The Center for Courage and Renewal is launching a new website, Teaching with Heart, Fire and Poetry. It is an online community and resource hub for teachers to explore their work with other teachers.
The community was inspired by the books, Teaching with Heart and Teaching with Fire. In these books, teachers speak about who they are, why they do what they do, and how they keep their heart and commitment alive in their teaching. The authors asked teachers to reflect on these questions because out of a belief that what inspires, what impassions teachers, is worth sharing.
The new website will allow a space for the authors to share what they have learned. But more than that, it will be a space where teachers can share what keeps their hearts engaged in teaching, where they can inspire and support each other, and where they can share how they are bringing poetry alive in the classroom.
The hope is that this site will continue conversations that began in the Teaching with Heart and Teaching with Fire poetry books. The online community blog will be a place for you to share your favorite poems, reflect on how you use poetry in your life, or weigh in on something important about the work of teaching.
