Transformation Begins With Reflection: How Was Your Year?
How will you describe this school year, teachers? What will you try and what will you do differently next year? The end of the school year can bring up a lot of feelings for a lot of people working in...
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A Like-Minded Community: Key for Sustaining Our Work as Educators
Blogger Elena Aguilar encourages educators find and maintain a tight-knit community at their school sites. http://www.flickr.com/photos/eldan/4929258391Who are your people? I mean, your people at...
View ArticleTeaching Children About the Brutality of War
Elena Aguilar explores moral and ethical questions of war that teachers can raise with students. "Why?" he asks, over and over, as I attempt to narrate a series of historical events. I'm not prepared...
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The Think-Aloud Strategy: An Oldie But Goodie
Blogger Elena Aguilar encourages teachers to use think-alouds as a strategy for to support learners in the classroom. http://www.flickr.com/photos/harriswalkerphotography/3540847505Sometimes you need...
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Teachers: Preparing for Your Best Year Ever
Blogger Elena Aguilar gives teachers tips on ways to stay happy and successful this school year. http://www.flickr.com/photos/16555488@N00/193813498/When I think about the "best year" I ever had as a...
View ArticleMeeting The Needs of All Students: A First Step
Edutopia blogger Elena Aguilar encourages teachers to confront their own biases so they connect more deeply with each child in their classrooms. His nickname was "seizure boy" -- not a nickname he...
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Educators: See This Film!
Edutopia blogger Elena Aguilar explains why one film now tops her list as a must see for all educators. http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124466908@N01/9275249250/in/photolist-f8C5sw-f8nP...If you...
View ArticleTeaching for Justice: 10 Ways To Unravel Systemic Oppression
How do you confront any racial injustice at your school? How do you reflect on your own potential biases in the classroom? Blogger Elena Aguilar offers ten tactics to help teachers answer those...
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Happiness: A Key Outcome of Equitable Schools
How might we apply the country of Bhutan's Gross National Happiness index in our schools? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bhutan_Gross_National_Happiness.jpgThis year has begun with a lot of...
View ArticleSimple Ways to Cultivate Happiness in Schools
Blogger Elena Aguilar asks, how might you bring more happiness and well-being to your school? In my last post I suggested that equitable schools are those that contribute to happiness in children. Now...
View ArticleGratitude Can Fuel School Transformation
Blogger Elena Aguilar describes how developing a practice of gratitude on our campuses can help change the culture and climate of our schools. One of the most common complaints I hear from teachers,...
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Winter Reads by Women Writers
Edutopia blogger Elena Aguilar recommends her six all-time favorite novels by women writers for hours of engaging, meaningful winter reading. http://www.flickr.com/photos/61787893@N00/235118769 If...
View ArticleThe Power of Introverts: An Essential Understanding for Teachers
Edutopia blogger Elena Aguilar shares how understanding the characteristics of an introvert can help teachers better serve shy and quiet students. About a year ago, I read Susan Cain's Quiet: The...
View ArticleLessons From Nelson Mandela's Life and Legacy
Edutopia blogger and educator Elena Aguilar shares ways for bringing the many lessons from Nelson Mandela's life into the classroom. I knew, like so many of us, that Nelson Mandela's days were coming...
View ArticleTeachers: How Slowing Down Can Lead to Great Change
In the spirit of the slow food movement, Edutopia blogger Elena Aguilar proposes teachers lead in slowing the frenetic pace often found in schools. Sometimes, in order to gain perspective on a...
View ArticleTransforming Education: The One Thing I'd Change in 2014
Edutopia blogger Elena Aguilar describes how engaging in authentic dialogue can strengthen school communities. In order to work for change in our schools, we must visualize the changes we want to see....
View ArticleTeachers: 10 Tips for Slowing Down
Edutopia blogger Elena Aguilar shares ten tips to help teachers take a break and a breath much more often. Since my last Edutopia blog post, How Slowing Down Can Lead to Great Change was published,...
View ArticleHow Reading Literature Cultivates Empathy
Edutopia blogger Elena Aguilar proposes that, as the Common Core rolls in, teachers will have to make strategic decisions about when and how to integrate literature. "Nearly a quarter of American...
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What Happens When Instructional Rounds Go District-Wide?
Edutopia blogger Elena Aguilar explores Instructional Rounds, the transformative process of educators observing each other teaching....
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A Teaching Moment: Harriet Tubman
Blogger Elena Aguilar shares the power of teaching kids about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. http://www.flickr.com/photos/oaklandlocal/6853734301/Harriet Tubman Day was this week, March...
View Article3 Next Steps for Developing Girls' Leadership
Edutopia blogger Elena Aguilar encourages developing girls' leadership through exploring with them the many definitions for leadership and discussing the importance of taking action. During the month...
View ArticleIt's Time for Social and Emotional Learning for All
Edutopia blogger Elena Aguilar makes a case for social and emotional learning for adults as well as children on all school campuses. Over the last decade, increased attention has been paid to the...
View Article5 Simple Lessons for Social and Emotional Learning for Adults
Edutopia blogger Elena Aguilar offers up five lessons to use with school staff and faculty for building emotional awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. In my last...
View ArticleWhat Makes a Great School Leader?
Edutopia blogger Elena Aguilar highlights the three qualities she thinks most indicative of a great school leader: visionary leadership, community builder, and emotional intelligence. This is the time...
View ArticleGet a Start On Ending Your Year Right
Edutopia blogger Elena Aguilar shares tips for cleaning your classroom and congratulating yourself with an appreciation letter on a year of hard work. The end of the school year can be hectic, but...
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