Posts Tagged ‘Teacher Voice’
How This First Year Teacher Thrived Amid Uncertainty
“I realized that the people who were there for me either in college or high school, were a lot of my teachers. When I think about the people who have influenced me it was my teachers,” said Mendez.
Growth Mindset: An Important Component of Student Success
Vincent Huynh’s math classes may look different than they did last fall, but one thing remains the same: his commitment to developing growth mindsets and nurturing students’ inherent capacity to learn.
Read More >>Why Can’t We Read Things Like This for Class?
When I wrote my own book, Strange Days, I was thinking a lot about this. I wanted it to be fun and accessible, but I also wanted it to be a useful teaching tool.
Read More >>The Power of “Yet” — Rising to the Challenge Amid a Global Pandemic
Carmen Leiva, a math teacher at Ánimo Watts College Preparatory Academy, loves watching students in her classroom experience “light bulb moments” of realization. In these instances she’d see a spark in their eyes when they’d see their hard work come to fruition.
Read More >>Teaching at a Transformation School with Veronica Robinson
Ánimo Phillis Wheatley science teacher Veronica Robinson shares why it’s so important to her to be teaching at a transformation school.
Read More >>Edutopia– Alyssa Nucaro: The Value of Compassion in Teaching
Wooddale Middle School Special Education Teacher Alyssa Nucaro shares four simple ways to model and promote compassion, which is especially important for students with adverse childhood experiences, in the edutopia blog.
Read More >>Meet Alexandre Burrall, English Teacher at Ánimo Phillis Wheatley
Meet Alexandre Burrall, English Teacher at Ánimo Phillis Wheatley Charter Middle School, one of our transformation schools.
Read More >>What it Takes to Build a School Vision
Ánimo Mae Jemison Charter Middle School Principal Nate Geller has spent the past year working with staff, students, and families to reinvent school culture and build a new vision that can help them see the future they are building together.
Read More >>Announcing the Sixth Annual Golden Dot Awards Finalists
Meet the finalists for the Sixth Annual Golden Dot Awards!
Read More >>Help Us Shine Light on Exceptional Educators
On May 5, 2018, Green Dot Public Schools will celebrate educators and staff who are transforming the landscape of public education.
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