by Amanda | May 25, 2023 | Equity, Neurodiversity, New Style Blog Post, New Style Podcast, Secondary Teachers, Social Justice, Student Motivation, Support for Struggling Readers, Support for Struggling Writers
The Empowered English Classroom Information Transcript: How would you like to learn about how to dramatically increase student engagement using equitable teaching practices? If this sounds like something you would be interested in, then please click the link in the...
by Amanda | Mar 10, 2023 | Equity, New Style Blog Post, New Style Podcast, Social Justice
Transcript: Every child grows up following rules. They follow the rules of their parents, they follow the rules of their teachers, They follow their friends, and there’s a reason for that. We all want to be accepted. We all want to be loved. We want to be good....
by Amanda | Feb 10, 2023 | Differentiation, Equity, Neurodiversity, New Style Blog Post, New Style Podcast, Social Justice, Support for Struggling Readers, Support for Struggling Writers
The neurodiversity movement is happening right now. It’s exciting, invigorating, and gaining more and more momentum every day. But, what is the neurodiversity movement? Why do students need to know about it? How can we introduce students to the complex and sometimes...
by Amanda | Feb 3, 2023 | Equity, Neurodiversity, New Style Blog Post, New Style Podcast, Social Justice
In January of 2022 I wrote a blog post about my identity crisis as an educator and teacher-author. I wrote about how I needed to go back to all the lessons and units I’ve ever written and look at them from an equity lens. I went on a quest to read all the social...
by Amanda | Oct 19, 2022 | Equity, Make Writing Fun, Podcast, Social Justice, Support for Struggling Writers, Writing Independence
Share Tweet Pin It Every classroom has struggling writers. There are many reasons young writers struggle during our writing units. They may feel overwhelmed, be uninterested, have writing skill deficits because of past experiences with writing,...
by Amanda | Sep 8, 2022 | Assessment, Equity, Podcast, Social Justice
Share Tweet Pin It In this six-part series, I outline exactly how I’m rethinking my workshop classroom with an equity lens. You can find the other parts of this series here: Part 1: Rethinking Writing Workshop with Equity in Mind Part 2: Rethinking...
by Amanda | Aug 23, 2022 | Assessment, Equity, Podcast, Reading Units, Social Justice, Unit Planning, Writing Units
Share Tweet Pin It In this six-part series, I outline exactly how I’m rethinking my workshop classroom with an equity lens. You can find the other parts of this series here: Part 1: Rethinking Writing Workshop with Equity in Mind Part 2: Rethinking...
by Amanda | Aug 12, 2022 | Conferencing, Equity, Podcast, Social Justice
In this six part series I will outline exactly how I’m rethinking conferencing with an equity lens. Check out part 1 about rethinking writing workshop here. Check out part 2 about rethinking reading workshop here. Before getting started, we need to define workshop,...
by Amanda | Apr 9, 2022 | Equity, Podcast, Reading, Social Justice
Share Tweet Pin It Part 1: Rethinking Writing Workshop with Equity in Mind Part 2: Rethinking Reading Workshop with Equity in Mind Part 3: Rethinking Conferencing with Equity in Mind Part 4: Rethinking Unit Design with Equity in Mind Part 5: Rethinking...
by Amanda | Feb 20, 2022 | Equity, Podcast, Social Justice
Share Tweet Pin It Amanda Write Now · 56. Rethinking Writing Workshop With Equity In Mind Part 1: Rethinking Writing Workshop with Equity in Mind Part 2: Rethinking Reading Workshop with Equity in Mind Part 3: Rethinking Conferencing with Equity in Mind...
by Amanda | Jan 8, 2022 | Podcast, Secondary Teachers, Social Justice, Support for Struggling Writers
I’ve learned and changed tremendously since the events of 2020-2021, you might even call what’s happened an identity crisis…I want to share this story here to make sense of everything for myself but also because I know there are many teachers out there...
by Amanda | Nov 4, 2020 | Equity, Mentor Texts, Podcast, Social Justice
Our classrooms are microcosms of the society we live in. The sad reality (that many have a hard time admitting) is race matters in our society and it matters in our classrooms. The majority of teachers in America are white and female. Schools and neighborhoods are...
