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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Jun 8, 2025 • 21min
June 9, 2025: (From the Archives) Hooray For Improvisation
Revisit this issue from July 2024 as Inspired Teaching prepares to begin the 25-26 Teaching with Improvisation Fellowship in a few weeks!
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Jun 1, 2025 • 8min
June 2, 2025: A Bowl of Hot Crazy
Jenna visits the classroom of Inspired Teaching Fellow Sabrina Burroughs and discovers a classroom full of young learners who are comfortable and confident navigating big feelings with their classmates.
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May 22, 2025 • 21min
May 26, 2025: A Meaningful Memorial Day
Listen to this week’s Hooray For Monday podcast to hear Susan Coti, longtime Inspired Teacher and the mother of a fallen Marine, share how she keeps her son’s legacy alive through education in Myanmar.
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Contact Susan Coti at Gift of Education to learn more about the organization and volunteering virtually: susan@giftofeducationmyanmar.com
May 17, 2025 • 29min
May 19, 2025: Get Those Stories!
This Jewish American Heritage Month, we're sharing a unique perspective and experience: Aleta speaks with Amber to hear her story—rich with history and informed by research—as a Black Jewish American living in Israel.
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May 11, 2025 • 7min
May 12, 2025: From the Archives: Our Capacity for Kindness
This issue of Hooray For Monday was originally published on November 2, 2020. While much has changed in the world since then, being kind to one another and modeling kindness for our students remains critical in combatting division and distrust.
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May 2, 2025 • 26min
May 5, 2025: Thank You, Teachers
This week, we're reflecting on the many times we've felt appreciation for the many teachers in the Inspired Teaching community.
Apr 27, 2025 • 32min
April 28, 2025: Making Friends with Our Mistakes
Jenna speaks with Sheena Styles, a math teacher in Washington, DC, and Inspired Teaching Fellow. Ms. Styles shares her advice for creating a classroom where students feel empowered to take the lead in their learning.
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Apr 19, 2025 • 6min
April 21, 2025: Upcycle Your Work
In celebration of Earth Day, Inspired Teaching shares advice for upcycling work done in the classroom.
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Scribe's Record Instigator of Thought activity: https://www.instigatorofthought.org/scribesrecord
Apr 10, 2025 • 7min
April 14, 2025: (From the Archives) The Opposite of Curiosity
This episode originally aired on January 30, 2023. We're revisiting it today in honor of Maurice Sykes, an inspiring mentor and dedicated early childhood educator who knew the value of fueling curiosity.
Each week at our Inspired Teaching staff meeting, we begin with a brief exercise. This past week, each of us responded to the question: “What are you curious about?” The question connects directly with Inspired Teaching’s work to promote the kind of teaching that fuels - instead of stifles - curiosity.
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Apr 5, 2025 • 8min
April 7, 2025: A Love Letter to the Library
Libraries serve a unique function in society: hubs of reading, literacy, and knowledge that are also havens for children and families in need; people seeking vital career skills and public health access; and more. And as many others have observed, they are one of the few remaining places where we can go without the expectation of spending money. Libraries are special, and Inspired Teaching has had a front-row seat to just how special the DC Public Libraries are.
DigDC Oral History repository: https://digdc.dclibrary.org/do/96cec815-f69e-4e70-89a3-afc05cf96758
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