Isn’t that Curious?
Janine, a third grade student at PS 25, aspires to be a scientist. These days, she’s under the spell of frogs and is raising a few in a tank at home. She wants to be sure she takes good care of them. That’s the reason she reads everything amphibian for her independent after school reading homework as I learned the …
Read More →Service Learning: Build Resilience, Social Connection and Academic Skills—All This While Doing Good!
November. Turkeys. Feasts. Food collections. Gratitude and giving thanks. You couldn’t have a better backdrop to positively engage your students in building resilience through social connection and belonging while practicing those academic skills in an authentic and meaningful task! Service learning provides an excellent and engaging means to use those skills being taught in the curriculum. Beyond the benefit of …
Read More →“What Kind of Difference Am I Making?”
Ten years ago when I came across this quote, it resonated deeply. Wow! I thought. That’s why most of us become teachers—to make a difference. Soon after, in every workshop I gave, I encouraged teachers to remember what brought them into this profession: “Act as though what you do makes a difference.” One day right in front a large group …
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