Make Teaching Sustainable

Is the #ScienceofReading actually new? How does curriculum development and planning easily become unsustainable? Does boxed curriculum support or hinder teachers?

Paul talks with Kate Roberts about the importance of sustainable curriculum development and why teacher agency, voice, and choice will support teachers in reaching sustainability.

You can learn more about Kate at www.kateandmaggie.com. Find her on social media at @kateandmaggie.

You can lend your voice to the Sustainable Teaching project by visting www.maketeachingsustainable.org. Looking to be a guest on the podcast? Reach out to [email protected].

Much like Earth itself, education is experiencing a climate crisis. The situation isn’t yet hopeless, but simply telling teachers to take better care of themselves will not solve the problem. Instead, we must change the way we conceptualize and enact sustainable instruction in classrooms. We can do this by embracing six mindset shifts for #SustainableTeaching:

Humanity over Industry

Collectivism over Individualism

Empowerment over Control

Minimalism over Maximalism

Process over Product

Flexibility over Fixedness

For more information on the six mindset shifts, you can check out Make Teaching Sustainable: Six Shifts Teachers Want and Students Need.

You can lend your voice to the Sustainable Teaching project by visiting www.maketeachingsustainable.org.

Looking to be a guest on the podcast? Reach out to [email protected].