Educator & Student Voices

“That’s because rich learning experiences are a result of creativity. The MI Deck provides teachers with seeds to generate their ideas, thereby enabling the creative process in lesson planning.” Read more from Inspired Teaching Fellow Zia Hassan about his creation, the MI Deck.

In this piece, Inspired Teacher Leader and playwright Nicole McGill writes about her new play, Life After Death, and how the loss of her brother motivated her to explore how we experience and talk about grief.

In this piece, Inspired Teacher Leader Nicole McGill writes about why she and her colleagues at Hart Middle School decided to create a “Medical School” experience for their seventh grade Life Science class.

Katherine Douglas Kindle, a Teacher Leader and alum of the Inspired Teaching Institute, writes about the importance of recognizing and framing students’ traits – even the challenging ones – in positive terms.

This November, Inspired Teaching spoke with Mr. Peter Leesam, a retired special education teacher and alum of the 2005 Inspired Teaching Institute.

This November, Inspired Teaching spoke with Ms. Beth Carmichael, a kindergarten teacher at Powell Elementary School (DCPS) and a 2013 Inspired Teaching Fellow.

Katherine Douglas Kindle, a Teacher Leader for the 2012 Inspired Teaching Institute, writes about the importance of Joy and how incorporating it into the classroom requires careful, intentional planning.

Inspired Teaching spoke with Ms. Margaret Ricks about early childhood education, her journey as an educator, and much more. Ms. Ricks is an alum of the 2001 Inspired Teaching Institute and a founding teacher at The School within School at Goding, a DC Public School.

Ms. Aqueelha James, Principal of John Burroughs Elementary School (DCPS), writes about why she invited Inspired Teaching’s SCALE program to her campus and why it’s essential to have “glorious teaching” in all classrooms.

Inspired Teaching spoke with Vilona Nicks, a 2014 Inspired Teaching Fellow and early childhood teacher at Patterson Elementary School (DCPS), about the Inspired Teacher Certification Program and the teaching profession.