Sena Kose is currently a pre-service teacher from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She began her student teaching experience in January 2017, and plans to graduate with a certificate to teach English in grades 6-12 in May 2017. This is the final post in a …
Building Community through Collaboration by Lesley Roessing
Originally published on January 24, 2016, Ethical ELA is re-posting “Building Community” by Lesley Roessing as a call to all teachers to make building community a priority in the first weeks of your school year and to nurture community every step of the way. _____________________________________________________________________________ …
The Teacher Continuum: From Hermit to RockStar
Do you have suggestions for building faculty community? Do you think the social events are important or can community be built one relationship at a time? Do you think school faculty relationships necessarily have to extend beyond the school day?
Teacher-Friends: Diane & Sarah
Teaching can feel so lonely at times. Do you have a colleague who is your BFF, who pulls you out from under your desk to make you laugh, who hands you a tissue when you just need to cry, who just inspires you? Diane and Sarah taught together for over a decade, and through a series of email exchanges, they talked about stories, students, and the beauty of teacher-friends.
Think Like Authors by Sarah Dollah-Said
If you want your students to think like authors, then have them speak to authors by Sarah Dollah-Said Being a literature and writing teacher for middle school students is hard enough when you are competing with Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumbler (whatever other social media networks …