Ten Things I Wish I Knew in My First Year as Tenure-Track Faculty By Sarah J. Donovan Making the leap from K-12 teaching to a tenure-track faculty position is an exciting yet daunting journey. In this video, I’m reflecting on my first year as a …
Understanding Tenure: K-12 vs University
Thinking about making the move to higher education as a teacher? It’s worth considering the tenure process, so how does tenure work in K-12 vs higher education? Today, we’re diving into a topic that’s often misunderstood: the differences between tenure in K-12 education versus higher …
The PhD Application Process
Ready to start the next stage of your teaching career? If you are thinking about applying to a PhD program, you will need to prepare a few documents. In this video, I talk about 1) the writing sample, 2) letters of reference, and 3) the …
Things K-12 Teachers Need to Know Before Starting a PhD Program
Considering a PhD? We’re diving into a topic that’s been on many teachers’ minds: starting a PhD program. If you’re a K-12 teacher thinking about this big step, stay tuned because we’re covering the top 10 things you need to know before you begin this …
Tens of Reasons to Celebrate
Dear Ethical ELA Community, Thank you. Your steadfast support, thoughtful engagement, and shared passion for ethical and inclusive English language arts instruction have shaped this site into what it is today. Ethical ELA is not just a blog; it’s a living, breathing community, one that …
Thirty Thanks
Sarah lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma with her partner Dan who likes to ask, “What did you write about today?” She was a teacher of readers and writers in junior high for 15 years before making her way into teacher education at Oklahoma State University. Sarah …
Interactive Read Aloud with Picturebooks in High School
What is an interactive read aloud? An interactive read aloud is an instructional strategy done whole-class in which the teacher reads aloud a text to the class. What makes it interactive is that the teacher makes intentional pauses for conversation with students about different aspects …
Informational Writers Workshop
Informational Writers Workshop This writers workshop series focuses on writing a particular mode and genre with students. See other posts within this series such as personal narrative, short story, poetry, and more here. This post is about crafting informational texts. Informational texts can live in …
Poetry Writers Workshop
Poetry Writers Workshop This writers workshop series includes tutorials on writing a particular mode and genre with students. See the entire series here: personal narrative, short story, poetry, informational, personal argument, research-based argument, interviewing, descriptive paragraph, and comic. This post is about writing poetry. A …
Short Story Writers Workshop
Short Story Writers Workshop This writers workshop series focuses on writing a particular mode and genre with students. See all the tutorials here: personal narrative, poetry, informational, personal arguments, research-based arguments, interviews, comic, and descriptive paragraph. This post is about short story. A short story …