Gilden’s Hat Collection: An Analogy on the Infinite Job of an Educator | Emily Gilden conceptualizes what the different “hats” in her life look like and what they mean to her. | 2024 |
Call and Response: Teacher Identities | We all hold many identities, but the “teacher” identity is a particularly powerful one. How would you describe your teacher identity? | 2024 |
Invisible Identities | What happens when we bring our whole selves into the classroom, instead of showing up as only the teacher? | 2023 |
less than | A teacher reflects on his own experience with educational tracking. | 2021 |
The Unanswered Question: Coping with How Much You Can Do As a Teacher | Adjusting my expectations and understanding of what counts as success. | 2021 |
On Harry Potter and Whose Stories are Told | While taking a class about Harry Potter, I realized that teaching any subject—even science—is subjective. | 2021 |
I’m Tired. | Living with the invisible tax of being a Black educator. | 2021 |
Now on Teacher Voice: An Inquiry into Good Teaching | In this episode of Teacher Voice: The Podcast, Knowles Fellows share their thinking around good teaching: What can good teaching look like? How can we recognize it in ourselves & others? How do we sustain ourselves as we strive to become good—and better—teachers? | 2018 |
Learning to Defy Myself | Examining my identity as a teacher— and finding it needs to change. | 2017 |