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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...

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...

Reflection as Celebration
It’s June. At least here in the Northeast, it has been a more mild spring and we haven’t had too many days of sweltering heat in our...

Risk Seeking Throughout the Year:
How Can We Maintain Momentum?
How do we get our students to continue to take risks that really matter? We are born curious. We ask questions. We explore possibilities....

Becoming Risk Seekers:
How Can We Start Exploring Possibilities?
This post was written by consultants Laura Sarsten and Pam Koutrakos. Have you ever wished you could bottle up that initial...

CELEBRATION: THE POWER AND REWARD OF BEING TRULY PRESENT IN OUR WORK
This post is written by teachers Laura Sarsten and Pam Koutrakos. We celebrate to lift one another, ourselves, and our work to places we...