Collaboration, Without the Eye-Rolling
…His frustration is not unusual, this deficit-based approach doesn’t build trust. It undermines it. And it ignores the real assets ALL teachers can bring to the table – regardless of…
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Get Ready to Celebrate Read Across America Day!
…teachers to explore similar issues by reflecting on their own relationships to literature and the importance of encouraging students to build personal connections through events such as Read Across America….
Classroom Climate Change
If you view the onset of testing season as a threat to the literacy-learning culture you’ve worked to build for the past several months— you’re not alone. Julianne Harmatz describes…
Reclaiming the Term Assessment
…tells them otherwise. We are seeing that change. Our formative assessments, focused on skills rather than teacher-created requirements, have changed instruction in our building. We are re-examining traditional philosophies such…
Right to Write
Writing is one of the central pillars of developing strong literacy skills, and the 2015 policy platform builds a request around this truth: “Ensure comprehensive literacy education that promotes evidence-based…
Freedom of Information Day
…building our students’ skills to find, understand, and utilize information. That requires openness in our classrooms and learning institutions as well. Visit NCTE’s Intellectual Freedom Center to learn about the…
Professional Learning Worth Having
Every educator has at least one professional development horror story, and those make it hard to imagine advocating FOR more professional learning. That’s why it’s important to build your case…
Shakespeare’s Birthday
On April 23, 1564, William Shakespeare was born on this day. Shakespeare became a successful playwright, performing for the royal court and building a new theater called The Globe. Did…
Twitter as an Advocacy Tool
…funding/flexibility to provide teachers with time for building teacher inquiry & decision making #literacyadvocacy @Representative: Provide funding/flexibility to identify/promote strategies to develop leadership potential of teachers #literacyadvocacy @Representative: Provide funds/flexibility…
Writing is a Process
…“corrected”—to begin building a definition of global revision. After students have written a “revised” story of their own, they revise again, focusing more on audience but still paying attention to…
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