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The Teaching Tango

Caitlin Gawlowski Uncategorized

Is teaching an art or a science? Well, it depends on who you ask. There are those who believe that teaching is an art. There is absolutely an art to teaching: letting your passion shine, engaging students in their learning,

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Being a Mentor Teacher

Sarah Kirchoff Uncategorized

Growing the profession – this is the job of mentor teachers. It’s our job to make sure that novice teachers and student teaching candidates have what they need; materials, answers, support, advice, techniques, teaching tools, and anything else that might

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The Problem of Choice

Paul Forehand Uncategorized

In nearly every teacher-led meeting I’ve ever attended, the conversation tends to revolve around the same issues: test scores, grades, curriculum, standards alignment, and how these relate to vaguely defined “student achievement”. I can count on one hand the PLCs

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An, An, An, Anaphora

James King Uncategorized

My students surprise me every day. My students delight me every day. My students amuse me every day. My students question me every day. The repetition of phrases like that is a rhetorical device known as an anaphora. While we

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