I teach in a STEAM/Project Based Learning school, with an emphasis on the Whole Child. I truly love these motivated students and their families, so we are continually trying to provide ways to better help everyone learn important foundation skills.
Curiosity is the basis of meaningful learning.
Our staff has worked so hard to learn new ways to reach all students. Research shows both parents and students are motivated by people that use empathy to deveop a postive school culture. Our learning community needs someone who knows ways to customize this strategy so everyone grows more mindful about each other. Rather than me telling them what to learn, my goal is to invite them into ways to become a better listener...and person.
My Project
Teachers and students need someone who knows how to enter their world- meet them at their level- to help them be the best learner possible. Educators and students at my school need to create roadmaps that best support their learning. This three-day conference will provide me with invaluable strategies and hands on practice I will take back to better coach my school community.
Empathy is an essential coaching practice if everyone is to have equal opportunities to grow.
Effective coaches use different lenses to allow them to dig deeperand identify ways to develop a school culture that meets everyone's needs. This conference will allow me to deepen and practice questioning and coaching strategies that help scaffold ways every teacher and student can uniquely drive their learning to better support the collective goals of the school community. The knowledge I learn will allow me to help countless teachers and students increase their self-awareness and peer to peer empathy by providing them with custom strategies. Thank you for considering my project.
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