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Emanuel Harper sitting at a table in his French classroom

“The deeper I immersed myself, the more I realized: It was my calling to bring that same superpower to students in my own community.”

Emanuel's story ⬇️
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Double exposure portrait of educator Benjamin Grignon on Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin

In honor of #IndigenousPeoplesDay, recirculating the words of Benjamin Grignon from Menominee Indian School District:

“If students aren't safe, if they’re not comfortable, if they don’t feel loved in your classroom, then they won’t be ready to learn.”

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Education - K-12 - Apple Learning Coach Discover how Apple Learning Coach inspires teachers and leaders in the classroom and beyond.

I love this new video and the #AppleLearningCoach program.

Genuine, thoughtful, *human* attention to detail is a beautiful thing.

“Apple just have it right. They've clearly spent time, and they genuinely care. The whole program is done perfectly.”

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Cesarina sitting in her classroom with a vase of colorful flowers, beside a monitor that reflects a mirror image of her

“Why do I want to go explore space, when there's so much that I can do here on Earth?”

Cesarina's story⬇️
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Harper Gambill in his Baltimore classroom

“Teaching stood out to me as a way to do something good in the world in a way that had a really tangible impact.”

Harper's story⬇️
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Alicia Jones in her classroom

“At 55, I looked at myself and asked, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’”

Alicia's story ⬇️
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During #TeacherAppreciationWeek, we’re not just saying thank you — we’re creating space for teachers to be heard. 📣

Teachers in Their Power and Xperiential just launched a free guide to help PreK–12 teachers record & publish their stories 🎬🔥
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Nearly three decades into his teaching career, Michael is still in… | Kat Clark Nearly three decades into his teaching career, Michael is still in Arlington Public Schools —showing up & building the kind of classroom community where students feel seen and invited to care abou...

Nearly 3 decades into his teaching career, Michael is still in @apsva.us—showing up & building the kind of classroom community where students feel seen and invited to care about the world around them. 👏

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Michael in his high school history classroom

“It was a wake-up call for me because, as exciting as it was to be a 19-year-old working at the White House... I knew right then that teaching was something I was destined to do.”

Michael's story⬇️
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“James was my friend with Down syndrome who I played dinosaurs with all day... We were all in the same class, learning together.”

Read Winona's #specialeducation story⬇️

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Teacher Nya Griffin in her Philadelphia classroom

“I realized that what I needed most was support.”

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We’re launching our first-ever video contest, calling on students to answer the question, 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭?

𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 + 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬!
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1st place wins $2500!
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Vanessa in her kindergarten classroom

“Honestly, the biggest issue was my confidence. I just did not feel confident teaching. Now, I feel a lot more comfortable and confident. It just took me some time.”

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Ja’Rahn Leveston | Transforming students through the arts | Teachers in Their Power My mom taught for 30 years. And after I went to grad school she said, ‘Why don't you get some experience in the city schools?’ I did it, and I haven't left. You get really attached to the work and the...

“We took a group of students from all four of the schools that I work in to the Kennedy Center...

That was a big moment. It was a big moment in our momentum toward our job, which is trying to transform students’ experiences in schools through the arts.”

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Kareem Neal in his classroom

“The special ed students were really authentic. They were hugging each other. They were just really different. I wanted to be a part of that.”

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Marigolds

“There’s a piece of advice that I love. It’s from the Cult of Pedagogy, and it’s called ‘find your marigold.’

It’s the one essential rule for new teachers... your growth early on depends on who you’re planting yourself next to.”
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Benjamin Grignon | Teaching within the Menominee Indian Reservation | Teachers in Their Power I was full-on ready to be a full-time artist. And then I was invited to be a teacher at a summer institute in Denver, through the Native American Youth Outreach Program. I think it was seeing those ki...

“It was seeing kids connect to our indigenous ways that changed me.”
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Ebony Manion | The many jobs of teaching | Teachers in Their Power –Ebony ManionTeacher at Synergy SchoolSan Francisco, CA

“As #teachers, we have many jobs in the classroom: you’re the doctor, lawyer, parent, counselor, and kids come to school with different needs, and you’re filling that role for them.”
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Ben Williams looks out the window of his social studies classroom in Washington, DC

“When I was finishing up my degree, I became really motivated to want to do my part to make the world a better place. I thought that it made sense to become a teacher.”

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Chris Dier | Collective trauma and collective hope | Teachers in Their Power –Chris Dier Teacher at Ben Franklin High SchoolNew Orleans, LA

“That’s when I realized how teachers mobilize in so many different ways, beyond just showing up in the classroom. They’re community activists and advocates, and that’s why teachers are so overwhelmed sometimes.”
@chrisdier.bsky.social

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Ashleen Calhan smiling in her classroom in Philadelphia

“I'm a pretty active person, and I hated being stuck behind a desk. I love that #teaching allows me to walk and move around and be fidgety and animated and kind of goofy sometimes.”
–Ashleen Calhan, Philadelphia

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Teachers in Their Power | A storytelling project Teachers in Their Power is a storytelling project focused on changing the narrative about the teaching profession.

Teachers in Their Power is a storytelling project focused on changing the narrative about the #teaching profession.

It’s time to highlight teachers’ voices and the steps we can take to keep powerful teachers in our schools.

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