What makes a good teacher?

What makes a good teacher?

January 29, 2015 (Photo: Center for Inspired Teaching) Written by Aleta Margolis, Inspired Teaching’s founder and Executive Director, this piece was first published in Inspired Teaching’s January 2015 newsletter.  At Standing Ovation for Teachers, held...
“Not Any Old Regular Kindergarteners”

“Not Any Old Regular Kindergarteners”

January 28, 2015 (Photos: Jessica Hiltabidel/Center for Inspired Teaching) Today’s post was written by Jessica Hiltabidel, Inspired Teaching’s Manager of Teaching & Learning. Jessica works with the Inspired Teacher Certification Program, which selects, trains, and...
Real World History and Maret students organize discussion of Selma

Real World History and Maret students organize discussion of Selma

January 27, 2015 (Photos: Ayo Magwood/Maret School) Real World History students and students from the Maret School organized an interschool viewing and discussion of the movie Selma.  Meeting in the atrium of the National Portrait Gallery, students shared their...
Inspired Teaching leads District-wide PD for DC Public Schools

Inspired Teaching leads District-wide PD for DC Public Schools

August 27, 2014 (Photo: Jacqueline Smalls/Center for Inspired Teaching) On August 20, Center for Inspired Teaching staff and Inspired Teaching BLISS and SCALE Teacher Leaders led district-wide professional development for DC Public Schools. Sessions facilitated by...

Being open to surprise in the classroom

December 6, 2013 In the second of her monthly posts, 2012 Inspired Teaching Fellow Jenny Leehey discusses the value she’s found in being open to surprise in the classroom. “What do you want for Christmas?” my fiancé asks me each year. “I don’t know. Surprise...