Teacher as Practitioner
This strand of continuity allows us as teachers to explore a variety of pedagogical
strategies to help our students improve their writing and literacy skills.
This strand of continuity allows us as teachers to explore a variety of pedagogical
strategies to help our students improve their writing and literacy skills.
Teacher as Reader/Researcher
Teachers who are committed to providing students with an excellent education
continually question their practices and strive to improve their teaching. This
strand of continuity intends that we dig deeper into what happens in learning
situations through professional reading and teacher inquiry.
Teachers who are committed to providing students with an excellent education
continually question their practices and strive to improve their teaching. This
strand of continuity intends that we dig deeper into what happens in learning
situations through professional reading and teacher inquiry.
Teacher as Writer
This strand of continuity encourages us to continue exploring our own skills as
writers and provides us with dedicated time to work on our own writing. Teachers
who require students to write should write!
This strand of continuity encourages us to continue exploring our own skills as
writers and provides us with dedicated time to work on our own writing. Teachers
who require students to write should write!
Teacher as Community Builder
Effective support for writing, teaching, and inquiry can only occur within relationships
of trust. This strand of continuity seeks to develop community among ourselves
as well as encourage us to develop communities of trust in our classrooms.
Effective support for writing, teaching, and inquiry can only occur within relationships
of trust. This strand of continuity seeks to develop community among ourselves
as well as encourage us to develop communities of trust in our classrooms.
Teacher as Connected Learner (Technology)
This strand of continuity provides us with information about and practice with new
technologies that can alter the way we and students interact with learning.
This strand of continuity provides us with information about and practice with new
technologies that can alter the way we and students interact with learning.
Teacher as Activist
As advocates of children and education, we include this strand of continuity which proposes to inform
us of the latest educational issues in the political arena and current legislative
proposals as well as encourage us to make our voices heard in the ongoing struggle
to enact policies that best serve ALL our nation’s children.
The first three strands--Teacher as Practitioner, Teacher as Reader/Researcher and Teacher as Writer---come from the Boston Writing Project.
As advocates of children and education, we include this strand of continuity which proposes to inform
us of the latest educational issues in the political arena and current legislative
proposals as well as encourage us to make our voices heard in the ongoing struggle
to enact policies that best serve ALL our nation’s children.
The first three strands--Teacher as Practitioner, Teacher as Reader/Researcher and Teacher as Writer---come from the Boston Writing Project.
