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When COVID-19 arrived, many of us had to quickly adapt to teaching online. As the requirements for social distancing continued through 2020 and into 2021, teachers adjusted to working with and through digital platforms as the new normal: meeting synchronously with kids and classrooms over Zoom...

For our June newsletter, O'Shaughnessy Fellow Monica Cozza briefly shared with us why she loves teaching. To learn more about Monica, please visit her biography . Why do you love teaching? I wake up every day knowing I am fulfilling my vocation, even when that vocation may look different because of...

O'Shaughnessy Fellow Gisella Mancini is our Featured Fellow for our June newsletter. As a veteran teacher in South Bend Catholic schools, she has a wealth of knowledge to share! Why do you love teaching? Teaching is a joy that I am blessed to have been able to make a career of throughout my entire...

How does collaboration promote critical inquiry and engagement in literacies for educators and students? This is the common question introduced in my first blog post of this series , which connects three practitioner spotlights (parts 2 thru 4 of the series). The spotlights read like an interview...

How does collaboration promote critical inquiry and engagement in literacies for educators and students? This is the common question introduced in my first blog post of this series , which connects three practitioner spotlights (parts 2 thru 4 of the series). The spotlights read like an interview...

How does collaboration promote critical inquiry and engagement in literacies for educators and students? This is the common question introduced in last week’s blog that will connect practitioner spotlights these next three weeks. The spotlights will read like an interview with questions and...

Picture this: You are attending one of your school or district’s professional development (PD) days (likely virtual at some point this past year with the COVID-19 pandemic). A guest speaker has joined you, just for the day, to talk to you about a topic unrelated to your everyday teaching and...

“Middle school reading was so much fun and refreshing. It opened my mind to new enjoyable genres and I always had a book in my hand. I loved learning what a book can do and where you can go while reading.” - Juliana With literature circles as the springboard, my classroom’s reading culture has...

"Ms. C, can we read just one more chapter?" Want to know why middle school students are the best? They will nearly always share their honest opinion with you - especially if they know it will impact their learning experience. Get the right book in their hands and they will advocate for their own...

A reading from St. Paul’s letter to Hogwarts: Harry, the boy who lived, is spending Christmas vacation with his friend, Ron, and the Weasley family. They don’t have much, but when all you’ve got is nothing, there’s a lot to go around. Harry’s sitting at dinner, feeling all the love he never had from...