Learn about Alecia Ford's journey from the science lab to the science classroom in the latest EdCo Teacher Spotlight.
EdCo Teacher Spotlight: Alecia Ford, and how teaching is better than cake.
EdCo Teacher Spotlight: Everyone is a Student
If you want to learn to be a more collaborative teacher and are motivated by others then EdCo will move you in the right direction!
EdCo Teacher Spotlight: Work, Vision & Destiny
He believes what we’re doing and working for is not only possible, but within reach. “I leave feeling invigorated and hopeful.”
Collaboration Cubed
In the latest update from the CoOp Corner, we have a story of collaboration that gets right to the heart of The Educators' Cooperative. Lindsey Roe, a Middle School ELL teacher collaborated with Mike Mitchell, Art teacher at Father Ryan High School on a project that included not only their own shared planning and collaboration, …
Reimagining ‘Leadership’ In (and From) The Classroom
Jennifer Weinblatt teaches 6th Grade English at Harding Academy in Nashville, TN. She is an active member of The Educators' Cooperative and its Leadership Committee. In this installment of the CoOp Corner, she examines how we value leadership and some of the alternative qualities that are worth nurturing. If this were a face-to-face conversation, I would …
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Mindfulness: Quieting Minds, Hearts, and Bodies of Elementary Students (and My Own!)
After a short pause in updates in the CoOp Corner for Winter Break and a return to something like normal schedule, we return to the thoughts and experiences of participating Cooperative teachers with an update from Jennifer Ferguson, an Exceptional Education teacher at Hermitage Elementary School. She shares about her experience bringing Mindfulness into her …
Put on your cape, and rise above it!
Our guest in the CoOp Corner is Tiffani Norman, an Advanced Academic Resource Teacher at Eakin Elementary School, MNPS. Many schools in Nashville recently paused for a Fall Break, giving teachers, students, and families an opportunity to catch their breath as the routines and schedules of the new school year start to solidify. Tiffani took …
Stepping Into the Null: Teaching Anxiety, Mindfulness, Gratitude, and Loving Kindness
Choices about when, where, and how we address anxiety and mindfulness often say more about our work with our students than we know. First Grade teacher Lizzie Ammerman is our guest in the CoOp Corner and she shares her thoughts and experience diving in head-first to shine a light on a path forward for her …