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Muscogee County teachers describe Harvard Project Zero takeaways; district expects classroom changes
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Three Muscogee County School District teachers who attended Harvard’s Project Zero fellowship described classroom strategies—hip-hop pedagogy, thinking routines and participatory approaches—they have begun sharing with colleagues and using with students.
Three Muscogee County School District teachers who attended a Harvard Project Zero fellowship told the school board on Aug. 18 they returned with teaching strategies they have already begun sharing with colleagues and using in classrooms.
The teachers said the weeklong Project Zero program, supported through the Muscogee Educational Excellence Foundation (MEAF), reinforced viewing teaching as both an art and a science and emphasized student-centered, inquiry-based approaches.
Annette Gebhardt, a social studies teacher at Rainey-McCullers School of the Arts, said the week at Harvard reinforced the role of hope in teaching. "Hope is the certainty of why we were here," Gebhardt told the board, adding she plans to use ideas she described as "driftwood"—select key practices from…
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