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for teachers who love the profession, still belly laugh throughout most of the school day, and know in their gut that there’s a more fulfilling way to run a high school classroom.
INQUIRY-BASED
STUDENT-CENTERED
INQUIRY-BASED STUDENT-CENTERED
YOUR BOOKMARKS AND TABS ARE FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH LESSON PLAN INSPO, BUT SITTING DOWN TO PLAN STILL NEVER GOES THE WAY YOU THINK IT WILL…
I know you have a lot of ideas for your classroom, really big ones, really good ones. You love all of the mock trials, the gamified exam reviews, the pen-and-paper annotations. Because teaching invigorates you.
You’re also the teacher who can’t just buy something on TpT and assign it as-is. You always add more graphics or edit the examples because you know your students pretty freaking well.
Yes, you want them to learn the vocab and do the reading but you also want learning to feel fun because your why deep-down-in-your-gut-purpose is to build damn good learning experiences so that students feel what it’s like to explore, question, and laugh in a classroom setting.
But, alas...You can’t really execute on making the whole unit feel cohesive when you’re lesson planning the night before, scrolling TpT at 11:49pm because you’re searching for a lesson or activity that “just feels right” for the next day.
There’s a better way to build a high school classroom that makes education come alive for everyone in the room, without having to burn your eyeballs with blue light every night.
THAT’S WHY I STICK TO INQUIRY BASED UNITS THAT ARE STUDENT CENTERED!
When your activities put the students in the driver’s seat and they’re planned with a really good essential question that drives inquiry, you actually end up saving your time and energy!
Instead of frankensteining lessons that feel disjointed, everything feels connected and intentional. This means less questions from the students because they’re clear on exactly how your units run.
Hey, I’m Drea!10 year educator + CURRICULUM SPECIALIST
Here’s our trauma bonding moment that unites us forever: I, too, taught in a high school classroom post-COVID. I feel like we deserve extra letters at the end of our names for that achievement if I’m being honest.
Since I started teaching, I’ve been obsessed with making planning (and the whole classroom experience) more efficient and more enjoyable. I’ve learned a thing or two about really specific struggles of teaching a room full of hormone-ridden teenagers.
And after a decade of trial-and-error, I finally built a classroom culture that doesn’t rely on me answering the same question a billion times and running myself ragged.
I found myself feeling more joyful about teaching because I had enough energy to check in one-on-one with whoever needed help.
I stand forguiding units with really good questions
putting the students at the center of their learning
play as an integral part of learning
educators committing to being lifelong learners
WANT MORE CHISME?
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU WANT TO SAVE?
I have fun seasonal activities that are perfect for when you just need time to breathe on a Monday and still want the kids to engage in inquiry!
Instead of sitting through an 8 hour PD planned by someone who hasn’t taught since before COVID, try these workshops out! Learn about writing essential questions, exactly how I plan my inquiry units, and more! (More workshops coming soon…)
This is the newest member of the DHT Shop! They’re called INQUIRY UNIT PACKS and it’s 10ish days of content built from start to finish. We’re talking everything you need (warm ups, supplementary sources, a summative assessment!) to run an inquiry unit in your classroom. I’m starting with U.S. History and Government units!
I HAVE A FREE LIBRARY OF TEACHER RESOURCES
This is a growing library of activities and templates that I only share to my e-mail list.
A 10 minute training on unit planning, a hub of short stories for high school students, warm ups I used to survive the last month of school, an exam review disguised as a game of street ball, and many more to come.
They’re the little things I wish I had in my toolbox on Day 1, and they’re yours for free.
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