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TagTeaching & Grad School
Teaching is an important part of graduate school. I know there are some people who don’t want to teach, and that’s cool, but for those..
The Importance of Student Evaluations
It’s that time of year again. I keep seeing reminders for submitting my Student Evaluations for the classes that I am taking. With eve..
I’m Thankful for Teachers
It is that time of the year when observations can begin to feel a tiny bit tedious. You’ve spent time contacting schools and teachers,..
A Look at Art Education MAT Homework: What’s in a Classroom Management Plan?
If there’s one thing I like about my program (there’s definitely more than one thing, but this is the biggest), it’s that the professo..
Teaching as Learning, Classroom as Community
I recently spoke to Ames Hawkin’s Theory and Praxis class about my experience being a Graduate Student Instructor and the transition f..
Ask an Art Teacher: My Interview with Eric Hill
Eric Hill is one of four art teachers at Lincoln Park High School, and I’m excited to say he’ll be my cooperating teacher for my stude..
Meet The Teachers: Rachel Bernkopf
Every now and again I mention on Marginalia how diverse and unique my classmates are. Columbia’s teaching program seems to attract a r..
Teacher Observations
At the beginning of this semester, I got a lot of questions from the first year students about teacher observations. Getting observati..
Conservation Unit Part III: Landfill Lesson Plan
This is the third part of our unit plan for our Middle School Methods course. This lesson plan is included in our month long unit on ..
Conservation Unit Part II: Family Night
Last week, I shared Part I of my 8th grade unit on conservation, which was an annotated list of activities that would take place in So..