by Elizabeth Peterson | General Education Topics
It can be quite a discussion when negotiations come around. How much “prep” time do we allow teachers to have? How much “free” time should they get a week? How much time away from students do they really need each day? Regardless of how much...
by Elizabeth Peterson | General Education Topics
Over the past few months, I have become involved in two very powerful teaching communities: a PLC and a PLN. Both of these collaborative groups have changed my teaching in very positive ways, mostly because the premise behind each of them is to gain knowledge through...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration
PLaiC is now a new venture for me. It is a Professional Learning Community centered around Arts Integration. What a wonderful example of community. In this case it was a community of teachers getting together to talk freely about their profession and their passion for...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration
March is Music in Our Schools month. So let’s focus a couple of blogs on it! It is not an accident that we chose “community” as the focus for this month either, because music is a very powerful community builder! Years ago, I came across this wonderful quote: “No...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration
Inspired by Chopin’s Prelude in A Major Op.28, No. 7 (48 sec.) This is a special collection of poems composed by workshop participants at the TIC Workshop “Building Creativity, Community and Character Through Music” on Saturday 3/6. These and other...
