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Dave Stuart Jr.

“We’re On Pause”

December 18, 2020 By Dave Stuart Jr. 2 Comments

When my son and I are wrestling, he’s got a self-awarded superpower: any time he says, “Pause,” I’ve got to stop moving while he gets to reposition himself, readjust his cape, or (most frequently) obtain a lightsaber from his room. “Pause!” he’ll say with his almost-four-year-old voice. And off he goes to prepare for whatever […]

What Keeps the Fire? Here Are Two Skillsets that Motivated Career Educators Have in Common

December 15, 2020 By Dave Stuart Jr. Leave a Comment

Teaching is one of the best jobs in the world because of its large impact potential in two areas: Externally, teaching affords us the unmatched privilege of contributing to the education of human beings. Few endeavors are as wrought with possibility as the teaching of people. And each day, we’re paid to participate in this […]

Things That Help: Taking a Walk When I’m Stuck, or the Five-Out-Five-In

December 10, 2020 By Dave Stuart Jr. 6 Comments

Most afternoons, I find myself stuck at least once: in a lesson plan, a stack of (digitally submitted) essays, a writer’s puzzle, a problem of practice I can’t solve. Now there are rare times when I find it best to push through when I’m stuck. But more frequently, I find that it’s better to take […]

“Cameras On… Please?” Ideas for Turning Empty Squares into Faces

December 8, 2020 By Dave Stuart Jr. 5 Comments

This isn’t going to be me wading into the Great Camera Debate of 2020 but is instead me processing strategies for getting more students to turn their cameras on during whole-class, synchronous instruction. But Dave, why? Way back in the day, I wrote a post describing how humanization is only possible in spaces where we […]

Sandcastles v. the Himalayas: On Weak and Strong Boundaries

December 3, 2020 By Dave Stuart Jr. 1 Comment

In a world of remote and hybrid instruction, there’s lots of talk about boundaries. It comes up in professional development, during staff meetings, on blogs and Twitter: boundaries, boundaries, boundaries. And the topic is a worthy one. As I’ve said, constraints make us better. The path to freeing ourselves up to doing our best work is marked by self-imposed […]

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