TACL
Trauma-Focused Teaching: Understanding Our Brains (Part 1)
Over a series of four sessions, practitioners from the MedStar Georgetown WISE center shared their expertise on how we can support students and teachers through the lens of a trauma-informed practice. In the first of this four-part series, we delved ...
TACL
Facilitants et inhibiteurs - Les enseignants comme apprenants
Aucun d'entre nous n'a une vision constante de cet angle d’approche. Dans cet exercice, nous étudions ce qui nous permet de voir les enseignants comme des apprenants.
TACL
Identification de l'objectif
Cet exercice de réflexion destiné aux enseignants vous aidera à comprendre comment différentes motivations mènent à des actions très différentes en classe. Vous réfléchirez à la fréquence à laquelle vos actions quotidiennes sont influencées par d'aut...
TACL
Karega Bailey: Growing Roses in Concrete (Seeds of Hope)
In this video from 2016, Karega Bailey, former student mentor at Roses in Concrete school, talks about the importance of disrupting the pervasive narrative of hopelessness in low-income communities.
Education in Emergencies
Solidarity with Sri Lanka
A lesson to examine and discuss what happened in April 2019 when more than 250 Christians were killed and hundreds more injured as attacks were carried out in churches and hotels across Sri Lanka. Students will consider their initial reactions to the...
TACL
Clint Smith: Aristotle
In this video from 2014, Clint Smith (Teach For America) performs a poem exploring his experience of teaching and his vision for helping students think deeply about social injustice and how to navigate complex power structures with a strong sense of ...
Climate Education
Australian Association for Environmental Education Resources
The Australian Association for Environmental Education Inc. develops and shares a variety of resources and materials for use in educational lessons on sustainability and the natural environment. The topics include climate change, butterfly gardening,...
TACL
Stories on Vision: "Why Is This Family So Satisfied, and Why Is This Teacher So Angry?"
In this article from 2019, Steven Farr shares two experiences: a dinner with a Navajo family describing their love for a school he found wanting and a classroom visit with a Navajo teacher who challenges his suggesting that her students be prepared f...
TACL
6 Questions to Tackle When Demonstrating Flexibility and Responsiveness in the Classroom
The following six questions will support your transition from being classified as "proficient" to "exemplary" level according to Charlotte Danielson's Evaluation Model.