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Author: Madsion Brookshire

  • Care and Conversation

    June 22, 2021

    Can conversation be a form of care? I think a lot about the ways in which VTS teaches, but perhaps less than I ought to ...

  • Note from the Editor

    March 9, 2021

    As a VTS Trainer working with classroom teachers, one of the questions I frequently encounter is how to leverage the ...

  • Practice and Compassion

    August 26, 2020

    How can we achieve a feeling of connectedness when many of us cannot be physically close to our students?

  • The Words We Use

    February 14, 2020

    Language is not something we acquire; rather it is something we participate in. As such, we do not ever really learn a ...

  • The Practice of Adapting VTS

    October 9, 2019

    We know the skills that VTS fosters—critical thinking, careful observation, generating inferences, and revising ...

  • Letter from the Editor

    April 10, 2019

    Among the many joys of being a VTS Trainer—as well as the Editor of Site Specific—is the opportunities I have to work ...

  • Learning to Listen

    January 5, 2019

    Listening is necessary for any conversation, but listening well expresses something meaningful in and of itself.

  • A Note from the Editor

    September 28, 2018

    This edition of Site Specific takes the form of a dispatch or letter from one classroom teacher to others. Written with ...

  • Letter from the Editor

    July 11, 2018

    As VTS Trainers working in schools, perhaps one of the most frequent requests we encounter is for more information on ...

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