Hi Everyone, It’s that time of year. Days get shorter, temperatures drop, leaves change and abandon their trees: fall. Even though this happens annually, it...
Archive for year: 2020
Welcoming Nonclosure
Our next few blast introductions focus on the four agreements by Glenn Singleton in Courageous Conversations About Race. Today I am going to focus on: expect...
Inviting You In on National Coming Out Day
This past Sunday was the 32nd celebration of the annual National Coming Out Day. It was first celebrated in the U.S. on the one-year anniversary...
Grounding Ourselves
Grounding is a practice that can help you stay present and stay calm in the midst of what might feel like a chaotic moment.
Building Trust and Community
I hope this message finds you well. I’ve spent a lot of time in recent weeks thinking about how the ATC Core Values help to...
Telling Empowering Stories
My mother was one of nine children born in Jackson, MS in the mid-1950s. Curious and headstrong, she quickly became known as the “why” child....
Hispanic Heritage Month
Happy Tuesday Everyone! A friend of mine shared an interesting Facebook post last night. It criticized the term Latinx as an English solution to the...
Cultivating Emotional Intelligence
Prompting Event: I was talking to my realtor about school starting and she said, “Teachers need to stop whining and do their job. They are...
Know Yourself
Hi Everyone, We often instruct teachers to create a persona that is authentic to them, one that both holds high expectations for students and sees...