The Collaborative for Teaching and Learning (CTL), a non-profit Louisville-based education agency, is seeking candidates for an Educational Programs Specialist position in mathematics.
Job Opening- Mathematics Programs Specialist
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Teaching Critical Vocabulary
Teachers must focus students on the purpose for reading, and plan vocabulary instruction in a way that directly supports that purpose and content. As the authors point out, knowledge of “photosynthesis”, a tier 3 word, will hardly…
CTL in a Nutshell
CTL had to dig deep into communication and collaboration–skills we help teachers develop in their students–to develop a short animated video that describes our work. We had to ask ourselves what we do and for whom; what our mission…
CTL Artful Reading Project
As part of Artful Reading, students and teachers are learning about creating, responding and producing works of art. Here’s what happened in one classroom focused on the visual arts.
Action Steps to Achieve Equity
During CTL’s 20th Anniversary Celebration, educators and policy makers developed actionable steps to address one of three forum themes—equity, innovation and systems change.
Innovation: The Central Role the Arts Play in Student Learning: CTL 20th Anniversary Blog Series
The Arts Education Partnership identifies a number of strategies and approaches for school leaders, such as establishing a school-wide commitment through stated goals and budgeting and making arts learning “visible”…
OUR FAILING SCHOOLS. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!: CTL 20th Anniversary Blog Series
Geoffrey Canada’s TED Talk: CTL is marking its 20th anniversary with an education forum and celebration in September. In advance of that event, we’ve invited national, state and local educational leaders to share their ideas on the themes of innovation, equity and systems change through a series of blogs, the first of which were posted August 1 and August 8. Today’s postings include two such blogs plus a TED talk by Geoffrey Canada, architect of the Harlem Children’s Zone in New York