Resilient & Resourced Educator

Maria: Learning and Growing is Key to Mental Health   In her almost 20 years of being an educator, Maria has covered a whole lot of ground! She has taught math, English and Social Science while working with students from Grades 5 -12. When she wasn’t in the classroom, Maria has facilitated professional learning workshops…

Mary: Genuine Connection Matters   Mary has been an Educational Assistant for 11 years and sees her primary role as being a caring presence for her students and a positive and encouraging support for her colleagues, Mary believes in the power of intentionally reaching out to others when things get stressful and not try to…

Kathleen: Teachers and Students Are All Learning to Adapt   Kathleen is an energetic high school math teacher who simply loves being in the classroom! With the pandemic-led learning disruptions last spring, she sees how some students continue to struggle with the self-regulation and organizational skills needed to understand challenging math concepts. Join the conversation…

Gwen: Don’t Reinvent the Wheel   Gwen is a seasoned and steady educator and is also my sister! While the chaotic changes this year have proved to be the greatest challenge in her 30 years of teaching, she remains firm that there is some glimmer of reasonable hope. With vulnerability, wisdom and compassion, Gwen shares…

Derrick & Andrea: A Two Educator Family Derrick and Andrea are a two-educator partnership and parents of young children who have unique concerns during this pandemic school year. Concerns range from safety, to scheduling to new modes of teaching and all the way to the impact on these changes on the students.      …

Linda: It’s Always About the Students Linda has taught almost every elementary grade and even had a short stint as an LTO in high school which has given her 30 year career such depth and breadth. In the ups and downs of this pandemic year, her resilience is grounded in thoughtful support systems that will…

Lori: How are Your Happiness Chemical Levels? With her Masters in Social Work, Lori has been an itinerant social worker with multiple schools in her portfolio but is now located at one high school of almost 1600 hundred students. Lori is a well of resources on self-aware, self-care habits.   Lori loved school and is…

Kim: The Power of the Pause in Prioritizing Kim is currently a Vice Principal but, in her 23 years in education, she has been a 5-6 core teacher, a 7-8 Language Arts and Visual Art teacher as well as sharing her flair for the dramatic when teaching high school French and Drama for 11 of…