Thanks for coming to the corner- I’m Kyleen, a member of the first EdCo cohort, and the host of this page! Here, we will be shining a spotlight on the amazing work of CoOp teachers happening in classrooms all around the great city of Nashville. Robert John Meehan said, “The most valuable resource that teachers …
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 …
Microaggressions: How to Spot ‘Em, How to Stop ‘Em
Creating the space for your students to take risks and make mistakes is some of the hardest work teachers do. When 6th Grade English teacher Katie Reen set out to make that space for her students in the realm of microaggressions in texts they were reading together, they practices and discovered much more than they …
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Defeat A Deficit Mindset With One Word: Yes
By Colleen Cummings Colleen Cummings shares her experience searching for the right balance between the motivation of "Yes!" and the deficit mindset of "Yes, but..." in the CoOp Corner. Colleen is a founding teacher at Explore! Community School in East Nashville and a member of The Educators' Cooperative Leadership Committee. I started teaching for the …
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Listening, Learning, and Letting Go
By Amy Nystrand Amy Nystrand is a 4th Grade teacher at Gower Elementary School. In this installment in the CoOp Corner, she shares her thoughts on the power of listening to her students as well as to her fellow teachers in the Cooperative when the time came to push harder to engage more challenging critical …
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 …
Teaching Math the ‘Write’ Way
Joel Bezaire has been leading and innovating from the classroom for many years, and his work as a 7th Grade Math teacher is both inspirational and well worth exploring. A 2016 national finalist for the Rosenthal Prize for Inspiration and Innovation in Math Teaching, Joel leads district and faculty wide professional development and inservice seminars in …
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 …
David & Goliath & 6th Grade
By Sherri Scott This installment of the CoOp Corner feature's Linden Waldorf teacher Sherri Scott. Her perspective, experience, and insight have benefited the work of the teachers in the Cooperative immeasurably. Sherri's post on her summer training offer a powerful reflection on how we prepare our students for all challenges that await. This August marks …
Just curious.
5th Grade Social Studies teacher Connie Fink is starting her year with a new approach to sparking curiosity in her students. She keeps a blog over at http://finkteach.blogspot.com/. Connie believes that blogging is not only a fun way to share and record her experiences teaching and learning, but writing openly about goals, expectations, and experiments with new …