Remember that post I wrote a few weeks ago about how long I spend grading articles of the week? In today’s post, I’m sharing the entire conversation between Kelly Gallagher and me. A couple of months ago when I was working on Teaching with Articles, I emailed some folks who I believed could greatly help me in […]
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English Matters: An English Teacher Looks Back, Looks Within, Looks Ahead
English: The Big Picture In 1987, sixty leaders in the field of English assembled at the English Coalition Conference (ECC) to discuss what “English” is and what it is, exactly, that English teachers do. While they grappled with these questions, I entered a credential program to become an English teacher, a curious choice for one […]
As Great as the Best
I can still picture driving through the woods of Maine a few years back and writing a blog post in my head called “Why ‘the Best?’ Will Good do Instead?“ I still stand by the sentiments of that article. Trying to be the best teacher — in your school, state, country — is, in my […]
To Decide is to Cut
I was speaking with our colleague Tanya Ramm this morning, and she was describing her holiday weekend. (We had four days off for the US’s Labor Day.) Over the break, she came in to work for five hours on Friday while her husband and sons were off fishing. Then she came in to work a […]
Guide: Three Simple, Robust Methods for Establishing Teacher Credibility in the First Weeks of School
Teacher Credibility is one of five key beliefs beneath student motivation, and it is a uniquely powerful force in a classroom. From a position of Credibility, a teacher has leverage for cultivating student beliefs in Value, Belonging, Effort, and Efficacy. But from a position of anti-Credibility, a teacher will have a hard time influencing these […]