Through transformative #SEL, you can use your self-awareness & social awareness to support your effort to be an antiracist educator. Read this article by Dena Simmons in ASCD for more: bit.ly/3euKG9x

Whether you will be online, in-person, or a hybrid schedule, 2020-21 will be one of the most memorable school-years of your career. Your kids need you. Your colleagues need you. Lean on each other and do the little things to make every day special. YOU CAN DO THIS! #SEL #edchat

Second day of school and I got the best email from a student saying she feels so connected to everyone in the class already. The fifth grader knows that distance does not prevent relationships! #cvesd #mcmlearns #usdrp

Let us pave the roads to a just and equitable world with love, trust, courage, and humility, knowing the little ones are studying us, are walking with us at our side.

Great article: How (and Why) to Leave Audio Feedback on Student Work This Year, Whether During In-Person or Distance Learning - Dave Stuart Jr. #cvesd #mcmlearns #usdrp davestuartjr.com/how-and-why-to…

Don't forget to take time and step away from your work. You should always search for balance in your personal and professional life so that you can be your absolute best at both. #Selfcare is not a luxury, but a necessity. #SEL

For those of you that have the financial means, here is an opportunity for you. Fire Evacuation Safe Home for Joaquin gofundme.com/f/fire-evacuat…

Interesting read as we think about what engagement means and how to honor students in a way that build meaningful relationships #cvesd #mcmlearns #usdrp

No, not RBG. What a colossal loss. What a lioness. She taught us all how to fight, how to fight cancer, how to fight for justice, how to fight for our lives.

Being antiracist is not a destination but a journey—one that takes deliberate, consistent work. It’s work to transform oneself and society. A journal and workbook, #BeAntiracist guides people on their journeys to be antiracist. It drops today One World! penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667140/b…

Kids learn to recognize how their body responds to #stress & situations that increase it & then develop ways to reduce tension as well as cope. Step 1: Self-Regulation: Help kids learn to identify their unique signs. A few: #parenting

Thank you Core Collaborative for the opportunity to share about peer mediation and conflict resolution and Beverly Prange for your leadership. Interactions for Peace: Students Solving Conflict in Positive Ways youtu.be/GLWQ1N6hyG0 via YouTube #cvesd #mcmleanrs #peace

Here is a great resource to share with families. #mcmlearns #cvesd The Family-Friendly Workout to Fight Cabin Fever - WSJ wsj.com/articles/the-f…

My wish for you on this #valentinesday2021 is that no matter where you are, who you are with, or who you are not with, that you realize you are surrounded by love

Thank you @jasminewarga for your book, Other Words for Home. My fifth graders loved the book. The conversations we had about race, belonging, hope and love were amazing. We learned so much about Jude and her family and about each other.

New TikTok video: Did you know you can subtract left to right?

Sometimes closing the chapter isn't quite enough; you must close the entire book.

10 December 2022 is Human Rights Day. I will be signing blank A4 sheets of paper with invisible UV ink from 2-4pm at Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park, London. #Ai4paper #A4paper #Aiweiwei #aiww #Refugeesinternational #freedomofspeech #humanrights #chinaprotest #covidprotest

Kid scores 100% on a retest... Only given a 70%. For what possible justification do we put scores in the gradebook that do not match what a student knows? There is no average time to learn something. Punishing students for taking longer to learn something seems archaic

Teachers, you are not in competition, but you're on the same team! Encourage, inspire, and support each other! Build each other up and cheer each other on to greatness. It's "the power of 'WE".