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Blogging From the A Train During our last O’Shaughnessy All Fellows meeting, Francesca Ciaramitaro (FC) suggested an entirely new format for our blog. Rather than a traditional written blog, she suggested interviews among Fellows. Francesca and Dave Robles (DR), also a Fellow from the first cohort...

Throughout this series, we have focused on key areas for leading literacy in K-8 Catholic schools. We first explored developing a school-wide vision for literacy instruction. Next we considered essential content for literacy learning. Then we discussed essential structures in literacy classrooms to...

Brandon “B-Mike” Odums “Artists are Guardians of the Human Spirit” - Anna Deveare Smith In the first blog , we looked at the ways we understand spirituality in education and why that may be helpful in these times for teachers and students. In my work as a poet and educator for the past fifteen years...

In the last blog post, we focused on the essential content for literacy instruction: phonics and phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and high level talk and writing about text. This week, we will discuss structures that support the ongoing teaching of these areas, culturally...

(Nhat Hanh, 2013) “We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.” Thich Nhat Hanh It’s February, 2022, and it seems there are a million reasons to feel hopeless. We are in the midst of a seemingly never ending pandemic, another man was killed at the hands of the police in my hometown of...

I struggle to answer the question - “what do you do for a living?” The easy response is that I am a teacher, but that never seems to capture the real essence of what my day to day experience is. When I tell people that I teach, I usually get a response along the lines of, “oh man, you must have...

In the last post , we focused on five areas to consider in developing a school-wide vision for literacy: establishing literacy as a priority, creating a sense of collective responsibility for all children, ensuring evidence-based, high quality literacy instruction, establishing a balanced system of...

Leading Literacy - Developing a School-Wide Literacy Vision We hope you enjoy the first of a four part series on Literacy Leaders The first question I ask when I work with teachers and leaders around literacy practices is what is your school-wide vision for literacy instruction? I typically receive...