Ashley Capps and Michelle King

Recorded October 30, 2016 Archived October 30, 2016 38:19 minutes
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Description

Friends and coworkers at The Environmental Charter School, Ashley Capps (31) and Michelle King (48), speak about being members of the Guerrilla Teacher Academy, reinventing traditional teaching methods, and trying to do right by all students.

Subject Log / Time Code

Michelle King (MK) talks about what the Guerrilla Teacher Academy means to her.
MK values the collective wisdom of the group of teachers that she works with.
Ashley Capps (AC) talks about when she first started to teach at the Environmental Charter School.
MK talks about how different issues are interconnected for students.
MK talks about how the work that she and AC do can be seen as a threat.
MK talks about those who have influenced her work.
AC describes "Teacher Jam," which the teachers at her school are applying for.
MK talks about the importance of telling their stories as teachers.
AC shares her personal goal: to make the Guerrilla Teacher Academy into a movement.

Participants

  • Ashley Capps
  • Michelle King

Recording Locations

Senator John Heinz History Center

Initiatives