January 25, 2020 0 Differentiated Grammar Lessons I have a confession to make: I’m a language arts teacher who has always dreaded teaching grammar. Part [...]
January 18, 2020 4 How to Integrate Art and History into a Student-Led BreakOut Project Brainstorming the BreakOut project Our 10th grade Dominican history teachers, Lorena and Maguie, [...]
January 12, 2020 0 Differentiation in Math Class I walk into Ailyn’s math class, where I find a hum of activity. On one side, I see three students [...]
December 7, 2019 6 Three Reasons We Should Still Teach Creative Writing in Secondary In language arts classes, as our students move into upper secondary school, teachers tend to move away from [...]
October 8, 2019 2 Disconnect to Connect: How to Use Yondr Pouches for a School Smartphone Detox Technology! We have such a love/hate relationship with it. And at TCFL, this tension was especially [...]
September 15, 2019 2 A Post for New Empty-Nesters Since we first opened The Community for Learning, I’ve seen students in 12 graduating classes fly off [...]
September 7, 2019 0 Improving Meetings with Dare to Lead by Brené Brown When I first heard of Brené Brown’s latest book, Dare to Lead, it called to me. The moment I saw [...]
August 31, 2019 0 Organizing Google Drive for Schools: Create a “Hub” for Teachers I love all things Google: Slides, Classroom, Docs… the works! Our school keeps everything on Google [...]
May 12, 2019 4 5 Things Our Student-Led Environmental Conference Taught Us About Education Last week, our secondary students and teachers took a break from classes to take part in L.E.A.F. (Local [...]
April 15, 2019 2 How to Create a Buzz in the Classroom A few weeks ago, I sat in on a language arts team meeting led by our language arts coach, Omaura. Since her [...]