Teacher Stories

Learn from a series of classroom, school, and district-wide efforts to effect change with folks at multiple stages of their Everyday Advocacy journeys.

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Framing PLC Conversations as Advocacy: A Project for Teacher Education

Everday Advocacy

Apr 4
4 min

Framing PLC Conversations as Advocacy: A Project for Teacher Education

by Jessica Rivera-Mueller, Jamie Ammirati, Stephanie Ferguson, Morgan Graham, Joshua Killpack, Kenzie Randall, and Mackenzie Wilson When...

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Everday Advocacy

Mar 7
4 min

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

by Beth Shaum “Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.” - Rumi In 2014 I started teaching 8th grade English at the Catholic...

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Laundromat Libraries: Advocacy in Action

Everday Advocacy

Feb 12
7 min

Laundromat Libraries: Advocacy in Action

by Karen Long As I left my full-time position in education, first a teacher and then an elementary principal, I wondered how I would be...

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Advocacy Starts with the Self: Declaring our Intention and Purpose

Everday Advocacy

Jan 9
4 min

Advocacy Starts with the Self: Declaring our Intention and Purpose

by Melissa Brooks-Yip Beliefs are basically the guiding principles in life that provide direction and meaning in life. Beliefs are the...

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Open Invitation to Learning in a Closed World: Advocacy and Community

Everday Advocacy

Dec 7, 2021
3 min

Open Invitation to Learning in a Closed World: Advocacy and Community

by Janelle Quintans Bence Connection. It can make or break learning experiences. Connection is also what so many missed due to the...

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Everday Advocacy

Nov 1, 2021
3 min

Tell Me Your Story

by Rick Joseph Tell me your story. These words have the power to both liberate and educate. When employed in the context of advocacy, the...

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Everday Advocacy

Oct 4, 2021
4 min

Teacher Advocacy in Tough Times

by Alaina Feliks As every teacher does, I have had difficult and easier years in my 18 years as a teacher. One constant is that the...

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Practicing Everyday Advocacy in the Context of Teacher Performance Assessments

Everday Advocacy

Sep 21, 2021
4 min

Practicing Everyday Advocacy in the Context of Teacher Performance Assessments

by Christine M. Dawson and Anny Fritzen Case As teacher educators, we have found that helping preservice teachers navigate performance...

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Shifting How Literature is Taught: An Advocacy Project To Create Inclusive Spaces for Students

Everday Advocacy

Jun 11, 2021
3 min

Shifting How Literature is Taught: An Advocacy Project To Create Inclusive Spaces for Students

by Jeff Austin When I took over as my school’s English department chair in 2017, there was a need to engage in long-range planning to...

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Composing Themselves as Writers and Advocates: Preservice Teachers and Everyday Advocacy

Everday Advocacy

Jun 11, 2021
4 min

Composing Themselves as Writers and Advocates: Preservice Teachers and Everyday Advocacy

by Sarah Hochstetler One of my aims in integrating advocacy-oriented thinking and writing into the methods courses I teach is to...

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Everyday Advocacy: Where It Began/Where It’s Going

Everday Advocacy

Jun 11, 2021
3 min

Everyday Advocacy: Where It Began/Where It’s Going

by Cathy Fleischer For many years, my husband listened patiently to my furor over the dismissive and demeaning public narrative about...

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