Educator & Student Voices

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.

Inspired Teaching discussed the teaching profession with Liane Alves, a 2014 Inspired Teaching Fellow and preK teacher at the Inspired Teaching Demonstration School.

2015 Inspired Teaching Fellows Allie Morris and Richelle Chapman share their experiences at The White House attending the Young Women Empowering Communities: Champions of Change Conference.

Isabel Brodsky reflects on her time interning at the 2015 BLISS and SCALE Summer Institutes and how, as a high school senior, it felt to experience training for teachers.

What’s the science behind playful learning? Inspired Teaching explored this topic with leading researchers in this field, including Dr. David Whitebread – Senior Lecturer in Psychology & Education and Director of the Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development and Learning at the University of Cambridge.

What’s the science behind playful learning? Inspired Teaching explored this topic with leaders in the field, including Robert Gehorsam, Executive Director of the Institute of Play.

On May 20, students from the Inspired Teaching Demonstration School performed scenes from Romeo & Juliet at the 35th annual Emily Jordan Folger Children’s Shakespeare Festival.