Teacher Feature – Ms. Beth Carmichael

Teacher Feature – Ms. Beth Carmichael

Teacher Feature – Ms. Beth Carmichael

November 17, 2015 (Photo courtesy of Beth Carmichael) This November, Inspired Teaching spoke with Beth Carmichael, a kindergarten teacher at Powell Elementary School (DCPS) and a 2013 Inspired Teaching Fellow. The following is a condensed version of this conversation:...
Planning for Joy

Planning for Joy

October 20, 2015 (Photo courtesy of Katherine Kindle, showing a group of her students in Ethiopia) This piece was written by Katherine Douglas Kindle, an alum of the Inspired Teaching Institute and an Institute Teacher Leader in 2012. Katherine has more than a decade...
Teacher Feature – Ms. Margaret Ricks

Teacher Feature – Ms. Margaret Ricks

October 20, 2015 (Photo credit: Center for Inspired Teaching) This October, Inspired Teaching spoke with Ms. Margaret Ricks, an alum of the 2001 Inspired Teaching Institute and a founding teacher at The School within School at Goding, a DC Public School. The following...
Going from “good teaching to glorious teaching”

Going from “good teaching to glorious teaching”

September 28, 2015 (Photo: Center for Inspired Teaching) This piece was written by Ms. Aqueelha James, Principal of John Burroughs Elementary School (DCPS), a STEM-themed school. In August 2015, Ms. James participated in OSSE and Inspired Teaching’s STEM...
Teacher Feature – Ms. Vilona Nicks

Teacher Feature – Ms. Vilona Nicks

September 24, 2015 (Photo: Center for Inspired Teaching) A conversation with Vilona Nicks, a 2014 Inspired Teaching Fellow and early childhood teacher at Patterson Elementary School (DCPS): “As a teacher, you always want to make sure you’re having fun. If you have fun...
Teacher Feature – Ms. Liane Alves

Teacher Feature – Ms. Liane Alves

September 24, 2015 (Photo: Brittney Oswald/Center for Inspired Teaching) A conversation with Liane Alves – 2014 Inspired Teaching Fellow and preK teacher at the Inspired Teaching Demonstration School: “PreK is wonderful – there is so much creativity. There are...