Professional Development for Secondary ELA Teachers

What if we treated our students like we treat athletes? What if we taught like a coach at halftime? What if we could recreate the same...

When we ask our students to pay attention, we’re competing with five to ten second video clips on television and social media apps...

Every fall my students seem a little sluggish from the summer. Over the course of a few weeks in September, I see their brains turn on,...

If you look back on being a student, I’m sure you remember not the specifics of what you learned, but your teachers, the people tasked with

A well-organized classroom reduces stress and helps everyone focus on what’s most important, the literature.

My school year finished this week, and as I watched my seniors graduate, I felt like we all deserved something special for making it...

It’s hard to imagine that anything positive will come out of this year, but I’ve been thinking about what, if any, lessons I’ve learned ...

If you have been teaching remote or hybrid you know that students don’t turn in as much work as they usually do. You’re not alone ...

It’s easy to say to our students that literature should be meaningful. It’s easy to ask students … what does that line mean?

Introduction to Teaching the Magic of Literature: Using Imagination to Shape the Future It was one of the simplest, yet most complicated...

This has been a challenging year for any teacher. Even during a regular year, teachers work hard to meet the many demands and...