by transcendingpedagogy | Jan 12, 2022 | Teaching Ideas
I teach a mixed-grade semester elective for students interested in a career in education called Exploring Teaching As A Profession. It’s both an introduction to American public education as well as to the teaching profession, and I’m just about to complete...
by transcendingpedagogy | Jan 11, 2022 | Pedagogy that Works
Tuesdays are generally the hardest day of the week for me. Mondays are hard for most, Wednesday is the halfway point, Thursday is “one more day” and Friday, well, TGIF, right? But today was different. Don’t get me wrong – it wasn’t...
by transcendingpedagogy | Jan 10, 2022 | Leading for Literacy
This weekend I attended an online workshop put on by some wonderfully thoughtful folks with whom I serve on the New York State English Council (NYSEC) board. NYSEC is our state affiliate of NCTE. Our – I am the current president – professional learning...
by transcendingpedagogy | Jan 7, 2022 | Pedagogy that Works
Snow days are a rite of passage; children wake to learn or sometimes go to bed knowing) school has been cancelled and in its place is manifested one of the great equations of childhood: snow + no school = joy. I’m not writing to argue that. When schools (and...
by transcendingpedagogy | Jan 6, 2022 | Pedagogy that Works
We’ve been remote for three days, and I’m already over it. I would have expected that having already gotten to know my students, they’d be eager and open and ready, cameras on, to continue the great work we’re doing. Riiigghhhhttttt. While I...
