By Jaqueta Abbey In early June Inspired Teaching hosted a “Parenting Resilient Children” workshop that shifted our innovative, tried-and-true approach from the classroom to home. We explored how parents can foster fun and creative experiences while allowing their...
It’s been a big spring semester for students in our yearlong Real World History course. This after-school credit-bearing high school course focuses on the nature of historical thinking as well as the “doing” of history. During the first semester, students study...
By Lacey Hunter We’ve all been there. We meet a new student or a friend’s toddler, and in an effort to show that we want to get to know the child and make connections, we ask, “What’s your favorite color?” Kids usually have the boilerplate answer ready to go when a...
March 25, 2022 By Jaqueta Abbey, Teaching and Learning Specialist When we dreamt up “What Else Might Be Possible?” for the theme of our March Institute, we hadn’t anticipated a late-winter snowstorm thwarting our plans to hold a session outdoors. But thanks to the...
February 27, 2022 By Jaqueta Abbey, Teaching and Learning Specialist As a first-grade teaching assistant, I’m currently experiencing just how exhausting it is to be in the classroom right now. First grade is such a BIG year for children: they’re learning fundamental...
On July 21, 2021 Inspired Teaching’s Director of Youth Programming, Cosby Hunt, spoke with the hosts of Great.com’s podcast. Below you can read a write-up they shared from that conversation. Great.com interviews Inspired Teaching about making a...
