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Educator · School leader · Author

Evelyn Hart

Teacher. Leader. Writer.

I write about teaching, school leadership and the arts, for educators who want practical ideas and for anyone who wants an honest account of what the work is like.

Read her writing Book a workshop

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Where teaching, leadership and the arts meet

I spent eighteen years in public-school classrooms, then led curriculum for a district. Now I write, teach other teachers, and help school leaders run meetings that decide something.

This site gathers my biography, writing, publications, workshops and a blog I keep myself.

What I write and teach about

Classroom practice and discussion
School leadership and faculty coaching
Writing for educators
The arts in public schools

Full biography

Selected writing

All writing

01
essay
Waiting longer than feels comfortable
On the pause after a question, and why filling it teaches the wrong habit.
02
essay
A coaching visit that does not perform
What a principal should look at in a classroom, and what she should ignore.
03
essay
The memo I wish I had sent
A short account of a curriculum change that failed because the reason was never written down.
04
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Studio hour
How one school put art back into the ordinary day without adding a period.

Recent publications

All publications

March 2024
The pause
Northline Education Review · Why wait time is a teaching skill, not a silence to fix.
November 2023
Coaching without a clipboard
Faculty Practice · A way to visit classrooms that teachers do not experience as surveillance.
May 2023
One project, two departments
School Arts Quarterly · A semester when English and studio art taught the same students on purpose.
January 2023
The meeting that decided
Leadership Notes · A short method for faculty meetings that end in a choice.