Teacher Update: July 7, 2016: July 7, 2016

Weekly news and resources for teacher leaders, July 7, 2016. View as web page.

FIRST PERSON

Why Creative Writing Still Has a Place in My Classroom

Though de-emphasized in the common core, creative writing can play an irreplaceable role in the development of students' complex literacy skills, writes language arts teacher Ariel Sacks. Read more.

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Is the Five-Paragraph Essay History?

The five-paragraph essay, a staple in school writing curricula, has become a source of debate for educators, with critics charging the format is too rigid and constraining. Read more.

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Clinton to NEA: 'You'll Always Have a Seat at the Table'

Speaking at the NEA’s annual convention this week, Hillary Clinton said that, if elected president, she would be educators' "partner in the White House," invest in teacher training and wraparound services, and have their back when "union busting governors" or "hostile legislatures" try to take away their collective bargaining rights. Read more.

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• Get complete coverage of the NEA’s annual convention.

Should Teachers Still Be Using 'Just Right' Books?
(Curriculum Matters)

Interest in Teaching Continues to Drop Among High School Students
(High School & Beyond)

Louisiana Offers Its Homegrown Standards-Based Lessons to Teachers Nationwide
(Education Week)

N.C. Bill Could Prevent Teachers From Practicing Civil Disobedience
(Teaching Now)

What's Hillary Clinton's Record on Teachers?
(Politics K-12)

'Mirror, Mirror on the Wall ...' or Should Young Children Look Away?
(Inside School Research)

What Did 'Teacher Quality' Look Like in 1966?
(Inside School Research)

COMMENTARY

Preparing Teachers for Next Generation Science Standards
(Education Week)

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TEACHER BLOGS

'The Genius Hour Guidebook': an Interview With Denise Krebs & Gallit Zvi
(Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo)

For New Teachers: Lessons From Motown on Lesson Planning
(Edugeek’s Guide to K-12 Practice and Policy)

Q & A Collections: Student Motivation & Social Emotional Learning
(Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo)

Even in Virtual Classrooms, Teachers Build Bonds That Help Students Learn
(Teacher-Leader Voices)

Burn Bright: For My LGBTQ Students (And The Rest of Them, Too)
(The Intersection: Culture and Race in Schools)

Advanced-Stage Charter Syndrome: What "Maturity" Means to the Charter Movement
(Teacher in a Strange Land)

I Reflect for Me
(Work in Progress)

Personalizing Learning and Opening Doors of Opportunity
(Learning Deeply)

FEATURED TEACHING CHANNEL VIDEO

A Classroom Strategy: Taking a Leap into Blogging (Video)

Maria Perryman, 6th grade teacher at the George B. Armstrong School of International Studies in Chicago, shares how she experimented with blogging in class to engage her students in literature. The exercise, she says, combined discussion skills with literary analysis. Watch video.

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EDUCATION WEEK SPOTLIGHT

Instructional Coaching

This Spotlight looks at districts that are turning teachers into coaches and examines some of the primary practices and tips needed for effective coaching. See other Spotlights.

UPCOMING EVENTS

FREE WEBINAR - Thursday, July 21, 2016, 2 to 3 p.m. ET

Monitoring and Improving School Climate With Student Surveys

Part of the Inside ESSA Webinar Series
The webinar will introduce a new, free web-based survey that schools can use to track how safe, supported, and challenged students feel at school. Monitoring school climate can help improve learning outcomes and ensure improvement efforts are effective, experts say. Hear from an administrator about district-level monitoring work and how schools can use measures of school climate to guide their improvements. Click here to attend this free live event.

FREE WEBINAR - Thursday, July 28, 2016, 2 to 3 p.m. ET

Diplomas Count: Finding Great Local Partnerships to Build School Community

Do you dream of making your school a "center of community" but are not sure how to do it? Learn how one Cleveland high school built partnerships to turn the entire city into its campus, engaging students and the community alike. Click here to attend this free live event.

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