TAGS Resilience, Steve Locke Show Notes Steve Locke is a New York-based artist and professor of art whom Candida and Jo-Ann have known since college. His work focuses on identity and asks the viewer to contemplate our shared history from another perspective. Our wide-ranging conversation covers the transition to college, how the pandemic has affected teaching and learning, art, life, and so much more. Steve is the recipient of many grants and awards. His show the fire next time is...
TAGS Resilience, Steve Locke Show Notes Steve Locke is a New York-based artist and professor of art whom Candida and Jo-Ann have known since college. His work focuses on identity and asks the viewer to contemplate our shared history from another perspective. Our wide-ranging conversation covers the transition to college, how the pandemic has affected teaching and learning, art, life, and so much more. Steve is the recipient of many grants and awards. His show the fire next time is at the Massachusetts...
Tags: Clayful, Maria Barerra, Resilience, Resources, Unconscious Bias Show Notes Maria Barrera, Founder & CEO of Clayful tells us about how Clayful provides on demand online wellness coaching for students to help build resilience in real time. Maria leveraged her experience as a mechanical engineer, and as a founder of Nearpod, the online educational platform, to develop a system that addresses mental wellness through this school-supported platform. Clayful offers accessible, preventative mental health resources to families of all socio-economic statuses. Clayful’s...
Mental health has been a challenge for educators for years and the pandemic only increased the needs of students and educators. Scared and unhappy kids can’t learn. In this episode we talk to a middle school administrator who has been bringing greater awareness, sharper focus, and useful practices to students and educators in her school and district. Courtney Rau Rogers is a middle school Assistant Principal in suburban Boston. For the last 7-8 years she has been studying trauma-informed instruction,...
