Three Ways to Bring Voice and Choice to Adult Learning Research from Edward Deci and Richard Ryan shows that autonomy is one of the three core drivers of human motivation. When adults have a sense of choice and control in their learning, their engagement and follow-through increase dramatically. Earlier this year, TREC invited me to…
Unlocking the Full Potential of Your Teaching Abilities By: Anamika Sood Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Anamika Sood, and I have dedicated 24 years to the field of education. I came from India and embarked on a journey to the United States in 2018 as an international teacher. Before this, I spent…
Take Your Shot By: Shay Humphreys Monitor and adjust. Teachers hear this all the time — and we are masters at it. We do it daily, hourly, by the minute. Sometimes we do it without even realizing. The fortunate part of our work is that when we have an off day or a lesson doesn’t…
Roots & Marigolds: My International Teaching Odyssey By: Cerelo Villagracia Flores, Ph.D. It might surprise you that many of the teachers in the United States are not American citizens; like myself, international teachers abound in the country of the Star Spangled Banner. This became a reality in 1961 when the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange…
Lessons Learned on a Self Care CoP Journey By Michelle Parces, MHP As I have gone through this journey, planning a CoP(Community of Practice) and having one, it has led me to really think about the concept and practice of self care. Although this journey didn’t go as I expected, I believe it has been…
Reflections 37 Years Later: My First Year of Teaching By: Jennifer Lichtsinn, Ph.D. I’ve been a teacher for a long time. My first teaching assignment began on October 2, 1986. That’s right, 1986, before most of you reading this were born. I started teaching shortly before my 22nd birthday. By October, the school year…
Teaching can be an Island; together, we can make an Archipelago By: Katelyn Kelsey, M.A., MEDL Educators—teachers, paraprofessionals, associated support providers, specialized teachers, and administrators—can feel lonely. Sometimes you’re on your own “island” in your classroom with your students and don’t see many adults. Administrators sometimes feel lonely at the top. Even with assistant principals,…
The Power of Storytelling By Melissa Walker, M.A.Ed. “Everything is a story.” This is one of the things I repeatedly told my high school English students. It didn’t matter if they were working on essays, creating Orwell-esque dystopian worlds, reading Shakespeare or poetry, writing personal narratives, completing job and college applications – everything is a…
