Authenticity Works
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By Debra Schneider, District Literacy Lead and Librarian, Tracy, CA: Students in the Senior Odyssey elective writing class were slowly building community, but...
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Feeling Like a Writer
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Secondary
By Sarah Fitzgerald, Secondary English, Ruckersville, VA: My focus for the school year was trying to improve student writing, not for state scores,...
Coming Full Circle
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Middle
By Kirsten Foti, 7-8th Grade Reading and Writing, Arlington, TX: After eleven years of teaching, I had the unique opportunity of having a...
I Always Had What I Needed
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Secondary
By Daniel Yowell, 12th Grade Teacher, Detroit, MI: One teaching experience that has stuck with me through the years was the time that...
It Takes an #NCTEvillage to Raise an Educator
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Secondary
By Pauline Schmidt, Teacher Education, West Chester, PA: I've essentially lived two teacher lives. From 1995–2003, I was a 9th-grade English teacher in...
Blessing From Another Student
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Secondary
By Jodie Scales, High School Language Arts, Muncie, IN: I have a student who wrote an introductory letter to me at the beginning...
What Being an Educator Taught Me
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Secondary
By Rachel McMinn, High School English, Meriden, CT: I am a second career educator. I started off in banking after college, but quickly...
A New Adventure
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Elementary
By Mindi Rench, 3rd Grade Teacher, Northbrook, IL: This year I made a huge professional change. After twenty-two years in a middle school, I...
More Than Instruction
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Middle
By Caroline Lehman, 7th Grade ELA, Elizabethtown, PA: Teaching is more than instruction. Way more. I thought that I knew what teaching entailed...
Beautiful Moments
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Secondary
By Yolanda Whitted, English, Dallas, TX: The most beautiful moments in my career have always been when I am teaching the students no...
The Importance of Stories
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Secondary
By Elizabeth Shults, High School English, Birmingham, AL: Stories have always been important to me. I was raised on Bible stories, told over...