Fall 2017
Kaleidoscope: Educator Voices and Perspectives
Welcome to the Fall 2017 issue of Kaleidoscope: Educator Voices and Perspectives. In this issue, our authors explore teacher leadership from the inside—as researchers, as coaches, but always as teachers.
From the Editors’ Desk
Our Current Narratives Aren’t Enough
You can tell from perusing this issue that we’ve been thinking quite a bit about “super-teacher” stories—the narratives surrounding what these teachers do, where those narratives come from, and how they affect our identities as teachers and learners.
In This Issue
Raise Your Hand: Changing Students’ Lives
This issue, we asked teachers in the Knowles community to share stories of instances where a teacher’s leadership in or out of the classroom had a direct influence on a student’s life.
Letter to the Editors: Teaching with Technology
I wanted to thank you for running Beverly Stuckwisch’s article on teaching in a one-to-one classroom in the Spring 2017 issue of Kaleidoscope (“An Honest Look at a One-to-One Classroom”). I was particularly impressed Beverly was able to identify the assumptions she held about what teaching in a digitally-rich environment would be like, as well as her ability to present the beginning of a framework for using technology in ways that truly support student learning.
Giving Props to New Teachers
Small actions by veteran teachers can make a lasting impact.
Self-Talk and Sustainability
Why was I using my ideals as an educator to berate myself?
Now on Teacher Voice: #teach180
In our inaugural episode of Teacher Voice: The Podcast, Knowles Fellows explore how Twitter’s #teach180 changed their teaching.
Striving to be THAT Teacher
I know glorifying teachers does more harm than good, and yet I keep doing it.
Once a Teacher, Always a Teacher
Leaving my teaching position, but bringing my teacher voice with me.
Building Relationships as an Instructional Coach
In my first year as a coach, I learned the importance of building good relationships with teachers.
Learning to Defy Myself
Examining my identity as a teacher— and finding it needs to change.
Leadership as Stance: Leading from Inside the Classroom
Exploring the ways that my view of teacher leadership is enacted during informal interactions between teachers.
Using QFT to Prepare Students for New Experiences
Question Formulation Technique helps students propel their own learning.
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About Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope strives to provide readers and writers a public space for discourse and dialogue about the knowledge and expertise of teachers and the complexity of our profession. We believe that teachers are well-positioned to improve education in their classrooms and beyond, and we know the power that storytelling and knowledge sharing can hold in the process of transforming educational outcomes for students.
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