TACL
Transforming Teaching Through Understanding Trauma
This document is a summary of a workshop series by the former Teach For All Global Learning Lab in partnership with Medstar Georgetown WISE Center. It emphasizes the critical need for educators to understand trauma and its impact on student learning.
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Lower-Primary Student Perceptions Survey
The Student Perception Survey (SPS) instrument consists of a battery of items in the form of observer-reported statements that the respondents affirm using a rating scale. These statements were formulated to map with the observable attributes of thei...
Education in Emergencies
Newsthink: The Afghanistan Crisis
A lesson to examine and discuss Afghanistan via an evocative photograph of people at Kabul airport during the crisis that unfolded in August 2021. Students will analyze and identify how people were impacted by this event, debate the statement "All pe...
Education in Emergencies
Rules of War
Classroom activities introducing young people to the principles of international humanitarian law and the "rules of war." Students will explore what the laws are, why we have them, and their importance in governing what is and is not allowed in armed...
Education in Emergencies
Trinka and Sam and the Swirling Twirling Wind
A story that helps young children, their families, and teachers talk about feelings and worries they may have after experiencing a tornado. This children's book describes some of Trinka's and Sam's reactions and how their parents help them to express...
TACL
Letting Go of the Agenda
In this video from 2016, Ako Mātātupu Teach First NZ recognizes the ways in which we often approach community engagement with a pre-set frame of reference and a wish list of stories we want to hear. By letting go of these, we open up the possibility ...
Future of Work
STEAM Education Leadership Workshop Series 2025 - Cultivating Future Leaders Through STEAM Education
Developed by passionate educators during the 2025 STEAM Education & Leadership Workshops, the lesson plans shared below bridge STEM education with real-world challenges, nurturing students as problem-solvers and future leaders. They cover critica...