Educator & Student Voices

Dylan Letellier of Brown University reflects on her brief but eye-opening internship with the Residency program at Inspired Teaching. She describes learning about nonprofits, discovering alternative paths to becoming a teacher, and witnessing how classrooms can work in urban public and charter schools.

Although she’s now retired–and learning how to camp in a tent!–Inspired Teaching alum Josiane Blackman is still deeply committed to her school and to advancing more engaging teaching and learning.

Amanda Fasciano is a 2018 Inspired Teaching Fellow, teaching 5th and 6th graders at the Inspired Teaching Demonstration School. She shares about her mission to create more equitable education systems.

Jake Thomas, Inspired Teaching Fellow (’17), tells us about a job that takes “a lot of time and a lot of heart”, and he shares an alternative way to think about the achievement gap.

Inspired Teaching Fellow, Brian Palmer (’18), a Teacher Resident at the Inspired Teaching Demonstration School, shares about his experience at the Black Male Educators Convening.

Meet one of our newest Inspired Teaching Fellows, Zana Holden-Gatling, a Resident in a First Grade classroom at the Inspired Teaching Demonstration School.

James Tandaric, Inspired Teaching Fellow (‘16), is a 2nd Grade teacher at Raymond Education Campus, and the Chair of EmpowerED’s School Integration committee. We spoke with James to learn more about his work with EmpowerED and his participation in the EmpowerED...

“I like knowing there are other Residents in the building, learning as much as I am every day. It’s powerful that they understand what I’m going through, because they are sharing the same learning experience.” Inspired Teaching Fellow, Annie Holt (’18), reflects on Inspired Teaching’s cohort model and her experience at Capital City PCS.

Inspired Teaching spoke with Antone Neugass, Inspired Teaching Fellow (‘17) to learn about his experience co-teaching Kindergarten during summer school at Capital City Public Charter School. Antone recently began his first year as a teacher of record at Creative Minds...

Zia Hassan, Inspired Teaching Fellow (’13) reflected on his experience as a Teacher Mentor for 2017 Inspired Teaching Fellows during Summer School at Capital City Public Charter School.