My Teaching Manifesto

I am a teacher who stands up for this generation of kids against adults who belittle their experiences, who is in favor of embracing their unique perspectives against criticisms that they are lazy, who is a supporter of expression, against censorship, and who is a defender of students and against complaining about “kids these days” in the lunchroom. 

I am a teacher who favors the permanent struggle against the status quo and against silence in the face of injustice. 

I am a teacher who rejects the idea that politics do not belong in the classroom, because it is responsible for maintaining the status quo and institutionalized systems of oppression. 

I am a teacher full of joy, in spite of cynicism. 

I am a teacher who refuses to back down and just “teach what I am told.” I am a teacher proud of advocating for my students.

If I do not struggle for creating an engaging curriculum, then I will no longer be the teacher I promised myself I would be. 

Introductions for SED561/FNED 502

My name is Katie Carroll (she/her) and I am a 2013 graduate of Rhode Island College where I received a BA in Secondary Education/English. I have been teaching English and journalism at Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School for five years. As of January 2018, I was accepted into the M.Ed program in Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning. 

When I am not teaching, I volunteer part-time for Ten Lives Cat Rescue, a foster-based rescue that is dedicated to "forgotten felines" -the physically and emotionally scarred, the behaviorally challenged, and those with critical medical care. 

Although I do not have children of my own, I am a dedicated auntie to my nieces: Grace and Julia.

In my spare time, I enjoy playing Dungeons & Dragons, listening to my favorite podcast, Welcome to Nightvale, and spending time with my cats, Lizzie and Buford. Feel free to follow me on twitter where I tweet for an audience of both my colleagues and my students!