Stories & Announcements
Curiosity = Respect | Hooray for Monday
Engaging with students from a place of curiosity, a genuine desire to deepen your own knowledge and understanding of that student, conveys respect and humility.
Seeing with Different Eyes
Using basic observation and listening skills, this activity can serve as a catalyst for building community in the classroom and deepening understanding of how each of your students thinks.
Dealing with “devious licks”? Be Curious. | Hooray for Monday
Curiosity is a sign of respect – especially when the stakes are high.
Yes. But… vs. Yes! And…
As teachers, embracing an improvisational mindset can help us think creatively about problems, and building this kind of thinking in our students can do the same for them. This activity is a good place to start.
Inquiry or Inquisition? Hooray for Monday
The way we start a question, the context, and the tone with which we ask it all matter.
Listening With Someone Else’s Ears
This activity invites students to step into the role of someone (or something!) else, imagine what they would say, and listen to what those around that person are saying too.
Zooming Out: Hooray for Monday
Looking at something small and then zooming out to contextualize it can bring all sorts of interesting discoveries.
Zoom Out
Considering the size of our problems in the relation to a bigger context can help us understand the nature of the issue better, and sometimes even make the problem seem less huge.
Why We Love To Paint By Numbers: Hooray for Monday
With paint by numbers, a positive outcome is guaranteed. That’s not how the rest of life works.
It’s Here! Our Toolkit for Teachers: Hooray for Monday
Making School Worth It: A Hopeful Toolkit from Inspired Teaching for the 2021-2022 School Year is here!
