Editor’s note: The following excerpt is from Director Emily Bartels’ opening night talk at the Vermont Campus, June, 2015. But there is a side to Bread Loaf that happens long after our intensive summer of study together is done. I’ve seen it across the country. On the Navajo Nation, Navajo students are taking the lead,
[continue reading…]
by Mary O’Brien Guerrero, Owner of El Taller and Book Store and Café Lawrence, Massachusetts MA ’04 “Lawrence is like a big book of history.” —Joel Tshimbolonga, sixth grade student from Rising Loaves In a quiet red brick compound on the corner of Essex and Union Streets in the heart of Lawrence, students attend the Bread
[continue reading…]
by Sheri Skelton Language Arts Teacher White Mountain School White Mountain, AK MA ’97 Observation and reflection are key elements in my teaching practice. I have several boxes of scattered notebooks, typed pages, and handwritten scraps of paper—my thoughts about my students, my classroom, my teaching, standards, etc. Some of the writings are thoughtful and
[continue reading…]
by David B. Wandera MA ’08, MLitt ’13 Doctoral Candidate, The Ohio State University Several years have passed since I wrote an article under the title, “Mabeshte is Cool: Teaching Young Writers in Nairobi.” In this present article I revisit one key concept that underpins that original article and which frames my approaches to practice,
[continue reading…]
by Brendan McGrath Grade 3 Teacher Thomas Kenney School Dorchester, MA MA ’08 In the summer of 2005, while I was studying in a cubicle in Middlebury College’s library, I opened an email regarding my students’ Alaska state standards test scores. My students had shown massive growth with proficient scores, which was the first
[continue reading…]
Editor’s note: Inspired by a quick drop-in to Professor Cheryl Glenn’s “Rhetoric’s Power” course in June 2015, this post has been collaboratively produced with Bread Loaf students Mary Sisson, Jessica Candlin, and Hayley Shapland, along with Professor Glenn. We welcome comments from other class participants who have generously shared work samples. As an advocate for including teacher voice in
[continue reading…]
by Brent Peters English and Food Literacy Teacher Fern Creek Traditional High School Louisville, Kentucky BLSE ’16, funded by the C. E. and S. Foundation Editor’s note: Brent Peters composed this piece in Professor Jennifer Wicke’s Critical Writing class at BLSE Vermont, Summer 2015. We start our Food Lit. class at Fern Creek High School with a food
[continue reading…]
by Bill Rich Vermont Bread Loaf Teacher Network Coordinator and Project Director MA ’99 On September 18—after a summer of restructuring, redesigning, and re-energizing—the VT-BLTN team welcomed this year’s cohort of 21 middle and high school students to Middlebury College for a day-long kickoff of What’s the Story? The Vermont Young People Social Action Team,
[continue reading…]
Ty Fierce Metteba is a senior at Window Rock High School in Fort Defiance, Arizona. He represents Navajo Community Health Outreach as a youth ambassador. Ty loves to camp, hike, and travel, especially with Pollen Circles, Inc. He plays first viola in the Window Rock High School Orchestra. He lives in Deer Springs, Arizona, with his mom and
[continue reading…]
Dariana Guerrero is a Lawrence High School graduate and now a sophomore at Smith College, majoring in English and Education. She’s been an Andover Bread Loaf (ABL) Writing Leader for five consecutive years, and she has presented at the National Council of Teachers of English annual conference. Dariana was inspired to write “Inner City Dreamer” in response to
[continue reading…]
