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Teacher Transformation

Stories of self-reflection, professional learning, and reaching educational goals.

        
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    Remaking Professional Development
            Professional development in education is defective and I think almost everyone knows it...PD tends to promote fads, one-and-done workshops, and the latest district initiative that fails to make any long-lasting change.
        
Chris McNutt

    28 Dec 2019
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    Honoring the truth: The Dishonor in Spiritual Bypassing the State of Education
            Overpositivity betrays the veracity of the challenges faced in high-poverty schools. The dismissal minimizes the reasons to institute broad changes to the school system.
        
Traci Nicole Smith

    2 Dec 2019
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    Waiting
            I stepped back into my classroom for the 11th year after another summer of learning and growth. I was armed with new ideas, a thicker suit of armor to protect my sensitive empath soul, and, of course, a heart full of unconditional love.
        
Lisa Biber

    8 Sep 2019
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    Small, big changes
            I have seen every single one of my students move forward as readers and writers in measurable ways. I’m talking about kids who went from never reading so much as a letter of a printed page on their own to finishing two or more novels this year...
        
Lisa Biber

    27 May 2019
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    On failure
            But this past week, as I sat in front of my gradebook and frowned at a 6% (6% of what?), I realized that although my grading practices have evolved, my definition of failure has not. So I ask you: what does it mean to fail?
        
Lisa Biber

    19 Mar 2019
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    The Real World
            What is the “real world”? And how do you know when you’re there?
        
Lisa Biber

    3 Mar 2019
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    You Can…Until You Can’t
            Can they turn that in late? Can they retake the test? Can they use resources? Can they demonstrate differently? In many classrooms, yes. But in the “other many,” kids confront cannots.
        
Monte Syrie

    22 Feb 2019
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    Assurance
            I’ve rarely discussed progressive education without this question. Yet the assumption always is that students, parents, and educators reject these ideas. I don’t think this is the case. Instead, it is a lack of understanding.
        
Chris McNutt

    2 Jan 2019
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    Finding Your Purpose in Education
            Finding my purpose in education was born out of an immense frustration with education itself.
        
Chris McNutt

    25 Nov 2018
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    Work's Worth
            And while I didn’t always appreciate the lessons from work when I was younger, I proudly acknowledge the impact they had on shaping the person I am today. Hard work matters.
        
Monte Syrie

    20 Nov 2018
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    Being the Serious Teacher Who Doesn’t Take Traditional Seriously
            Educators face this scenario daily: by doubling down on progressive practice, their unwillingness to embrace the traditional delegitimizes their class.
        
Chris McNutt

    6 Oct 2018
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    A Superhero Teacher's Lament
            Every passionate teacher enters the classroom with boundless, optimistic energy. They never think they’ll become the sarcastic, aloof, dismissive type. But, when push comes to shove — it seems like it happens to everybody.
        
Chris McNutt

    5 Jul 2018
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    The Path to Discovery: Providing Real Choice in Schools
            As far as I knew, this was “great teaching” — not only had I known my students “were learning” but often my lessons were engaging and at least better than what I remembered in school.
        
Chris McNutt

    5 Jul 2017
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