Teaching Philosophy

Sex Education

It seems so simple. Why can't we just put the moralizing aside and do what's right and best for our children and teenagers? We need to take a good, honest look at the lousy sex education infrastructure we have in our nation's school system. It's not working folks....

“International evidence suggests that high-quality sex and relationship education that puts sex in its proper context, that starts early enough to make a difference and that gives youngsters the confidence and ability to make well-informed decisions helps young people delay their first sexual experience and leads to lower teenage pregnancy levels.”

quoted in recent NYTimes Op-Ed piece.

Writing Instruction Resource

The Write Genre: Classroom Activities and Mini-Lessons that Promote Writing with Clarity, Style, and Flashes of Brilliance. Lori Jamison Rog and Paul Kropp

This is a great reference for the instructor developing a genre-based writing course. It relies heavily on the Six Traits of Writing system. It contains useful writing examples, rubrics, and graphic organizers. While focusing on a later elementary and middle school classroom, the activities are easily adaptable to high school.

Introduction

This page will host short entries focusing on public education and the teaching process. It is a professional page, so opinion will be kept to an appropriate minimum. If you visit, you will find questions, the facts (as they are known), and (hopefully) the resources to find the answers.