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4 day PD on addressing grief, racism, empathy, relationships, and anxiety during these times. Lots of great articles and resources were shared. Too many to link but can share over email for anyone who is interested. -Allie

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White Fragility- Helped me look through other lenses

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White Fragility- Helped me look through other lenses

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The language of lying... this was amazing!

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Shauna King did (another) amazing PD on building hope in a virtual setting.  I like how she described our circle of influence and control, how to recognize student strengths, "way" power not "will" power.  She is the best!

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Shauna King did (another) amazing PD on building hope in a virtual setting.  I like how she described our circle of influence and control, how to recognize student strengths, "way" power not "will" power.  She is the best!

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White Fragility and I taught myself some Google Classroom things. 

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White Fragility and I taught myself some Google Classroom things. 

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Reflection on learning

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Don't Lose Hope with Shauna King  ~ Her pd tied into our Kids at Hope.  I loved how she gave ways to find hope in the most difficult situations 

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Don't Lose Hope with Shauna King  ~ Her pd tied into our Kids at Hope.  I loved how she gave ways to find hope in the most difficult situations 

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This site has a lot of resources and ideas for reducing stress and for practicing self-care.

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Mindfulness changes your brain

Recent research has shown that an 8 week mindfulness meditation class can lead to structural brain changes including increased grey-matter density in the hippocampus, known to be important for learning and memory, and in structures associated with self-awareness, compassion and introspection.

Positive emotions make us more resilient

Our emotions affect our long term well-being. Research shows that experiencing positive emotions in a 3-to-1 ratio with negative ones leads to a tipping point beyond which we naturally become more resilient to adversity and better able to achieve things.

Giving is good for you

When we give to others it activates the areas of the brain associated with pleasure, social connection and trust.

Altruistic behaviour releases endorphins in the brain and boosts happiness for us as well as the people we help. Studies have shown that giving money away tends to make people happier than spending it on themselves.

Optimism helps us achieve our goals

Research shows that people who are optimistic tend to be happier, healthier and cope better in tough times.

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined"
- Henry David Thoreau

Our happiness is not set in stone

Although our genes influence about 50% of the variation in our personal happiness, our circumstances (like income and environment) affect only about 10%.

As much as 40% is accounted for by our daily activities and the conscious choices we make. So the good news is that our actions really can make a difference.

Happiness leads to success

Most people think that if they become successful, then they'll be happy.

But recent discoveries in psychology and neuroscience show that this formula is backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around.

When we're positive, our brains are more motivated, engaged, creative, energetic, resilient, and productive.

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Mindfulness changes your brain Recent research has shown that an 8 week mindfulness meditation class can lead to structural brain changes including increased grey-matter density in the hippocampus, known to be important for learning and memory, and in structures associated with self-awareness, compassion and introspection.

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Learned about many different useful resources such as jamboard, padlet, google extensions, etc. Extensive learning on how to use these and implement them in the virtual classroom.

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Book Study-Cultivating Genius, An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Teaching

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Book Study-Cultivating Genius, An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Teaching

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Great book by Gholdy Muhammad! Very specific to our population and many great resources provided within!

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Becoming a more emotionally intelligent colleague

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Becoming a more emotionally intelligent colleague

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I learned about how to assess my communication style and how to better tweak it so that I am a better worker and teacher.
- Jen Williams

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Learned about the amazing resources on Discover Ed. Link from Classlink.

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Highly recommend this book. It really underscored the importance of getting to know your students as people, not just learners and looking at them from a different perspective.

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There are a lot of tools teachers can add to their Google Slides to make them more interactive.

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Robert Jackson's PD on Trauma.  His best advice was to give what you can. 

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Robert Jackson's PD on Trauma.  His best advice was to give what you can. 

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Assessing students ahead of time to see what they already know and create a plan on where you want them to go.  Design lessons with check- points during the lessons and not at the end.

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Zaretta Hammond Culturally Responsive Teaching Equity through Inquiry

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Zaretta Hammond Culturally Responsive Teaching Equity through Inquiry

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I learned the difference between Fundations and PhonicsSpellingWordStudy programs

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I did a PD with NEARPOD that was great! I didn't know all the great tools nearpod provided.

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I did a PD with NEARPOD that was great! I didn't know all the great tools nearpod provided.

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Excellent book structured as case studies of multiple children. The focus is on how to address difficult behaviors by viewing the children's strengths and needs. I have the book if anyone wants to read - Alisa

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I learned about some of the different websites that we can use to engage students in different ways! (Nearpod, Wixie)

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and their families

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Just continuing to learn about how important building relationships with students is for not just my own success but for each student's success as well.

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I learned strategies for district leadership for English Learners

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Great way for older students to connect to their community

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I read multiple articles this summer about how important it is to ensure students feel safe and loved in our virtual classrooms before expecting anything academically.
-Molly

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I gained some more confidence with use of technology this summer :)

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I gained some more confidence with use of technology this summer :)