Hooray For Monday
Center for Inspired Teaching
Hooray for Monday is an award-winning collection of resources from Center for Inspired Teaching, shared at the start of every week. These resources feature questions, ideas, reflections, and actions we can all take to remodel the school experience for students. Hooray for Monday challenges teachers to hone their skills as Instigators of Thought©, includes instructional ideas from our #Inspired2Learn collection, and provides links to other useful tools and opportunities.
About Us
Creating radical change in the school experience — away from compliance and toward authentic engagement. Center for Inspired Teaching envisions a future in which every person is prepared to thrive in and contribute to our complex and rapidly changing world, through an education that teaches students how to think, not what to think.
About Us
Creating radical change in the school experience — away from compliance and toward authentic engagement. Center for Inspired Teaching envisions a future in which every person is prepared to thrive in and contribute to our complex and rapidly changing world, through an education that teaches students how to think, not what to think.
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May 22, 2022 • 11min
May 23, 2022: Resilient Children
Could our efforts to help our kids be getting in the way of their learning? This week's Hooray For Monday features insights and resources for helping our children become more resilient.
Read it: https://inspiredteaching.org/resilient-children/
Resources:
Nobody Learns Quite Like You: https://inspiredteaching.org/nobody-learns-quite-like-you/?mc_cid=ddc2476743&mc_eid=UNIQID
Professional Development:
Parenting Resilient Children workshop: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/parenting-resilient-children-tickets-314503858507?mc_cid=ddc2476743&mc_eid=UNIQID
SpeakTruth Fellowship: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScw1zx_xYsn3mdvel01E_ktCLkvRP0HPxH4lUX9WIrYsWeCqw/viewform?usp=sf_link&mc_cid=ddc2476743&mc_eid=UNIQID
Inspired Teaching Institute:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/168363031359?mc_cid=ddc2476743&mc_eid=UNIQID
May 15, 2022 • 9min
May 16, 2022: The Desk is a Barrier
Imagine a classroom in which students greet their teacher at the door, enter the room, grab a mat, and take a seat in a circle on the floor, then engage in a warm-up that involves clapping or jumping or stretching – every day, in every class period. Aleta speaks with Chiara Monitcelli, an Italian language teacher, about her approach to teaching -- sans desks and chairs.
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Resources
How Vigorous is My Heart:https://inspiredteaching.org/how-vigorous-is-my-heart/?mc_cid=c209cb4e96&mc_eid=UNIQID
Hands and Feet Stories: https://inspiredteaching.org/hands-and-feet-stories/?mc_cid=c209cb4e96&mc_eid=UNIQID
Make Way for the Monarchs: https://inspiredteaching.org/make-way-for-the-monarchs/?mc_cid=c209cb4e96&mc_eid=UNIQID
May 8, 2022 • 8min
May 9, 2022: A is for Autonomy
It is our job to teach students how to make choices thoughtfully, weighing the facts and the evidence, and thinking ahead to possible outcomes.
Hooray For Monday: https://inspiredteaching.org/a-is-for-autonomy/
ABCDE of Learner Needs: https://sites.google.com/inspiredteaching.org/abcde/autonomy?authuser=0
Poster Analysis: https://www.instigatorofthought.org/posteranalysis
Inspired Teaching Institute: https://inspiredteaching.org/institute/
May 5, 2022 • 6min
May 2, 2022: To Recognize The Full Worth Of
In celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week, this episode is all about gratitude. Aleta shares thoughts on how we can all show express our appreciation for the teachers in our lives and, as always, offers a couple of activities to try. Subscribe to Hooray For Monday for full details!
https://inspiredteaching.org/academy/hooray-for-monday/
