who fight every day for our children to have access to high quality, loving education. Pieces of that curriculum have found their way into much of the teacher professional development that I do.… Continue reading learning love: a beginning →

Here’s what I know for sure: Every educator’s work is ensuring every student feels cared for, challenged, and heard. None of these are ‘specialist’ topics. * ** Learning is built on all three legs: care, voice, and rigor. The table will fall (or tilt) if any one leg is shorter or weaker than the rest.  Too little care… Continue reading care | voice | rigor : why all three are essential for a student-centered, learning-centered classroom →