Find Your Green
The unprecedented pandemic event that forced educators and students to transform the classroom to an online learning platform within days took a toll on all of us. As we greet the official end of the 2019-2020 school year, many of us are looking ahead to see how to best prepare to support our students when […]
How can you use the disruption of a pandemic to leverage adaptive change at your school?
We’ve had a rough spring. There is no doubt about that. We are faced with uncertainty as we head into the fall. Teachers and administrators are tired and scared. Families are exhausted. Children miss their schools. We don’t even know if we will be at school, or with how many, on what days. So, […]
A Reflection That I Never Imagined I Would Write
When I sat down to write and reflect upon my teaching this spring, I never in my wildest dreams imagined that I would be sharing that I actually cried when I learned that school was closed for the rest of the academic year. Nor did I ever imagine that everyone in the entire world would […]
The Bright Spots
My principal keeps asking us to look for the bright spots, the subtle and easily overlooked places where things are working in times of tremendous change. The concept isn’t new or unique to our most recent challenges. In fact, I’ve spent a lot of this year thinking about “the early glimmers of something going right” […]
What’s Important to Keep When Unexpectedly Becoming an “Online” Teacher
“Honestly,” I said to my thirteen students from 11 different countries, “if teaching was a job that was only online, I wouldn’t be a teacher. I am here for the relationships. I am here to be with you. I have taken online classes, and I don’t remember the instructors or any of the other participants. […]
10th Annual Rowland Conference features Katharine Wilkenson
The 2020 Rowland Foundation conference will be held on October 29 at UVM. Our theme will be climate change and our keynote speaker will be Katharine Wilkenson, the lead author of Drawdown, the NY Times best seller. We are so fortunate that she has agreed to come to Vermont. Dr. Katharine Wilkinson is the Vice President of Communication and Engagement […]