Welcome to the 2021 Ethical ELA Teacher Educator Series. As we step into 2021, many of us carry wounds from 2020, some more visible than others. Education does not look like it did when we entered this profession (some much longer ago than others), but …
Christine DeStefano is a writer and master’s student in teaching with an emphasis in secondary English/language arts. She enjoys reading pretty much anything she can get her hands on, but especially books for young people. She lives with her husband and cat in Tulsa, Oklahoma. …
Presence, Connection, Listening and Reflection: Considerations for Community Building in Online Teaching by Brooke Eisenbach and Paula Greathouse As schools and districts around the country find themselves leaning towards a hybrid or online approach to education in the coming Fall semester due to COVID-19, it …
Poetry is not only a dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before. Audre Lorde Before I was a teacher, I was a …
Becoming Anti-Racist English Teachers: Ways to Actively Move Forward by Michelle M. Falter, Chandra L. Alston , and Crystal Chen Lee of North Carolina State University The senseless police-initiated murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, amongst hundreds of other murders of Black …
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by Sophia Tatiana Sarigianides & Carlin Borsheim-Black, authors of Letting Go of Literary Whiteness: Antiracist Literature Instruction for White Students Right now, both of us are hearing from a lot of people in our lives, including local teachers and former teacher candidates, asking us what …
Well, friends, last night was the final meeting of classes for me at OSU, wrapping up my first year of teaching English ed full time. We, our writing methods course, ended with an open mic. Students (preservice teachers) read pieces from their journals — writing …
A wave of universities across the country has made the decision to move its classes online to address the new coronavirus pandemic. Arizona State University needed a little nudge from its students who created an online petition to cancel in-person classes. Harvard University Tuesday morning …
This week, I wrap up my first semester as tenure-track faculty. In case you missed it, I left my 15-year position as a junior high language arts teacher in June to become a full-time teacher educator. How does that happen, you ask? Since you asked, …
Social media is a blessing and a curse. As an introvert, social media offers access to people, places, and lives I would otherwise never know because, except for certain times of the year, I am mostly a hermit. Still, when on social media I see …