“What students bring to class is where learning begins.
It starts there and goes places.”
Ira Shor. (1992). Empowering Education: Critical Teaching for Social Change
I believe teaching is about enriching students’ lives, forging connections with their communities, and using their questions to drive the learning process.
As a teacher, I aim to use my talents, professional knowledge and expertise to enable my students’ access to the powerful texts and multiple literacy practices of our society.
My teaching is informed by the principles of social justice, democracy and environmental sustainability. I firmly believe that no child deserves to be left behind; and I hope to help my students become the informed, empowered and innovative global citizens of the 21st Century.
As revised January 2010