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By Peg Grafwallner, Instr. Coach & Reading Specialist, Milwaukee,WI: When children are small, they unabashedly refer to themselves with creative descriptions like writer,...
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Students Never Cease to Amaze Me
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By Shawna Easton, Secondary Section, Prosper, TX: Even after 13 years of teaching, students continue to astound me each year. When I approached...
This One Student
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By Kayla Roush, Secondary Section, Harrisburg, PA: I currently work in a school filled with diverse students who live in the inner city....
Remembering the Student I Used to Be
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By Abigail Crane, Secondary Section, Overland Park, KS: One of the beautiful aspects of our profession as educators is that every year we...
How do you evaluate teachers who change lives?
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By Lorraine Cella, Secondary Section, Tenafly, NJ: It was 1966 and my 9th-grade year began in a suburban town in northern New Jersey....
Make Pinocchio A Real Boy
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By Cathy Leogrande, Teacher Education K-12 & Special Ed, Syracuse, NY: When I was a high school Special Education teacher, I went to...
They Changed My Life
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By Julia Peacock, 9-10th Grade English Teacher, Spring Arbor, MI: When I decided to become a teacher, I believed it was about me...
The Mantle of Story — Passing On Tradition
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By Kevin Cordi, College Section, Columbus, OH: "J" came to an afterschool storytelling meeting. We were there simply to tell stories for and...
The Line Between Mr. Keating and Keeping It Real
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By Dominic Pioter, Secondary Section, St. Louis, MO: Looking into Jeremy’s 16-year-old face, I poured my 21-year-old soul into the role of a...
Never Give Up
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By Lakisha Odlum, Middle Section Lead Ambassador, Jamaica, NY: I remember the moment that I truly realized the importance of reading aloud and...
Embracing Our Impact at Every Step: From Teacher to Teacher Educator
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College
By Nicole Mirra, English Education, College Lead Ambassador, Brooklyn, NY: When I was a high school English teacher, I knew I was making...