Regenerative Ed
58 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsA podcast from Grounded Teaching, Regenerative Ed explores how thinking about education as a living system can help all of the humans in this system to grow and thrive...from the ground up.
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AIR ELEMENT Deep Dive: What Can Air Teach Us About Reimagining & Remembering A Thriving Education System?
April 20, 2023 12:41 - 49 minutes - 58.4 MBToday we get into our about deep-dive workshop-in-a-podcast-series! We're tackling the first element in this deep dive series on what Air, Fire, Earth, and Water, and we're asking: What can air teach us about reimagining and remembering the ed system? 00:00 - Introduction - Why We're Doing This 07:30 - Part 1- Respect, Appreciation, Embodiment 17:53 - Part 2- The Invisible Source of Life (Definitions and Foundations) 35:37 - Part 3- Making Space and Knowing Not Everything is For Us P...
Intro to the ELEMENTS series: What Air, Fire, Earth, and Water Can Teach Us about Re-Modeling the Education System
April 06, 2023 16:23 - 13 minutes - 15.5 MBToday is an introduction to a 4-part deep dive (well, 5 if you count this intro). It’s a workshop-in-a-podcast learning series on the the four elements of air, fire, earth, water, what we can learn from them about creating new systems and structures around education. The goal of digging into the elements here is to view ourselves and our work in education as part of a LIVING SYSTEM. Not part of an industry or a factory, which is no secret that’s how we operate! We know this. We see it. W...
Teaching Black History All Year + Joy, Picture Books, Teaching Teachers, Kindergarteners, and more.
March 28, 2023 18:39 - 47 minutes - 44.2 MBToday I'm joined by Dawnavyn James whose main message for us as an audience today is TEACH BLACK HISTORY!!! :) Dawnavyn is an early childhood, elementary, and Black History educator. She is a PhD student at the University at Buffalo and a fellow for the Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education. Her research interests include elementary Black history education, instruction, and curriculum development. We talk about creating a safe container for race and identity convers...
Rebecca Harrison and Mending for a More Regenerative Future
March 06, 2023 20:18 - 55 minutes - 52.4 MBWhat does mending have to do with reimagining education? Check out this conversation I had with Rebecca Harrison of Old Flame Mending Company! Rebecca is the person you'd turn to when you rip your absolute most favorite pair of jeans that fit you like a glove and you're having an internal dilemma as you hover them above the trash can. Off recording, Rebecca and I were chatting a lot about her team which she describes like a dream team full of some of the most talented sewists in Pittsbu...
Episode 52: Twins Talking About Teaching, Trains, Poisons, Place-Based Education, SAT Tests & more
February 28, 2023 22:35 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBToday is a special podcast because I’m chatting with Jess, my twin. She’s here and well with a new baby in tow, and I for one am so very very very grateful that she is here and well and that we can continue our chats like we have since the womb (I assume?!). This morning we were chatting about the Norfolk Southern Train Derailment that is so close to our houses and talking about what it has to do with extraction and systems like education– you know, a normal conversation for us–and I was l...
Place-Embedded Learning with School Leader and Teacher Rachel Balkcom
February 23, 2023 23:16 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBI felt really privileged to have this conversation with such a light! Rachel is so clearly passionate about her work, and it's contagious. Our conversation discusses the model of place-based--nay, a place-embedded micro-school, La Luz, and the ripple effects that happen when you embed students in the community. And, true to form as folks who care about questioning the whole system, we get into a lot of other territory: a respectful process for listening for what the community needs the...
Maja Watkins: Improv for Social Emotional Learning in the Classroom
December 08, 2022 19:37 - 53 minutes - 50.1 MBI was thrilled to get the chance to interview classroom teacher, author, founder (and so much more!) Maja Watkins recently! When a colleague said I needed to connect with her, I Googled her up, and there I saw-- for the first time-- "Improv Curriculum" related to social emotional needs. IMPROV CURRICULUM?! Sounds pretty not-mechanical: not perfect, not scripted, not standardized, rooted in connection and joy and humor. Maja is so passionate about students, and she draws on her creative im...
A Buffet of Failures (and Feedback)
November 09, 2022 00:21 - 27 minutes - 30.6 MBFAIL. We all fail. What's it mean? What can we do with it? In a non-toxic-positivity sort of way, there's a lot failure can teach us about...teaching. And in a living-systems sort of view (which is what we do on the podcast and at Grounded Teaching), there's a lot we can learn about feedback systems to prevent or learn from perceived failures. That's what November is actually all about. Each month, aligned to our monthly programming in We Are Verbs, we are digging into a theme, and with ou...
The Industrial Education Complex & Clinging to Rot
October 20, 2022 19:56 - 31 minutes - 38.5 MBThis week it's just me, talking about some things I hold dear: applying principles and themes of living systems to heal ourselves, our relationships to ourselves as "educators", and to make possible change for our learners by breaking down the barriers of modern western culture (that we might not even be aware have been towering over us), opening up a new way for ourselves and our students to learn to be in this world. That, and my black walnut hulling experience last weekend. If you l...
David Bidler: A Compelling Conversation on Why Education Needs to Consider Physiology, First
September 13, 2022 18:58 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBTune into this amazing conversation I have with David Bidler, founder of Physiology First, where we explore the role physiology plays as educators who work, primarily, with the student brain (and, who do THAT, with ... our own brains)! What would happen if we were to put the physiology of the brain & body first? David's organization, Physiology First, aims to do just that by not only teaching skills like how to breathe, how to lift heavy weights, and how to endure cold plunges and ice bat...
Jennifer Lumpkin and Molly Martin: Expanding Democracy and What That Has to Do with Education
August 30, 2022 17:17 - 48 minutes - 46 MBThis episode I'm in conversation with Jennifer Lumpkin and Molly Martin, two Cleveland Community Organizing powerhouses. We're talking about the role of expanding democracy and what that has to do with viewing education as a living system. We get deep into the specific structure that they are working to promote called Participatory Budgeting. Why are we talking about Participatory Budgeting on a podcast about education? First off, civics education is severely lacking and we can't expect ou...
Tyler Bastian on Starting a Farm School, Cultivating Belonging, and Spreading how Everything is Incredible
August 11, 2022 13:29 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBI was so excited to get to talk to Tyler Bastian today about so many *incredible* things-- everything from a film he co-created years back. It's titled "Everything is Incredible"-- a theme which actually surfaced so many times in our conversation about education and life in general. I know you're going to love it! About Tyler: Tyler Bastian is an educator, filmmaker, father, and the founder of Roots Charter High School. Tyler loves to teach and has a passion for discovering and developin...
Dr. Ruth Ann Smalley on Teaching, Homeschooling, Healing, and Writing for a Future Based in Care
July 29, 2022 15:59 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBToday we're talking with Dr. Ruth Ann Smalley, a former educator, about teaching, homeschooling, healing, climate change, and writing. Ruth Ann shares her journey and the threads that pull everything together. Our conversation feels really generative and hopeful in the midst of bleak climate catastrophes. She also shares a concrete healing practice, a classroom tip we can all use, and more about her work as an author writing the children's books she wishes she had when her kids were younger...
Ian Sanderson: Facilitating Experiences as a Blue Feather Educator
May 18, 2022 18:13 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBEek! I'm thrilled to bring you a conversation I had this week with Ian Sanderson. Ian Sanderson is a member of the Mohawk Nation, Turtle Clan, from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. He is committed to serving people from all backgrounds as they develop and elevate their awareness—of themselves, their work, their relationships, and the world—through innovative synthesis and application of Indigenous, Eastern, and Western thought. He facilitates individual and group learning process...
PATTERN RECAP! Twin Talk with Jess
May 12, 2022 13:47 - 27 minutes - 32.8 MBThis week, a special Twin Talk with Jess (co-founder of Grounded Teaching and HS English teacher AND twin sister to me!) where we briefly review each of the previous pattern podcasts we discussed over this series in a casual, bite-sized conversation. We also answer some frequently asked questions we've received about We Are Verbs! Enjoy this low-key conversation between two sisters who shared a womb and who might talk too fast when they're talking to each other. :) Regenerative Ed Li...
Pattern #8 for Biomimicry: Scatter!
May 05, 2022 17:11 - 30 minutes - 36.6 MBFind new definitions of success! Detach from outcomes! Ask yourself "what is uniquely mine here to do?"! And then scatter those seeds, ash, glass, lava rock out into the world through an explosive move...or a gentle drop. Your choice! The natural pattern of scattering provides us with so much wisdom and inspiration for what's important. For what's a good use of our precious energy. For who we actually are, and how we can feel nourished. This podcast form feels a little more scattered t...
Pattern #7 for Biomimicry: Nets!
April 24, 2022 20:02 - 25 minutes - 30.7 MBCreate (flexible) boundaries! Harvest Nourishment! Broaden instead of bulldoze! How? Nets. Really, Sarah? Yep! The natural patterns of nets provide us with a lot of food for thought for reshaping patterns of linear shots and/or burnout that come from existing in all sorts of industrial models--schools included. I hope you'll check it out. If it resonates, like, subscribe, share-- you know! Regenerative Ed Links: WE ARE VERBS! Read more! It's a program and a community for educators who...
Pattern #6 for Biomimicry: Lobes!
April 07, 2022 17:51 - 29 minutes - 33.8 MBCreate Attraction! Embrace Diversity! Grow Stronger and more Nourished! How? Lobes. I know, it sounds a little weird. But the natural patterns of lobes provide us with a lot of food for thought for reshaping patterns of boredom and weakness that come from an industrial model. We talk about how this applies to education and our personal life with one of my favorite, most helpful principles ever: the edge effect. Enjoy! Keep posted on what we've got coming up for Grounded Teaching in the ne...
Pattern #5 for Biomimicry: Cloud Forms!!
March 23, 2022 14:39 - 29 minutes - 34.1 MBStay Awake! State Your Change! Practice empathy! Rest! Clouds can teach us so much, and we talk about it all in this episode where we offer some insight on how to live. It's slightly different than the other podcasts in this pattern series-- a little broader-- but that's okay. Float on! Page episode (cloud visuals) Regenerative Ed Links: UPDATE SINCE THIS EPISODE AIRED: WE ARE VERBS! Read more! It's a program and a community for educators who are interested in regenerative futures, and w...
Pattern #4 for Biomimicry: Streamlining!
March 17, 2022 20:52 - 34 minutes - 41 MBFriction! Speed! Industrial Culture in a Nutshell! We talk about it all in this episode where we offer some insight on maybe where we DON'T need to streamline, actually. Where it actually is counter to our values (wait, what are OUR values, even?!). We take a stab at where it's most helpful to apply streamlining, and where might be doing us a disservice-- mainly in the classroom, but this episode, as most of them, can apply to most other areas of life. Since our culture mainly exists in this...
Pattern #3 for Biomimicry: Branches!
February 11, 2022 17:30 - 39 minutes - 47.1 MBExtraction! Cracking under pressure! Reciprocity! Simplicity! We talk about it all in this episode where we offer some insight on appreciating branching patterns in natural systems, and then how we might consider modeling patterns or systems or thought processes in our life after a branching pattern if what we're going for is more reciprocity and simplicity. Tune in! Links: Workbook link on website Regenerative Ed Patreon Regenerative Ed Mighty Network
Pattern #2 for Biomimicry: Waves!
January 28, 2022 15:36 - 33 minutes - 38.1 MBWaves is episode #3 of a 9-episode podcast (#1 was the intro!) that we'd normally deliver in an online workshop, but, really, maybe you're sick of logging into Zoom AFTER work, and would prefer it coming through your weekly podcast feed. In this pod I share some observations I make about waves, where they occur, what their functions are, and then we take a look at how we can apply this structure to some of the areas of our lives that are causing us friction because, well, we're human bein...
Pattern #1 for Biomimicry: Spirals!
January 20, 2022 23:42 - 41 minutes - 47 MBThis is the second episode in a 9-episode series about biomimicry and using patterns in nature to help us re-consider elements our lives (and maybe even the ed system), and design them for patterns that create more life. The last episode was the intro, and today we're digging into our first natural pattern: spirals. Join me as I think-aloud how I've come to look at breaking out of the industrial patterns in life--things like making sure everything is in a straight line!--because, well, the...
PATTERNS PATTERNS PATTERNS Series Intro!
January 11, 2022 16:04 - 16 minutes - 19.2 MBHappy New Year! Today's podcast reviews why we should be spending time looking at patterns, how to recognize patterns in order to set us up for an 8-part series on different types of patterns found in natural systems. Why? Well, so we can be present and feel empowered to be designers of resilient systems in our own life (and work!)! We hope you'll join us for this series. Next episode, we'll get started with the first pattern: spirals. Be sure you listen to this one first! Regenerative Ed ...
Slow Food, Slow Fashion, Slow... Schooling?
October 12, 2021 20:04 - 28 minutes - 34.3 MBIs a response to the two profit-driven, extractive systems of fast food and fast fashion that's resulting in a crisis is actually...being slow about it? And what can we learn from this for Education? Dare we call it slow...schooling? (just another way to see it as an industrial, mechanical, colonial, extractive, capitalistic, etc. system) "Slow Schooling" doesn't quite have the ring, I get it, but in this podcast I riff about the concepts and draw the comparisons for what we can learn! Reg...
Happy Equinox! Orienting Our Idea of Work Around Seasonal Shifts
September 21, 2021 18:02 - 19 minutes - 23 MBThe first day of school. The first day of Thanksgiving break. The dates of Winter break. The dates of spring break. PD days. The last day of school. All definitely on my calendar, and all used to orient my way through the year. While that's fine and even logical, what could happen to the way we view work if we use seasonality and connection to orient ourselves in this time-space continuum, instead of just not-work days or commercial holidays? I share some brief thoughts and application for t...
F*CK! That's Cold!
September 15, 2021 16:28 - 20 minutes - 24.5 MBThis week I muse about STRESS in a way that will (I'm hopeful!) leave you feeling a little better, maybe with a little game plan, and maybe also with a few ideas for creating a more regenerative classroom towards the end. Listen in and let us know what you think! Links: Article: "The Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work: A Randomized Control Trial" (2016) Article: "Hormesis Defined" (2007) Download the hormesis poster for your room (or for behind your desk as a reminder! Regener...
"Ownership"
September 08, 2021 17:18 - 26 minutes - 31.5 MB"My goal this year is for you to own your learning." "Teachers need to have ownership over their own professional development." "I'm working to help principals own the relationships they foster with their community." Today, I chat (with myself-- solocast!) about one of the ed jargon-y terms that get thrown around a lot by us well-meaning educational professionals. "Ownership". Does it have a place in our communication about school when we're using school as an entry point for creating a ...
"Ownership"
September 08, 2021 17:18 - 26 minutes - 31.5 MB"My goal this year is for you to own your learning." "Teachers need to have ownership over their own professional development." "I'm working to help principals own the relationships they foster with their community." Today, I chat (with myself-- solocast!) about one of the ed jargon-y terms that get thrown around a lot by us well-meaning educational professionals. "Ownership". Does it have a place in our communication about school when we're using school as an entry point for creating a ...
Teaching as Band Life with Teachers (and musicians!) Shanna and Eric of By Light We Loom
August 03, 2021 16:51 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBThis week I'm talking to teachers AND musicians, Shanna and Eric of By Light We Loom, who have their music has been featured in movies and countless stages. We check in about how music can teach us about teaching, focusing in on four areas: presence, process, rhythm, and emergence. About Shanna and Eric Teaching Bios, first! Shanna Delaney: Shanna has taught at Lake Local Schools in Hartville, Ohio for the past 14 years. She pairs a dedication to empowering her students with a passio...
What's the Purpose of Education (and a Regenerative Ed Recap)
July 26, 2021 19:50 - 23 minutes - 28.1 MBToday I'm sharing about a potential purpose for ed we can rally around while recapping what we mean by "Regenerative Ed" (surprise-- they're similar!). While I share my own thoughts, this episode is meant to be a conversation starter, not an end-all-be-all answer! Share your thoughts about what education is for on our Regenerative Ed Mighty Network (ya'll, it's free.). We believe that reciprocity is an important part of a healthy living system, but that doesn't necessarily mean $$ throu...
OUTSIDE ED BUT FOR ED: Education as Birthwork with Birthworker Christine Cassella
July 16, 2021 20:00 - 57 minutes - 54 MBI'm so happy to bring you this great conversation with Christine Cassella, a birthworker and herbalist who helps us uncover three things: 1) the content we should be teaching in our classrooms to help better prepare people for life! 2) the parallels we can draw between birthwork and ed work, and what we can learn as humans working within extractive systems to try to change them, and 3) some helpful stuff about taking control of our own health! Okay, it's not related necessarily to education,...
Queerness as a Portal with Finn Menzies
June 30, 2021 14:57 - 41 minutes - 37.1 MBThere are so many entry points with the potential to jostle us awake from what we may perceive to be "just the way things are"-- and gender binary is one of those (major) ways our culture can get stuck in black-and-white thinking... which is, as you know because you're here, pretty incongruent with the idea of being better educated. Finn Menzies shares queerness as one entry point--one portal-- to being able to see and live more freely. So let's dig into it! FINN MENZIES, HE/HIM Co-foun...
Creating More Life through Place-based Ed: Edsheds
June 18, 2021 19:45 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBIt's a twin talk! Which means I sit down with Grounded Teaching co-founder (and my twin sister) Jess, who also happens to be a wildly talented high school English teacher going into her 17th year in the classroom. We start out by introducing our new Regenerative Ed network--it's totally free! What is the Regenerative Ed Network? We're trying to distance ourselves from facebook and wanted a place we can build a movement of teachers, ed leaders, etc. who really care about the future of h...
Dear Teacher, There Was Nothing Else You Should Have Done
May 26, 2021 19:50 - 20 minutes - 24.6 MBWe may beat ourselves up because this year didn't go as planned. STOP! "Should have" is rooted in fictional fantasy of the past, and it's not a helpful centering of reflection for moving into a more regenerative way of being, teaching, leading, parenting, etc. We aren't in the past. We are here. Quit shoulding on yourself.
Dr. Brad Kershner: Hope, Leadership, & Big Thoughts for Ed
April 29, 2021 15:20 - 1 hour - 54.8 MBIn this episode we talk with Dr. Brad Kershner, a school leader, educational researcher, and author of many essays and a book titled Understanding Educational Complexity- Integrating Practices and Perspectives for 21st Century Leadership. We get into the goal of education, identity, educational leaders (not managers!), definitions of faith and hope that could be helpful for all of us in ed. We even get to touch on social media, polarization, and technology-- this conversation spans a lot o...
Two Stories at the Root of Education Issues
April 23, 2021 16:30 - 26 minutes - 20.7 MBAn Earth Day episode where I take a good look at the work I did today as a literacy coach, and, maybe how it's effective or not, but more importantly, how the whole dang thing might be anchored in the wrong stories. Some solo musings, today, friends!
TWIN TALK: Are We Wasting Our Energy in Ed?
March 12, 2021 18:14 - 42 minutes - 31.5 MBAre we wasting our energy in ed? Short answer is that it’s complicated, but based on the perennial, indigenous, connected wisdom that there is no such thing as “waste”: THE ANSWER IS NO. But it feels like we are. Because, why else would we be SO tired? Jess and I try to tease it out by thinking about reciprocity, living systems, and the mechanical ed system in this twin-talk episode.
Welcoming the Thaw
March 05, 2021 16:35 - 19 minutes - 14.5 MBWe're in a season of melting here in the Northern half of the US. If we think about education as a living system, we've been in a frozen winter structure forever. Let's take a lesson from nature. It's time to thaw out. In this episode we mention: Free Breathwork Workshop on March 19 I'm F*cking Tired: An Energy Retreat for Teachers
We're Playing the Short Game
February 23, 2021 21:50 - 29 minutes - 22.1 MBShort term solutions and instant gratification--our culture is totally bombarded and shaped by all of the messaging that points towards short-game decision making. While this is a thread that weaves through almost all of our episodes and our workshops at Grounded Teaching, let's take a little dive into the idea of playing the short game vs. the long game in education.
TWIN TALK: Colors as a portal to everything (including EDUCATION!)
February 15, 2021 16:08 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBThis week we're sharing a talk we gave last Friday for Botanical Colors where we talk about how using plant dyes (think: onion skins for yellows, avocado pits for pinks, indigo for blues) can be a portal to thinking about systemic change differently. Jess and I talk about our own experiences working in the public school system as well as a little more about what we do outside of Regenerative Ed. Take a listen and let us know what you think!
Reductionism: Maple Syrup and Sickeningly Sweet Ed System
February 05, 2021 18:26 - 27 minutes - 19.5 MBToday I'm talking about that delicious treat that belongs as an amazing punctuation point on your stack of pancakes: maple syrup. And, also: why maple syrup is not an entire diet. We're considering the living system that creates maple syrup and what we can learn about that living system, so we can apply it to our educational system in an effort to treat it more like a tree than a factory. Everyone wins!
Our Obsession with The Linear: Scratching the Surface on Time, Cycles, and Learning Loss.
January 25, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 33.5 MBIn today's podcast, we're scratching the surface of our culture's obsession with "The Linear"... linear timelines, forward progress, the whole bit. And how thinking of things linear is not BAD, but it's certainly incomplete. And this obsession seeps its way into the way we do everything, including ed. Join me for the beginnings of a conversation about how we can recognize our obsession with The Linear and what we can do about it.
OUTSIDE ED (but FOR Ed) A chat with Emily Pek, Flower Farmer & Land Steward
January 18, 2021 18:24 - 43 minutes - 35.7 MBToday I'm chatting with Emily Pek in a new type of episode we'll be adding to the mix here on Regenerative Ed-- where we interview folks from OUTSIDE of education in order to learn more about how we can improve education. Emily shares a lot of knowledge, and I draw the connections to how we can improve ed! I hope you enjoy. About Emily: Emily runs Frayed Knot Farm and is one of the stewards of the land which it's on, in Newbury township of Geauga County which is 30 miles from downtown Cl...
Preparing Little Humans for a Future of Who-Knows-What
January 04, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 30.2 MBWe're back after a little pandemic break--and if feels so good! In this episode, I chat about what in the world a teacher is to do when the world around us is moving at such a dizzying clip. How do we find our priorities and flex some agency to prepare our little (or sometimes big!) human students with the education they'll need to thrive in the future. Find show notes and transcript at www.groundedteaching.com/podcast/episode13
Finding the Rhythm During a Pandemic
April 05, 2020 22:51 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBMaybe your life- like mine- has completely lost most of the rhythm that you've been cultivating for several years. How do we find a new rhythm during this great time of transition? How do we use the concept of rhythm to help us deal with our grief of what's happening in this time? How can we find comfort in micro-moments of rhythm and be more aware of the rhythms in our lives when we feel like there's no real pattern anymore? I'm exploring all these questions in this episode. Show notes: ...
COVID-19 and A Grounding Practice for Educators
March 29, 2020 15:54 - 20 minutes - 19.5 MBDuring this time of uncertainty, we're all mumbling "I don't know" probably a few more times than we're used to. If we allow ourselves to feel the I don't knows, to grieve the losses we're suffering with self-compassion, we'll be able to move through our emotions and balance what's activating our amygdala during this unprecedented time. Join Sarah as she goes through her own reflections on uncertainty, how she's allowing herself to grieve and hold space for self-compassion, and how you can h...
Episode 10: Conversation about relationship-informed teaching, including student worth, teacher worth, relational triggers, and more with Es Swihart of WorthySelf EDU
March 09, 2020 15:41 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBOn today's show, we talk about something that ALL of us know is so important in our classrooms: relationships. We had such a great conversation with Es Swihart-- a current high school English teacher, teacher of the year, and founder of Worthy Self Edu. In this first-ever interview on Regenerative Ed, Es and Sarah discuss student worth, teacher worth, relational triggers, reciprocal relationships, and paradigms we can shift as educators. You can check out Es's work at Worthy Self Edu and ...
The "S" Word: A Simple Way to Cultivate Resiliency in Students (and Ourselves!)
March 02, 2020 18:02 - 14 minutes - 12.5 MBWe're getting pretty good at throwing around the important C words in 21st century education: collaboration, creativity, and communication. They're top-of-mind for me, and I'm guessing it's the same for you. At the same time, there are lots of words and concepts that education could potentially steal from other systems or beliefs. And, since I believe in the power of language, I know it's very beneficial to use exact terminology that gets us thinking more about how we help nourish and cult...
Three Questions that Bring Our Awareness to Classroom "Weeds"
February 18, 2020 21:32 - 25 minutes - 21.8 MBIt's easy to look at a weed as a nuisance, just like it's easy to look at a challenging behavior in your classroom as a nuisance (or worse). And so, being the best teacher we can be, we try to "solve the problem". Weed killer and mowers, red/green behavior charts and elaborate behavior point systems. But what if we looked at the whole scenario through a regenerative, win-win mindset: what if paused and looked at that "weed", or that behavior, for what it really offers, instead of jumping ...