I love poetry. I love all forms of poetry.
Short.  
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Classic. Concrete.
LOUD!
BIG!
VIBRANT!

in your FACE poetry.

I love poems about nature, love poems, free verse, laugh-out-loud and silly poems, whimsical poetry, serious soul-stirring poetry, even scary and creepy poems.
April is National Poetry Month. Visit Poetry.org for resources. Sign up to receive a Poem-a-Day by e-mail.
Or…tune into HBO’s Brave New Voices and rethink how you teach Poetry [...]

Tom Hermensky, a local teacher was recognized by the Ohio Lottery for his excellence as a 5th grade science teacher. Listen to this podcast and learn how Tom brings his science classroom alive through hands-on projects, experiments and active learning.
Listen and Learn: [audio: http://www.centerforleadership.org/podcasts/Teacher-Feature3-TomH.mp3]
Nominate a great teacher in your school is district at the Ohio [...]

As I walked out of the public library last evening, a reserved and eagerly awaited for book in hand, gratitude filled my heart as I thought to myself, “I am proud to be a librarian.”
Driving toward the mall, I described to my husband why I enjoy being a school librarian: If the work I do each day in my school helps [...]

Tags: classroom, education, joy, Leadership, professional learning community, reading, students, teaching, Whole Child

“Teachers will live up to their potential as leaders only when the school environment supports their efforts.”

Listen to a conversation with Dr. Craig Phillips of North Ridgeville City Schools: [audio:http://www.centerforleadership.org/podcasts/Phillips.mp3]
Learn how North Ridgeville utilizes the principles of Universal Design for Learning and other select initiatives to help build teacher capacity and increase student achievement.
Take a look at North Ridgeville’s [...]

Tags: craig phillips, empowering teachers, Leadership, north ridgevile, Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Click here to visit The Center for Courage and Renewal and listen to a podcast about Parker’s book, The Courage to Teach.  
In you are interested in participating in our very popular and “Courageous” book study this summer – please contact us. We look forward to meeting you.

Tags: courage to teach, parker palmer

Christine Foote, an Instructional Coach with the Lakewood City Schools facilitated a dynamite presentation during the Middle and High School Network Meetings in January. Listen below for her presentation, keeping in mind that this was a live discussion. There are times when participants without mics interacted and there is also a spot where Christine had some unknown mic trouble (fuzzy noise). 
Listen and Learn:[audio:http://www.centerforleadership.org/podcasts/FA_CF.mp3]
View: [...]

Tags: christine foote, formative assessment, lakewood, westerville

I am in Boston at the Convention of the Council for Exceptional Children. Throughout the morning and afternoon, I attended a series of UDL presentations hosted by Grace Meo and David Rose, among others. Following lunch, David introduced the 1:15 session with a comment reflecting CAST’s beliefs regarding intervention, assessment, curriculum and children. David’s comment [...]

Tags: cast, convention, council for exceptional children, curriculum, Universal Design for Learning (UDL)