My take aways from the Village Project are…
Category: Education 101
Blog Post #6 : Common Good
What can I do for the common good as an educator? As a teacher I can do many things to improve common good. I can… These are just some of the thing’s teachers can do to improve common good and encourage their students to do so as well.
Blog post #5 : New Teacher
I am excited about becoming a teacher because… I am concerned about teaching because…
Blog Post #4 : Teacher Interviews
What do our interviews tell us about being an impactful teacher? I interviewed both my kindergarten teacher and my 5th grade teacher. Their interviews show impactful teachers because… Overall, it’s clear these interviews depict attentive, responsive educators who make connective, individualized impacts – empowering students to self-actualize while preparing them to better the collective future.
Blog post #3 : Wisconsin Schools Project
What was learned from the Wisconsin Schools Project? What I learned from the WI Schools Project is that all public school must post all data, while private schools have a choice to post data and they can choose what they want to post and what they don’t want to post. Despite the data being posted…
Blog post #2 : EdTalks project refection
Reflect on what you learned from the EdTalks project and how you could apply that knowledge or skill to your own teaching. After reading ‘In the Wild Light’ and hearing other classmates cover other books I have learned, that reading diverse books and perspectives can expose teachers to new ideas, challenges, experiences and ways of…
Blog post #1 : History of US Education Inquiry
Reflect on surprising findings from the History of US Education Inquiry. I found the statistics about the decline in teachers of color over the last few decades striking. It seems during desegregation in the 70s-80s, tens of thousands of Black educators lost jobs. This has longterm effects on diversity that representational role models provide in…
Written Reflection #1 : Meeting them where they are
The idea of “meet them where they are” means to individualize the way you teach to help them learn and to teach the kid the best way they know how. Repeating something over and over again does not help a child learn, it just helps them memorize. It’s important to learn what the kid knows…
