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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Advocating for YA Literature, Webinar Recap: "These Books Create Transformative Moments"

by Sarah Hochstetler Monday evening's Everyday Advocacy webinar hosted by the National Writing Project's Write Now Teacher Studio...

May 9, 20232 min read

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Advocating for YA Literature in Politically Divided Times

by EA Editors Everyday Advocacy is excited to partner with the National Writing Project to offer a free interactive webinar on May 8,...

May 1, 20231 min read

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Teacher Chat: Donalyn Miller on Everyday Advocacy

Donalyn Miller is a former classroom teacher who has made a career advocating for books, teachers, readers, and reading. She’s written...

Apr 11, 20232 min read

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Evolving in Everyday Advocacy

by Cathy Fleischer and Sarah Hochstetler If you’re an educator, you are living the reality of historic challenges to teaching and...

Apr 4, 20232 min read

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Teacher Chat: Jennifer Buehler on Opposing Bans

“Censorship in America is not new, but the current moment is different” Jennifer Buehler is a professor of English Education at Saint...

Mar 13, 20231 min read

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Teacher Chat: Penny Kittle on Everyday Advocacy

Welcome to our first Teacher Chat, an extension of our Teacher Stories series featuring a brief video snippet from a teacher's larger...

Feb 13, 20231 min read

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Snippets of Stories from Everyday Advocates: Introducing Teacher Chats

by EA Editors The Everyday Advocacy team is excited to share a new addition to the site: Teacher Chats! The chats are short video...

Feb 13, 20231 min read

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I Realized Good Teaching Is Organizing When My Community Asked Me To Show Up, And I Was Ready

by Matt Hamilton I was recently leading a section of the English Methods course that I teach at Eastern Michigan University, and in the...

Dec 12, 20225 min read

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Everyday Advocacy + Opposing Bans: How Can We Support Teachers?

by EA Editors As you all know, across the country, books—especially young adult and diverse books—are increasingly challenged, censored,...

Nov 14, 20221 min read

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Update on Laundromat Libraries: Increasing Our Footprint on Literacy in our Communities

by Karen Long As a consultant with the Ohio Writing Project at Miami University, I’d attended an Everyday Advocacy workshop a few summers...

Oct 17, 20226 min read

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Back to School: Principles of EA in Action

by Sarah Hochstetler and Cathy Fleischer It's September, and back to school season is in full swing! Many of us are already in classrooms...

Sep 16, 20222 min read

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Dive Deeper: Everyday Advocacy Institute, 2022

by EA Editors If you’ve been drawn to this site, you already know that some of the biggest issues facing teachers today stem from lack of...

May 25, 20222 min read

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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...

Apr 4, 20224 min read

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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...

Mar 7, 20224 min read

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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...

Feb 12, 20227 min read

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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...

Jan 9, 20224 min read

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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...

Dec 7, 20213 min read

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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...

Nov 1, 20213 min read

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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...

Oct 4, 20214 min read

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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...

Sep 20, 20214 min read

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