A Moment Like This
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Elementary
By Cameron Carter, Elementary Lead Ambassador, Columbus, OH: Where does one begin when asked to share a memorable teaching experience? It seems as...
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Barrier Language
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College
By Terri Pantuso, Secondary ELAR, Preservice Teachers, Cypress, TX: About ten years ago, I taught an undergraduate Shakespeare class at a small university...
Teachers Impact Every Student
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College
By Jenny Martin, College Section, Dayton, VA: Karen came up to me on my last day of teaching with a large box. I...
I Teach For The Students
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Secondary
By Kristen Luettchau, Secondary Lead Ambassador, Bridgewater, NJ: The desires to learn and to teach have been passions of mine as long as...
Students’ Moment of Literary Enlightenment
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Middle
By Grace Lee, 6-8th Grade Language Arts Teacher, Naperville, IL: As an English language arts teacher, I have the great joy of experiencing...
They Are Ready
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Secondary
By Audra Bolhuis, 9-10th Grade Teacher, Jenison, MI: Kayonia was a quiet student when I had her in the ninth grade. She worked...
The Dog in BYOD
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Secondary
By Kate Baker, High School Teacher & 2018 CEL Convention Program Chair, Manahawkin, NJ: Brody is eight and a half years old. With...
A Safe Space to Do Hard Things
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Secondary
By Susan Barber, High School English, Sharpsburg, GA: The culminating project in our rhetoric unit is a student speech. Many students have a...
Getting Out of My Own Way!
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Secondary
By Charlene Mendoza, Secondary ELA & Social Justice Education, Tucson, AZ: What do YouTube stars, Harvey Milk, and Wendy Davis all have in...
I Am Black and “I, Too,” Belong in the Classroom and Everywhere Else I Want to Be!
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College
By Raven Jones Stanbrough, College Section, Lead Ambassador, Detroit, MI: Prior to becoming a teacher education educator, I was an elementary school teacher...
Their Courage: My Why
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Elementary
By Stella Villalba, ELL Teacher & Coach, Lead Ambassador, New Albany, OH: One of my ELL students stopped by my classroom in the middle...
Book Yente
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Middle
By Cherylann Schmidt, 7th/8th, Ewing, NJ: Each year at back-to-school night, I share my goals for my students with their parents. My hope...