I wanted to design a new project that could be about classes working together, communicating, and listening to each other.

"Why read when you can watch the movie?" In my eight years as an educator, no other sentiment has been quite so crushing to hear from children.

In my classroom, I focus on taking the time to intentionally and thoughtfully form positive and meaningful relationships with my students.

Throughout my years of teaching, I’ve discovered that students are often more eager to read and discuss horror stories than other material.

To succeed in the ELA classrooms of today, teachers must possess the ability to go way beyond subject area knowledge.

“May it please the court.” For the past 13 years, I’ve heard middle and high school students utter these words in a simulated moot court competition.

We don’t have to choose between structure and creativity. The best teaching lives in the in-between, where we follow a script, but we fill it with our stories, our students’ voices, and our classroom rhythms.

Your time at school will be essential to your teaching life. From my personal experience, I believe the most important part of your teaching program is to do well in your practicum placement.

It has struck me over the past few years working with senior secondary school students that an ideal approach to guiding them through their academic year is to liken the student group to a sporting team that you are ‘coaching’ through to a successful season. For the past two and a half years, I have served as the Study Centre Supervisor and Academic Tutor [...]