 2..4..6..8.. How Do We All Celebrate?? (AndreaCleveland)
posted Sun November 20th 2011 @ 9:12 PM
There are so many ways we can help our students celebrate the successes they create every single day in every single minute. I've learned some really cute ones over the years, and my current students come up with their own ways to celebrate - which are always welcome. Read More »
 What Side of the Box are YOU On? (AndreaCleveland)
posted Fri October 7th 2011 @ 2:52 PM
On June 22, 2007, I spoke at an eighth grade graduation in Brooklyn. The topic was “Think Outside the Box.” I wanted to show the kids that their thoughts and beliefs are mirrored in their lives, and that they should pay close attention to what they believe to be true. I started out by asking the crowd of 63 graduates and their guardians to raise their hands if they thought that it was difficult to get good grades or a good job. Most of the graduates raised their hands. Then I asked them if they thought that it was hard to make a lot of money. Once again, virtually all of the graduates-and their parents raised their hands. Then, I asked them to raise their hands if they believed they could be, do, and have any and everything they wanted in life. Read More »
 A Reflection of Me: Why My Students Disrespected Me (AndreaCleveland)
posted Fri October 7th 2011 @ 2:34 PM
Flashback to Brownsville, Brooklyn, September 13, 2004. It was still a hot day, since summer hadn’t quite left the building. It was also the day I met the 22 fifth graders that would change the way I looked at myself—and teaching forever. I was just getting back into the elementary school thing after working at SCORE! Educational Centers as the Advantage Program Director for one of their larger Brooklyn centers, and helping to ramp- up a new center in the heart of Flatbush, Brooklyn. Up until that point, I had already been working with inner city kids for six years, and thought I had it down pack. But, as I stood in front of my class, I knew that as about to change. Read More »
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