Our next featured artist/educator in the #AskATeach Series is the one, the only, Sheri Sanders! MM: First things first, when did you realize you wanted to have a career in the entertainment industry? Sheri: I remember being 6 and there was a talent show at PS School #5 in Yonkers, New York and I sang Edelweiss…
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#AskATeach: Daniel Sack
Hello Beautiful People, Daniel Sack holds a joint appointment in the Commonwealth Honors College and the English Department at UMass. He received his BA in English with a concentration in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Brandeis University and MA/PhD from Stanford University’s Drama Department. Before coming to UMass, he was on the faculty in the School of…
#AskATeach – Justin Cimino
Hello Beautiful People, I’m pleased to introduce you to the next teaching artist in our Ask A Teach series, Justin Cimino. Justin Cimino received his BFA in Drama from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and has trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He is an actor in NYC and has…
Ask A Teach: Charmian Lyons
Hello Beautiful People, Our next featured educator in the Ask a Teach Series is Charmian Lyons. Charmain was born and raised in Kingston Upon Hull. She started playing Suzuki violin from a young age and then played various other instruments before settling on the oboe, which she then went on to study to Diploma level….
#AskATeach: Annie Worden
Hello Beautiful People! Next up in our #AskATeach Series is the lovely Annie Worden. Annie is an actress of both film and stage who has appeared in numerous theatrical productions in New York City and across the United States, and the author of Misadventures in the Art of Movie Makin’ (in which she also starred in…
#AskATeach: End of Year Shenanigans
Hello Beautiful People, Forgive me, as the #AskATeach column has been lacking these past few weeks. It was intended to be a column of advice for teachers, parents, and students. A place for the education community to shed some light on the education related stories that wound up on the news. And yet, we’ve dropped…
#AskATeach: How will you remember Dr. Maya Angelou?
Hello Beautiful People, My heart is heavy today. There was a completely different post that was scheduled to go out for the #AskATeach column today. Completely. Different. But then, well, then I found out that Dr. Maya Angelou had passed way, and well, that post didn’t seem right. It didn’t seem to fit. It didn’t…
#AskATeach: ETHICS
Hello Beautiful People, People. Baffle. My. Mind. Truly. Before I dive into this, let me rewind. My parents, now retired, were public school teachers for over thirty years. My father, when he wasn’t teaching, was directing a show in a theater somewhere on Long Island and/or New York City (hey, it’s genetic). My mother taught…
#AskATeach – Media Buzz
Hello Beautiful People, Due to the email flooding that we’ve recieved, and the brilliance of our dear Deidra, the #AskATeach column will be taking a different turn. From this point forward, our posts on thewriteteachers.com will be focused on events occuring in schools that are gaining a large amount of media attention. We’ll be discussing these…
#AskATeach: Homework
Hello Beautiful People, Here’s the question of the week, from parents, from teachers, from students – HOMEWORK. How much is too much? How much is too little? Where’s the balance? I for one, think that it should be to reinforce what you’ve done, if your students need it. Sometimes…they don’t. What do YOU think? Live,…