Announcements
Announcing Mary Kadera, Interim Executive Director
Mary has more than 25 years of experience in the education field, working in a variety of capacities to support educators and students and to transform K-12 teaching and learning so that it is more engaging, effective, relevant, and joyful.
Teacher Appreciation Week: Promoting Wellness & Self Care
This Teacher Appreciation Week from May 7-11, Inspired Teaching celebrated the dedication and passion that teachers bring to their classrooms every day. Throughout the week Inspired Teachers and educators focused on self care and gained resources to promote wellness.
Inspired Teaching Publishes New White Paper
How can we best prepare students to thrive? Inspired Teaching’s newly released white paper explains the answer is in authentic engagement. The white paper, the critical need for replacing compliance-based teaching with engagement-based teaching demonstrates that when...
Changemakers in Action 2018
What does it mean to be a changemaker? On Tuesday, Inspired Teaching had a fabulous evening celebrating Changemakers in Action at the National Museum of American History. Local education leaders, community members, and educators to discovered how Inspired Teachers and...
Inspired Teaching Joins America’s Promise Alliance
Center for Inspired Teaching Joins America’s Promise Alliance Supports the Call to Improve the Lives of America’s Young People Washington, DC — April 20, 2018— Center for Inspired Teaching today announced it has become an official partner of America’s Promise...
DC Changemaker Collaborative Launch
On March 14, 2018, leaders from Ashoka, Inspired Teaching, TEACH-NOW and local educators teamed up to launch the DC Changemaker Collaborative and pursue a common mission of fostering changemaking in DC. Over 30 local education professionals came together for the first...
2017 DC ChangemakerEd Summit
We are proud to partner with Ashoka and the D.C. Change Leaders Collaborative to promote changemaking in the D.C. education system so every student is empowered to be a changemaker. Inspired Teachers facilitated and actively participated in conversations spanning from...
National Alliance for Engagement-Based Education
Center for Inspired Teaching and the Astra Center for Innovative Education form the National Alliance for Engagement-Based Education Center for Inspired Teaching and the Astra Center for Innovative Education are pleased to announce an exciting new initiative, the...
DC Area Black Lives Matter Week of Action in Schools
Inspired Teaching in proud to collaborate with Teaching for Change, The Washington Teachers’ Union, DC area educators and community members to implement the first DC Area Black Lives Matter Week of Action in Schools from February 5-9.
Inspired Teacher Named 2018 DC Teacher of the Year
The Office of the State Superintendent named Inspired Teacher Leader Paul Howard (‘14) as 2018 D.C. Teacher of the Year. Paul is a middle school social studies teacher at LaSalle-Backus Education Campus. Inspired Teaching’s philosophy is embedded in Paul’s practice and dispositions. Read more to learn about Paul’s journey with Inspired Teaching.