Stories, interviews, and videos where teachers discuss how administration supported them.
I was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, a city shaped by the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement and generations of excellence. Growing up in that environment, I learned that leadership was about service. Inspired by Congressman John Lewis,…
In the back of my head, I think I knew from a very young age that I wanted to be a teacher. It was mostly about finding the right subject matter that got me super excited about teaching. I remember…
My younger sister and I are 15 years apart. When I was in college studying creative writing, she was just starting kindergarten and struggling with her sight words. She has ADHD, and my parents couldn’t afford a tutor. So when…
I studied history at the University of Michigan, and I played music for fun. I thought, ‘Okay, I'll graduate, and then I'll go start a band.’ That's what I did. We were called ‘Or, The Whale.’ I ended up moving…
I always thought I wanted to go into law. I saw all these courtroom drama TV shows growing up, and that's what I wanted to do. I went to the University of Wisconsin–Madison with the intention of eventually going into…
My mother is a teacher. She is a wholehearted teacher. I grew up seeing her face light up with joy every time her students came up to her on the street: ‘Oh, hi, Miss, do you remember me? I was…
I never thought of becoming a teacher. Early on, I wanted to be a pediatrician, but I was more interested in studying mental health and behavior vs. other sciences, so I thought, ‘Psychology would work.’ I thought it was a…
At first, I didn't want to be a teacher. I come from teachers. My mother's a teacher, my grandmother was a teacher — on my mother's side, there are teachers all the way back to slavery. I grew up in…
Three art teachers from Brown Deer High School in Brown Deer, Wisconsin share their perspectives on teaching and learning.
I went to high school here in San Leandro, at the school where I teach. We have three ‘academy programs,’ where students can apply to go through 10th through 12th grade in cohorts focused on multimedia, business and finance, or…