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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Jan 26, 2025 • 39min
January 27, 2025: Not Just a Mars Rover
Arts educator, NASA outreach professional, and design thinker Sandra Vilevec shares her thoughts with us.
Glucose Studios: https://www.glucosestudios.org/about-9
Join the Curiosity Challenge: https://inspiredteaching.org/curiosity-challenge-2025/
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Jan 19, 2025 • 8min
January 20, 2025: Curiosity and Dr. King
Carrying forth the legacy of Dr. King is as much a call for curiosity as it is for service.
Written version: https://inspiredteaching.org/curiosity-dr-king-hooray-for-monday
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Join the Inspired Teaching 7-Day Curiosity Challenge, beginning January 21: https://inspiredteaching.org/curiosity-challenge-2025/
Jan 12, 2025 • 8min
January 13, 2025: Ditching the Agenda
Which kind of questions serve to teach us something, and which just make us think we did?
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Jan 5, 2025 • 27min
January 6, 2025: Be Observant
Jenna shares highlights from her conversation with Inspired Teachers Ada Ezeh and Shay Schoppert -- PreK teachers in Washington, DC -- when they joined the November online Inspired Teaching Institute.
Join the 2025 Curiosity Challenge: https://inspiredteaching.org/curiosity-challenge-2025/
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Dec 29, 2024 • 8min
December 30, 2024: Best of 2024
Revisit some of our favorite issues of Hooray For Monday from 2024!
Written version: https://inspiredteaching.org/top-10-2024-hooray-for-monday/
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Curiosity Challenge 2025: https://inspiredteaching.org/curiosity-challenge/
Education Experts and Changemakers playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEulY3cS7KvkcmJ3RGcTukwn_w7vNYkh1
Dec 22, 2024 • 5min
December 23, 2024: Curiosity Demands Play
Jenna is inspired by game night and a recent article in The Atlantic to explore the benefits of having fun and playing outside our comfort zones.
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Dec 15, 2024 • 5min
December 16, 2024: Polarization. And How to Beat It
Polarization is the Merriam-Webster Word of the Year; what would it take to make Curiosity 2025's?
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Dec 8, 2024 • 35min
December 9, 2024: Meet Esther Wojcicki
Esther Wojcicki, a renowned educator and author of "How to Raise Successful People," dives into the future of education. She discusses the transformative power of student-led learning and the importance of resilience in kids' education. Esther shares her innovative teaching methods that emphasize kindness and independence while tackling the challenges of technology in classrooms. The conversation also explores the role of AI and smartphones in enhancing student engagement, advocating for critical thinking and diverse viewpoints in discussion.
Dec 1, 2024 • 14min
December 2, 2024: Sharing Our Gratitude
Research shows that when we share our gratitude with others, we boost our own feelings of wellbeing and simultaneously inspire those around us to be more generous, kind, and helpful, as well. This week's Hooray For Monday features the Inspired Teaching staff sharing their gratitude for the teachers who helped shape our lives.
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Nov 24, 2024 • 21min
November 25, 2024: Inspired Teaching in Kyiv Classrooms
Listen to Olena Poteriaiko, an English teacher in Ukraine, share her experience at the Teaching with Improvisation Fellowship Institute this summer and how she is integrating what she’s learned into her classroom and school community.
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