Cait O’Connor
@justteachingela.bsky.social
8th grade ELA teacher, 2023 Outstanding Middle Level Educator, mental health peer, Buddhist, avid reader, lover of iced tea, alternative education enthusiast, social justice advocate, fat studies scholar, fiercely pro-student.
This is so sad to hear and to think about. Thank you for sharing your experience ❤️
I hope this book heals that memory and provides a way forward so no kid has to hear those things again.
I hope this book heals that memory and provides a way forward so no kid has to hear those things again.
September 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This is so sad to hear and to think about. Thank you for sharing your experience ❤️
I hope this book heals that memory and provides a way forward so no kid has to hear those things again.
I hope this book heals that memory and provides a way forward so no kid has to hear those things again.
My students are loving graphic memoirs in our memoir unit: Tiny Dancer, Four Eyes, and They Called Us Enemy were some they chose from! #TLSkyChat
September 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
My students are loving graphic memoirs in our memoir unit: Tiny Dancer, Four Eyes, and They Called Us Enemy were some they chose from! #TLSkyChat
A1: Nonfiction that contains narrative. I loved John Green’s THE ANTHROPOCENE REVIEWED, and I consider myself a nonfiction girlie. I’m currently reading MUTUAL AID: Surviving this crisis and the next by Dean spade. I love nonfiction I can use to help me help others. #TLSkyChat
September 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A1: Nonfiction that contains narrative. I loved John Green’s THE ANTHROPOCENE REVIEWED, and I consider myself a nonfiction girlie. I’m currently reading MUTUAL AID: Surviving this crisis and the next by Dean spade. I love nonfiction I can use to help me help others. #TLSkyChat
A2: we read the book ALL THIRTEEN and use it as an opportunity to really pay attention to text features and their significance in a text. The book is beautiful! #TLSkyChat
September 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
A2: we read the book ALL THIRTEEN and use it as an opportunity to really pay attention to text features and their significance in a text. The book is beautiful! #TLSkyChat
Miss 11 minute plane ride could never.
August 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Miss 11 minute plane ride could never.
Alternative programs are lifelines for so many students, and it often starts with this; trust that they’re there not just to get credit, but because they can and need to be challenged academically. 5/5
July 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Alternative programs are lifelines for so many students, and it often starts with this; trust that they’re there not just to get credit, but because they can and need to be challenged academically. 5/5
We have the power to make it about more than assignments and crossing a state-mandated “finish line.”
4/5
4/5
July 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We have the power to make it about more than assignments and crossing a state-mandated “finish line.”
4/5
4/5
If you are interested in teaching evening/alternative/summer school, first ask yourself: what do I believe about kids who attend these programs to get credit back? What do I believe is my role as a teacher in these spaces? 3/5
July 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
If you are interested in teaching evening/alternative/summer school, first ask yourself: what do I believe about kids who attend these programs to get credit back? What do I believe is my role as a teacher in these spaces? 3/5
We can change the trajectory of how they see school. Believing in kids is contagious.
What I mean is, if they know you think they can do it, they’ll start to, too. 2/5
What I mean is, if they know you think they can do it, they’ll start to, too. 2/5
July 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We can change the trajectory of how they see school. Believing in kids is contagious.
What I mean is, if they know you think they can do it, they’ll start to, too. 2/5
What I mean is, if they know you think they can do it, they’ll start to, too. 2/5