What Educators Need: Building Cultures of Trust in an Era of Top-Down Educational Legislation
By: Jennifer D. Klein The exodus of teachers from schools across the United States shouldn’t surprise anyone. It’s not a particularly global phenomenon; it’s a US problem, one that’s been a long time coming. According to surveys run by the National Education Association, an alarming 55% of educators are thinking of leaving the profession […]
How Teachers Can Stay Resilient in the Face of Uncertainty
By: Molly Gazin Earlier this summer, as Roadtrip Nation spoke to teachers across the country, we could feel the excitement building. The return to the classroom was coming, and with it, the familiar joys of connecting with students, teaching favorite lessons, and feeling that unique in-person energy. But over the past month, things have […]
Who is Going to Teach the Kids?
“A cold sweat shivered on my skin. This is it, I thought. This isn’t teaching. I’m not a teacher anymore… There’s something sinister happening to this profession that I loved. And it breaks my heart. We don’t trust our teachers anymore.” In her book Teacher, Australian author Gabbie Stroud beautifully encapsulates what is happening by […]
Preparing to Reopen: Six Principles That Put Equity at the Core
[…] conduct speech therapy or work with a student who is hard of hearing when we are all wearing masks? How will students who struggle with social-cognition understand teacher and peer cues through masks? How will we find the appropriate balance of distance learning and in-person instruction for students who are medically fragile? How will […]
Prioritize Building Relationships With Your Students: What Science Says
[…] years later, the same themes emerged; in a series of forums in 2019, the XQ Institute asked high school students what they wanted from school. Students want teachers who care about them as individuals. When we listen to our students they tell us that they want to be engaged in learning, connected to school, […]
Teaching Through Change, Stories of Resilience: Austin ISD
Teachers across the nation are navigating a new normal and first-grade teacher Ms. Stacey Shapiro, of Austin Independent School District (AISD) in Austin, Texas, is no exception. AISD is a member of The Learning Accelerator’s Strategy Lab cohort, a network of seven districts that are planning for resilient and equitable futures, both in return-to-school […]
From Designing Project-Based Learning to Designing Professional Development
Matthew Leader, a PBL-based school teacher, explains how he coaches other teachers to incorporate more projects into their own practices.
Change Management at Harmony Public Schools: When Prior Innovations Become Status Quo
[…] different for adults? This gave birth to a new idea, and our next attempt at another big grant. It was time to rethink professional learning, and the Teacher Incentive Fund was a great opportunity for us to do just that. When drafting a proposal for Teacher Incentive Fund, Harmony leaders thought about several challenges the organization […]
How to Build Meaningful Learning Experiences While Tutoring Online: Tips from Online ESL Teachers
[…] needs to be built with careful strategies based on research-backed methods. Tutoring works best when research-backed frameworks and methods are placed into the hands of quality human teachers when well-designed technology meets the best of human teaching and is aligned with the efforts of local schools and districts. For classroom teachers that need to […]
Filling the Gaps: Staffing Teachers After the Great Resignation
[…] settles it may well be education that suffers the heaviest toll. One worrying speculation is that we have yet to see the full extent of the “Great Teacher Resignation.” Whether we’re approaching the cliff or have already walked off, the U.S. Education System needs to brace for the fall. School districts need to take […]