Tag Archives: education
In this week’s newsletter: nobody slips through the cracks
This is the third written response to the TFA pre-institute work (responses 1, 2). The focus is on investing in students and their families, with special consideration to a trio of videos (linked below) demonstrating classroom techniques. My original assumption … Continue reading
The data on measuring big goals
This is the second written response to the TFA pre-institute work (response 1). The focus is on the importance of setting big goals. Research demonstrates that leaders who set exceptional expectations for their teams can get exceptional results. TFA’s own … Continue reading
Thoughts on managing a “volatile amalgam of intelligence and impatience”
Part of the TFA pre-institute work involves writing responses to required readings. I’m sharing them here as a way to shed some light on my first steps into teaching. This first response involves reflecting on the teaching approaches of Aurora … Continue reading
Count on it
Next fall I will be teaching secondary school English, and in order to be effective I’m going to need to brush up on my math. As I was starting the process of applying to Teach for America, one of the … Continue reading