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Whirled Peace!
It’s 2005 and I’m sitting staring at a plain piece of white paper. Okay, so I have this rectangular piece of paper – it’s just a regular sheet of paper and, I’m supposed to do something with it – something creative. Maybe start by making it into a square? How do I do that? I have no ruler. I don’t have a template. Hmmmm. Oh, I remember! If I take the shorter edge of the paper and line it up with the longer side of the paper, I can make a square! I just draw a line where the short edge ends and I can cut the extra paper off! Where’s my scissors? Ah, here we go, I’m cutting off the extra part of the paper and now I have a square! What do I do now?
By Ann Ayers5 years ago in Education
Prepared To Inspire
Prepared to Inspire At the end of the school year when we have exhausted all of our energy and strength, there is nothing more exciting than preparing our classrooms for the excitement that lies ahead. After having a few summer months off to recuperate from giving everything inside us to our children, it is a joy to take the scissors to cut out the many different patterns, words, letters, and pictures of all the knowledge we plan to teach the following year.
By Seletha Head Tucker5 years ago in Education
Meant To Be
When I first started working for the school district, I had no idea what I was getting into. I’d been laid off for the first time about a month earlier, and I was just trying to get a new job. I got hired to be a teaching assistant for the junior high class for the at-risk and state custody program in the school district. It was going to be more of a transitional job, and I was only planning on being there until I could find a ‘real’ job. I had been a nanny before, so I knew I could work with kids. I thought I was ready.
By Heather Linde5 years ago in Education
Polar Bear Kindergarteners
There is nothing more satisfying than seeing a parent and their virtual child during these hybrid days take a photograph of their child wearing their polar bear mask.
By Ann Garcia5 years ago in Education
1777. Meet 2020.
December 1777. The bloodied, bedraggled Continental Army limps barefoot into freezing Valley Forge. Morale is at an all-time low.
By Jeni Cregan5 years ago in Education
using impediMENTS TO GROW
This project of mine has consumed me into making it my lifestyle. The nerve of it, right. It has taken a life of its own and I am just the vessel to bring it into everyone else’s life. It brings me joy to share my passion and the love of my life. In memory of my brother, Ahmad Akim, I am setting out to curate an iSTEAM school for individuals with impediments. Each of us have our fair share of impediments or figments of our imagination that could potentially be stopping us from pursuing our passions; for whatever reason. Whatever your impediment is, it is used as leverage within our iSTEAM camps. Nothing is blocking your growth when you enter into our campgrounds. Individuals with disabilities might have obvious scars of war and have an inability to cover up their differences to the world. Individuals with impediments can share the disabling qualities as those with disabilities, however they might have the ability to disguise their scars; thus trying to fit into a world where you are considered weird. The curation of the iSTEAM camps is solely to make everyone feel comfortable in their skin and allow anyone with impediments – which we all have some – to feel comfortable as they learn at their level.
By Amina Fatimah Hart5 years ago in Education
The Battle for the Educator
It's the first time you walk into your own classroom... It's the first time you change school districts... It's the first time you try to do something for the kids...
By Rachael J. Davis5 years ago in Education
There's a tool for every task...
A creative imagination belongs to every child. If one is adequately encouraged, these attributes can extend into adolescence and far beyond. I took my dream into adulthood and developed my love of design and creativity through my explorations in the visual arts and my unique puppet characters, each with a story to tell.
By Michelle Puhl-Price5 years ago in Education
Teaching is My Craft. Top Story - June 2021.
When I got my first teaching placement, my husband's grandmother, who had taught for more than thirty years in her day, gave me two things: a long sit-down talk full of her best advice and a pair of pink, razor sharp Fiskars scissors.
By L.A. Hancock5 years ago in Education
Escapism- a journey out of the classroom.
We all know a good teacher right? Well, when we're on the other side we have no idea of the sheer grit and determination it takes to be successful! The commitment required to get everything done on schedule requires an overlooking of many things! The responsibility grows and grows and grows and grows!
By Lynsey Kimmitt5 years ago in Education
Escapism-a journey out of the classroom.
We all know a good teacher right? Well, when we're on the other side we have no idea of the sheer grit and determination it takes to be successful! The commitment required to get everything done on schedule requires an overlooking of many things! The responsibility grows and grows and grows and grows!
By Lynsey Kimmitt5 years ago in Education
Best Support and Opportunities for all
American youth currently face challenging realities along their way to adulthood. With parents working longer hours and the absence of grandparents and other community adults who used to make up support systems, the intergenerational fabric of community has been frayed. Youth development strategies aim to reweave community fabric in a new way - one that takes the supports and opportunities young people should have, and re-institutes them in the context of young people's realities today. While many of these realities are harsh ones, we know that young people themselves want to be involved in their communities. The importance of building positive youth/adult partnerships in this process cannot be stressed enough.
By Megan Wilson5 years ago in Education