Let's remind everyone one more time. For your school to be a trauma-informed school, it also has to be a trauma-informed workplace. The adults are carrying just as much trauma as the kids.

Yes and yes! And if you’re REALLY committed to making all voices equal, you could run a protocol or do a circle! Every team member brings GIFTS and GENIUS that we need to solve problems and feel joy!

Yup! 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️

I don't think I care as much about demystifying poetry for people as much as getting them interested in mystery

Powerful reminder. 🙌

“There are many ways of saying who you are and how you feel; ways that can be so helpful. Ways that don’t hurt yourself or anybody else. You know, that’s how you can tell when you’re grown up inside.”

Where we are at as teachers emotionally can turn the outcome of a situation for a student on a dime. Yes, students are accountable for their actions—but let's be honest, where WE are at emotionally as teachers too often changes how we respond. Way too often. /🧵

Open-door classroom. My door is always open. Part claustrophobia (don’t fence me in). Part insecurity (am I the imposter?). Part accountability (nothing to hide). Part possibility (everything to share). Doors are windows as long as they’re open. Maybe, then, I have a

Truth.

When our young people are communicatng stressed behaviour, we must Regulate, Relate, Reason in that sequence. We must not go straight for the cortex. Pupils cannot reason when their emotions are not regulated. 🧠🌱

Reading to kids doesn't just benefit them. It's good for parents too. Evidence: Reading regularly to children improves parenting skills, reduces stress, and builds lasting bonds. In a distracted world, sitting together with a book is a rare occasion for undivided attention.

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Kelly Clarkson sings "All By Myself" today to open her show with a performance that for most singers would be the peak of their entire career, but for Kelly it's just Wednesday.

Just a reminder x ❤️

FutureMe, a website built in Boston, allows you to email a letter to your future self. Send a letter to yourself in 2030. It has delivered over 8,000,000 letters to the future. futureme.org

Yay I did nothing over break Oh crap I did nothing over break

one of the great joys in this life is looking at your pets weird little teeth

Trayvon Martin. He should be turning 30 today. 30. He should have 3 decades behind him and be planning for more. My heart goes out to his parents and family. #TrayvonMartin

Just saw someone saying using the em-dash is a sign of something being written by AI, because real people rarely use it. This is terrible news for everyone like me who has an unhealthy emotional attachment to the em-dash.