Last year, ten SLA students participated in a weeklong exchange to with a group in one of our sister cities, Frankfurt, Germany. Was it a paradigm-shifting, mind-blowing experience for the kids we took? Yes and yes. Since returning, those students are busy learning German, plotting their return exchanges for college, and stalking tickets back to Frankfurt for the week after graduation. I know how powerful international travel can be.

My Stories as a Lifelong Learner and Teacher. Posted in Writing in the Classroom. Are there any connections between connected learning and professional development? What does connected learning look like in a 21.

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CEL supports literacy leaders as they learn and lead. Cultivating Novice Teachers as Teacher-Leaders. What does it mean to be a teacher? I often think about this question as I prepare for the two methods courses on reading and writing pedagogy I teach to the students enrolled in the undergraduate secondary English education program at my school. For my students, being a teacher means.