By Cindy Schwartz, Co-Founder and Director of Secondary Education This blog post is an adaptation of “Why I Became a Teacher,” an episode of the Attentive Teaching Podcast. Our podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and other major podcast platforms. What inspires a person to enter the teaching profession? In 2014, Scholastic and the Bill and Melinda Gates …
By Cindy Schwartz, Co-Founder and Director of Secondary Education This blog post is an adaptation of “Teaching Quietly an episode of the Attentive Teaching Podcast. Our podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and other major podcast platforms. According to a January 2021 poll conducted on behalf of the American Psychological Association, 84% of adults reported feeling at least …
By Cindy Schwartz, Co-Founder and Director of Secondary Education This blog post is an adaptation of “Teaching Zenfully” an episode of the Attentive Teaching Podcast. Our podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and other major podcast platforms. How familiar are you with Buddha and his teachings? It might surprise you, but these …
By Cindy Schwartz, Co-Founder and Director of Secondary Education This blog post is an adaptation of “Class Starters,” an episode of the Attentive Teaching Podcast. Our podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and other major podcast platforms. It’s a Sunday night and you are wondering how you can make tomorrow’s class more interesting. How can you get your …
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By Cindy Schwartz, Co-Founder and Director of Secondary Education This blog post is an adaptation of “The Parent Connection,” an episode of the Attentive Teaching Podcast. Our podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and other major podcast platforms. Let’s discuss the Parent Connection. That’s the connection that teachers and parents have, a connection that isn’t always …
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By Cindy Schwartz, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Secondary Education Let’s take a look at a subject many educators may be unaware: lunch shaming. In 2016, an 8-year-old child in Alabama received a stamp on his arm from a cafeteria worker in his lunchroom, a stamp on his arm that read, “I need lunch money.” …
By Cindy Schwartz, co-founder and executive director of secondary education Let’s explore the art of questioning and whether or not the age-old practice of students asking questions, by raising their hands, has become obsolete? Exploring this question led me to another more existential one – are students even asking questions? Socrates, the 5th century BCE …
By Cindy Schwartz, Co-founder and executive director of secondary education Let’s take a look at what educators refer to as the ‘disaffected student’ – the student, regardless of age, who has, in many ways, ‘disconnected’ from their teachers and the administrators in their school. This ’disaffected student’ has essentially checked out. You know this student …
By Cindy Schwartz, co-founder and executive director of secondary education With all we have been going through lately in terms of the worldwide pandemic and the aftershocks, it’s no wonder that people are feeling stressed, frustrated, and disconnected. As teachers, we are struggling with how to feel confident about how to teach under these trying …
By Cindy Schwartz, co-founder and executive director of secondary education Gratitude is often defined as the ability to recognize and acknowledge the good things, people, and places in our lives. The question is – how often are we actually practicing gratitude? How often do we actually take the time, even if it’s a moment, to …
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