Transformative Professional Development Through Integrated STEM | Teaching integrated STEM is itself a transformative professional development experience that helps teachers learn and leverage practices to expose student thinking. | 2020 |
Now on Teacher Voice: Affinity Groups | In this episode of Teacher Voice: The Podcast, we learn about affinity groups from educators in the Knowles community and how their participation has impacted them. | 2020 |
Call and Response: The Impact of Knowles | We asked teachers in the Knowles community to reply to this prompt: “C. Harry Knowles, founder of the Knowles Teacher Initiative, passed away recently at 91. How has being a Knowles Fellow impacted your teaching or career?” Here are their responses. | 2020 |
The “Invisible Knapsack”: Rip it open. Spend it down. | I used to think of my whiteness as a burden. Now I realize it is an account that I can cash in to weaken systems of unearned power in my classroom and beyond. | 2018 |
Professional Development: Yosemite Field Institute | A short course for science teachers at Yosemite National Park changed how three Fellows use outdoor education in their classrooms. | 2018 |
Professional Development: Visiting Other Teachers | I visited two Knowles Teaching Fellows at a school that uses problem-based learning. | 2017 |
Expanding Professional Development on a National Scale: How Inquiring into Student Learning Through the 5 Practices Method Transformed Teachers’ Practices and Impacted Educators Nationwide | This article explains how we developed our understanding and shared our knowledge of 5P with other teachers, both locally and nationally, and how this process gave us a deeper understanding of 5P itself. | 2017 |
The Power to Effect Change | This story chronicles the experiences of three teachers who were working to improve student outcomes outside their individual classrooms. | 2017 |
Learning Spanish in Guatemala | We each traveled to Guatemala to learn Spanish, and our experiences have directly impacted our respective teaching practices. | 2017 |
Teachers are the Worst Students | Most professional development for teachers is terrible, but it doesn’t have to be. | 2017 |