September 6, 2022 · Uncategorized
Back to School Night Tips Oh back to school night (BTSN!), it’s not my favorite time if I am being honest. It feels so stressful to have to present a set up room and school year plan when you’re just trying to get your footing and get the kids situated.. Then suddenly you are on display for parents and guardians and tons of questions! Whew. It’s a lot. Here are some tips for BTSN that help us make it feel a little more successful. At the heart of it, BTSN can feel like the first day of school for guardians and is their main (sometimes only) peek into what school looks and feels like for their kiddos. With that in mind, the goals for BTSN for me remain: A) Invite them into our world and affirm we are on the same team for their child/ren B) Communicate my expectations of them and how communication will work for the year C) Stay afloat for myself amidst juggling the beginning of the year
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May 2, 2016 · Uncategorized
This week, we shared a note in our all school newsletter about our presentation at the White Privilege Conference. We were surprised and touched when a parent of a former student came to tell us she read our newsletter addition and she was so happy to hear about us sharing our work with a larger audience! Apparently, our work with her child last year changed the way she thought about inequity, structural poverty, racism and more. This has impacted her role as a teacher at an inter-faith Sunday school as they now do activities that she said she never would have thought of before we taught her child. She said that from experiential activities even the young students were able to understand more abstract concepts because they were engaged and felt something. She was thrilled to see that we are reaching other adults and educators. It's always lovely to hear positive memories from a former
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