Greetings and Happy Native American Heritage Month! My personal words of the month have become acknowledge and savor. I find that as things get tougher and change waves...
Archive for category: Notes from Staff
28.102020November 16, 2020
Embracing the Season of Change
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...
21.102020November 16, 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...
13.102020November 13, 2020
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...
06.102020November 10, 2020
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.
29.092020November 12, 2020
Building Trust and Community
By Donnalie WilsonIn Notes from StaffTags Brave Vulnerability, Collective Responsibility, Continuous Learning, Leadership for Equity
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...
22.092020November 16, 2020
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....
15.092020November 12, 2020
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...
08.092020November 12, 2020
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...
01.092020November 12, 2020
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...