Hear elementary school teacher, Diane Holtam, speak about how she works with other teachers to disabuse stereotypic notions of Asian American students' abilities.
Meet Regina Flores-Kincaid. She is Chair of the English Department at Lawndale High School in Lawndale, CA, where she teaches a 9th-grade English intervention class, 10th-grade Honors English and 10th-grade AVID. Here she talks about an engaging English curriculum she's developed for her English Intervention class.
Meet Michelle Rainey. A 10-year veteran who is NCATE Board Certified, she teaches 9th through 12th-grade English at Lawndale High School and also serves as one of the school's instructional coaches helping with aspects of curriculum professional development. Here Michelle speaks about the importance of differentiated instruction.
Listen to National Board Certified 6th Grade teacher, Talitha Simeona-Moon, describe how she uses interactive reading to engage her students and increase their higher order thinking skills. (Please note that the term "ESOL" refers to students learning English as a second language.)
Meet Chris Morales who teaches mathematics at Lawndale High School in Calif. and listen as he speaks about the "silent fails" in his own classroom and strategies he uses to engage them.
Hear Marcos Torres, a teacher at Corona High School in Corona, CA speak about his strategies for motivating students to more fully engage in the learning process.
Listen as 4th Grade teacher, Kristen Miller, describes using a viewfinder to help her students test the reliability of primary source art in her social studies classroom.
National Board Certified elementary school teacher, Kristen Miller, shares how she uses cubing to build higher-order thinking skills with her students.
