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I am sitting in front of an empty Google Docs page, and I have writer’s block. This is ironic, a word I am never sure I am using correctly but feels appropriate here, because I have spent the last two months observing Justin Romick do a masterful job teaching seniors how to generate writing. The 3 months before that were spent with John Leistler, also an exceptional teacher of writing, yet I have writer’s block.
In a recent TAP seminar meeting, Anne Bruder asked us to consider what the top priorities are in our job as educators. Oh, thanks, Anne! That’s simple! Ha! Well, in some ways it is, and she herself offered the suggestion that a top priority is to “calibrate challenges for our students.” I like that. Another colleague stated that a top priority is to “meet students where they are.” I nodded. For many years when I
Germany, Czech Republic, Poland Deerfield Travel Programs “Dream and Reality” A group of students will travel to Berlin, Prague, Krakow and Auschwitz. Students will explore the idea of monument and its role in public memory, focusing on the Holocaust, and how Germany, Czechoslovakia and Poland responded in the late 20th century and early 21st century to the study of Holocaust memory, public art, and their fusion in contemporary life. Students will be introduced to the
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Ben ’24 and Lauren S. ’24, reflect on the groups visit to Terezìn, Lottie ’25, describes the various historical sites visited during a walking tour of Prague, and Lauren L. ’24, shares a fun architectural fact.
Ben ’24 and Lauren S. ’24, reflect on the groups visit to Terezìn, Lottie ’25, describes the various historical sites visited during a walking tour of Prague, and Lauren L. ’24, shares a fun architectural fact.
Oliver ’26, Avery ’24, Sasha ’25, and David ’25, reflect on their time visiting historic memorials and monuments of Berlin.
Oliver ’26, Avery ’24, Sasha ’25, and David ’25, reflect on their time visiting historic memorials and monuments of Berlin.
It is such a privilege to observe a colleague teaching a lesson. In an earlier chapter in my career, I had the good fortune to observe a different colleague teach nearly every school day. In my first two years at Deerfield, however, that opportunity had not presented itself frequently, and before this school year I only had the opportunity to observe one lone class. The prospect of observing a class reminds me of the excitement
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