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The Educationalist Method

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Founder & Creator The Educationalist Method Sep 2021 - Present Educational Specialist New Teacher Development August 2019-2020 Learning Disabilities Teacher 2014-2019 Service Learning Director 2012-2014 Emotional Disabilities Teacher 2008-2014

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Poetry Unit: Using Adjectives + Voice

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This is Day 5 of the Temporarily Temperamental Spoken Word Poetry Unit by T.E.M. Studio. Day 5 is Adjectives and Voice. Day 4 gave students the tools. Today, they learn how to use them with precision. Vague is the enemy. Specificity is the superpower. By the end of this session, every student has a marked Open Mic poem, a line written in their own handwriting on a wall that will still be there when they walk in for Day 6, and the particular feeling of a room that has decided something together.

6th - 9th

Creative Writing, Poetry, Writing

Poetry Unit: Using Adjectives

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The Educationalist Method

This is Day 5 of the Temporarily Temperamental Spoken Word Poetry Unit by T.E.M. Studio. Day 5 is Adjectives and Voice. Day 4 gave students the tools. Today they learn how to use them with precision. Vague is the enemy. Specific is the superpower. By the end of this session every student has a marked Open Mic poem, a line written in their own handwriting on a wall that will still be there when they walk in for Day 6, and the particular feeling of a room that has decided something together. What

6th - 9th

Creative Writing, Poetry, Writing

Poetry Unit: Descriptive Writing

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Day 4 is Description. Today, students learn six literary devices the way spoken word poets actually use them: by competing, performing, guessing, and writing. Not by filling in a worksheet. Not by copying definitions from a board.By picking up a mystery object from a jar, writing bars that demonstrate a secret device without naming it, and performing those bars for their group, while everyone tries to guess what they did. By the end of this session, a student who could not define metaphor at the

6th - 10th

Literature, Poetry, Vocabulary

Poetry Unit: Imaginitive Writing

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Day 3 is Imagination. Today, students roll dice to build original creatures, close their eyes and travel to 2075, write poems for each other's beasts, learn 15 spoken word performance techniques through a card game, and write from the point of view of a fictional character who has something true to say. This is the lesson where the quietest kid in the room steps up at the Cipher Corner. Plot Twist gives them cover. The absurdity of the prompt lowers the stakes. What comes out is almost always mo

6th - 9th

Creative Writing, Poetry, Writing

Poetry Unit: Sensory Details

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Before students can write with power, they need raw material. Today, they collect it the way spoken word poets always have: through the body using sound, taste, and touch. They will rotate through three stations, three sets of sensory experiences, and more writing than they expect to produce in a single session. This lesson is built around the idea that the best poem you will ever write is the one that makes someone else feel something they thought only they had felt. That does not come from th

6th - 9th

Creative Writing, Poetry, Writing

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The philosophy and approach of an Educationalist begins with one non-negotiable truth: students are the center of the work. Everything else on the turntable exists to serve that. We use the turntable metaphor intentionally. A skilled DJ does not walk into a set unprepared. They do not take requests and perform on the fly. They understand the room before they touch a record. They read the energy, control the tempo, and know exactly which track belongs at which moment. A bad set is not an accident. It is what happens when preparation is skipped. Educationalists operate the same way. We do not just show up and start playing bangers. A set without a scaffolded unit plan, a critical lens, cultural literacy, respect for youth culture, collaborative relationships with veteran teachers, rigorous tasks that build toward mastery, and a hip hop framework is a set built to fail. We know this. We plan accordingly. Educationalists are Producers, Emcees, DJs, Street Artists, Performers, and Explorers of Knowledge and Consciousness. The turntable is the instrument we use to bring our students' talents, abilities, skills, and imagination into something concrete and real. The record we play is the one they made. Our job is to make sure the room hears it.

My own education history

M.Ed, The University of Virginia Administration and Supervision M.Ed,The George Washington University Transitional Education BA, The Ohio State University Criminology

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Along with being the Founder and CEO of The Educationalist Method, I am a pedagogy enthusiast, young people advocate, and Hip-Hop H.Ed (Hip Hop Educator)! I have used my passion for performance and music to engage and inspire young people throughout my 15 year career in education. I believe, with all my being, that teaching is a highly skilled craft that requires one to be resilient, have patience, understand time management, and be willing to play. I developed The Educationalist Method with a keen focus on methodologies and philosophies critical to child development. I douse the "extra sauce" onto the curriculum by keeping my lessons young people centered. I choose to devote my life to enriching the talent of my clients and showing them how to use their gifts effectively. I have extended my work beyond the walls of school buildings and stepped outside of the classroom because I enjoy helping people develop their voice. It would be my absolute honor to walk along with you for your next great adventure!