Center for Inspired Teaching

Kick off the new year with Inspired Teaching's upcoming PD opportunities in January! ➡️ ONLINE | Monday, January 6 | 7PM ET | Cultivating Curiosity: Self-Management & Goal Setting In this webinar, discover engaging strategies for practicing self-management and goal setting. Gain insights from Adrian Loving—a multifaceted art teacher, contemporary art and music historian, visual artist, and DJ/entrepreneur—as he shares his creative perspective on the topic. ➡️ IN PERSON | Thursday, January 16 | 4:30 - 6 PM ET | 5 Ways to Teach About Goals | Location: MLK Library In this in-person workshop, we'll dive into research that shows a correlation between hope and the ability to achieve goals. We'll also practice five different activities to help your students plan toward reaching goals, use improvisational thinking to troubleshoot challenges, and build confidence and motivation. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gmFeQsbA #Education #Teachers #ProfessionalDevelopment

🌠 Activity Spotlight: Automatic Writing 📝 One way to stimulate our imaginations is to relax and let our minds flow uninterrupted. Automatic writing gives us the space to do just that by offering a series of prompts guiding us through a line of thinking that is entirely unexpected. Learn more here about this #Inspired2Learn activity here: https://lnkd.in/e7sCJUwW #InspiredTeaching #TeacherTips #TeacherResources

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2024 is Polarization. What would it take make Curiosity the choice for 2025? #Curiosity #Education #Teach

How can teachers support those students who struggle academically? Esther Wojcicki has a straightforward answer: Believe in them.

TOMORROW, IN PERSON ➡️ Self-Care Matters! In this workshop, veteran educator and Teaching with Improvisation Fellow Kalpana Kumar Sharma will introduce participants to healthy intake habits, simple yoga exercises that benefit physical health, ways to bring positive energy into our days, and a 5-minute routine to ensure we prioritize even a little bit of time for ourselves every day. There’s still time to register for free here: https://lnkd.in/gmFeQsbA #Education #Teachers #ProfessionalDevelopment

Join Inspired Teaching on Monday, January 6 for a peek into one of our Inspired Teaching Institutes! Inspired Teaching Institutes are FREE, improvisation-based professional development for teachers and school leaders. They move participants beyond passive professional learning: Inspired Teaching teaches the way people learn best – with our whole selves. Each month, we offer online and in-person opportunities to learn with us. In January, we'll be joined virtually by Adrian Loving, an artist, educator, and entrepreneur who will share his experience setting and reaching goals. While these professional development workshops are designed with teachers and school leaders in mind, we invite everyone with an interest in transforming the school experience to participate via LinkedIn Live; it's a great opportunity to learn more about Inspired Teaching! See you there! #Education #Teach #LinkedInLive

Esther Wojcicki is not only an innovative, inspiring educator, advocate, and author, nicknamed "The Godmother of Silicon Valley" -- she's also a friend to Inspired Teaching! President and Founder Aleta Margolis spoke with Esther recently for her insight into the many ways engagement manifests in the classroom -- from helping ALL students succeed to a very real example of the necessity for student-led learning! Make sure to listen to their conversation on the Hooray For Monday podcast. #Education #Teach #Respect #Curiosity

"I want to have a say in what happens to me." AUTONOMY is the need for independence and self-determination; the ability to make choices, to create, to explore, and to express oneself freely; to have sufficient space, to move around, and to feel unrestricted in determining choices and free will. Learn how you can help your students meet this need here: https://lnkd.in/eukrwJAR

Our work to fuel critical thinking and curiosity, and make school joyful and engaging, has never been more vital or timely. We could not do what we do without you! This #GivingTuesday, we're doing the giving -- find exclusive free resources at the link below as our "Thank You" for your support! https://ow.ly/jrYO50UipqJ #Gratitude

ONLINE TONIGHT at 7PM ET ➡️Cultivating Curiosity: Confident Self-Awareness In this webinar, we'll explore the ABCDE of Learner Needs, and Rebecca Winthrop, author of the forthcoming book The Disengaged Teen, will share strategies for igniting students’ curiosity, building self-awareness, and emotional regulation. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gmFeQsbA #Education #Teachers #ProfessionalDevelopment