To me, MC means Move The Class
At Growing Up Queens, June 2011, I invited middle and high school students from 5 schools throughout NYC, to read their poetry at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center. The message projected on stage was written by students from The Renaissance Charter School. Click here to read more.
WELCOME TO Move the classSo, I guess I am a nerd! I have been holding on to hundreds of lessons, activities, games, videos and resources from my ten years of teaching. Up until now, they have all been stored on my hard drive. What good are they doing there? None! So, I am putting them online so hopefully, other educators can benefit.
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The CLASSROOM is filled with tools for teaching performance poetry.
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My goal is to infuse the world with hope and inspiration through poetry. Let's build. Us nerds have to stick together!
kahlil's pedagogical CHECKLIST
- Student/learner centered
- Liberatory and based in social justice - Infuses creative expression through the arts - Uses hip-hop as a pedagogical framework - Respects different literacies - Integrates media, technology and youth culture - Rooted in love and transformation |
- Follows Friere's theory which takes the student's background and learning goals into account
- Well-planned and structured - Interactive, collaborative, imaginative, engaging, exciting and fun - Understands its historical, political and social context |
“The teacher is of course an artist, but being an artist does not mean that he or she can make the profile, can shape the students. What the educator does in teaching is to make it possible for the students to become themselves.”
― Paulo Freire, We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change |
occupy schools
SchoolsBROOKLYN
Brooklyn Frontiers Urban Assembly Institute for Young Girls for Math and Science HS of Medical Professionals Brooklyn Community Arts and Media IS 292 (Groundwork Florentine Campus) Brownsville Academy Young Writers Academy El Puente The Green School College Now (Brooklyn College) MANHATTAN Henry Street International HS for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College (HSMSE) Bayard Rustin Martin Luther King Jr. HS High School for Service & Learning Booker T. Washington Learning Center |
QUEENS
The Renaissance Charter School St. John's Parish Day School PS 122 PS 145 PS 140 Queens Satellite Academy Queens Gateway to Health and Sciences Math, Science, Research and Technology HS BRONX Hyde Leadership Charter School PS 56 IS 313 IS 117 Offsite Educational Services (GED Prep) International Community HS OTHER Holderness Boarding School (Plymouth, New Hampshire) Steve's Farm & Wilderness Camp Friends Academy (Long Island) Stamford Boys & Girls Club |
organizationsUrban Arts Partnerships
Community Works NYC Urban Word NYC Community of Unity Liberty Lead Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) EarSay Queens Theater in the Parks Freedom Academic Movement Queens Writes community partnersCity of NY Parks & Recreations
Queens Council on the Arts LaGuardia Performing Arts Center MGI (Hunter College) Summerbridge TEACHER TRAININGSBank Street College
NYU New York Collective of Radical Educators |