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Kristin Gomez & Nicole Hirsch
- Mar 16
Supporting Teachers Today: Honoring Yesterday While Looking Toward the Future
There’s a sense of optimism in the air today. It’s one of those false-spring days we tend to have once or twice in late winter in the...
Sarah Fiedeldey
- Oct 7, 2021
New Courage
I’m up early today. Well before six. My mind is buzzing with lunches and pancakes and backpacks. Our own two older children begin school...
Sarah Fiedeldey, Heather Frank, & Pam Koutrakos
- Apr 20, 2021
Modeling From Afar: Nurturing Independence When We Aren’t Together
When the world is complicated, we are reminded to keep things simple. “One slide teaching” (that includes what matters) can help us...
Pam Koutrakos
- Mar 11, 2021
Re-Energizing Teaching by Igniting Your Imagination
by Pam Koutrakos Little actions create ripples. Those ripples have helped me find motivation and build momentum… which feels especially...
Pam Koutrakos
- Mar 10, 2021
Reigniting Your Teaching “FLOW” by Widening Your Lens
by Pam Koutrakos I’ve been having professional memory-envy. As the one year marker of navigating life during a global pandemic looms,...
Pam Koutrakos
- Mar 9, 2021
Reclaiming Teaching Joy by Changing the View
by Pam Koutrakos The sudden stops and clunky restarts are not new. My day-to-day, week-to-week experiences often feel reminiscent of the...
Sarah Fiedeldey
- Jan 19, 2021
Antiracist Parenting and Teaching: A Beginning
by Sarah Fiedeldey When I began my consulting work in 2018, I had a four-month-old (aka I was sleep deprived) as well a nine- and a...
Gravity Goldberg
- Sep 22, 2020
Create Community (In Any Learning Space)
As an alum and coach in Seth Godin's altMBA I experienced firsthand the power of collaboration with people I never met in person. Somehow...
Dana Clark
- Jul 14, 2020
Toward an Antiracist Curriculum
“I can’t breathe.” Like so many people across the world, the words of George Floyd echo in my head and heart. This echo has become a...
Laura Sarsten
- Jun 12, 2020
Ending on a High Note!
When June hits it tends to spread its arms wide open inviting closure, reflection, and renewal in a unique way. Despite this year feeling...
Sarah Fiedeldey
- Jun 11, 2020
Imagining Pathways
“When things are shaky and nothing is working, we might realize that we are on the verge of something.” - Pema Chodron My favorite genre...
Pam Koutrakos
- Jun 9, 2020
Looking Ahead with Belief, Compassion, and Hope
I recently read Can we stop telling the ‘corona kids’ how little they are learning? (published in the Washington Post). After many weeks...
Pam Koutrakos
- May 21, 2020
Revising What Self-Care Looks Like and Means to Me
On March 19th, Making MY Plan: Self-Care During School Closings was posted. I knew that my educating and caregiving instincts were...
Shanna Anderson
- May 19, 2020
Joy Through Passion Projects
As many of our children are quietly (some not so quietly) facing anxiety and experiencing a wave of emotions that are disrupting their...
Pam Koutrakos
- May 14, 2020
Shaking Things Up: Rethinking Our Final Units
Over the last several weeks, teachers have continued to step up. We’ve compiled, curated, collaborated, and created. We have Zoomed, Met,...
Lori Brennan
- May 12, 2020
How a Simple Invitation Changed Everything
You are 5 years old and you are handed a small square envelope with your name written on the outside. You squeal on the inside as you...
Michelle Velez
- May 7, 2020
Do the Next Right Thing
It's almost 6 am. The sun is beginning to rise, the birds are beginning to chirp, and the sound of the coffee maker is beginning to brew....
Elaine Shobert
- May 5, 2020
Finding Comfort in the Familiar
There’s comfort in the familiar: familiar faces, familiar places, familiar experiences. The challenge to find familiar during this period...
Dana Clark
- Apr 30, 2020
Invitations
This post will not be eloquent or highly academic. It will not offer wonderful new possibilities for at-home learning or unique ways to...
Sarah Fiedeldey
- Apr 28, 2020
Read to Restore
Image from Pixabay I don’t know about you, but the more I’m hunkered down at home, the more I feel myself drawn to books that have...
