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Week 1 was an absolute joy, but going into Week 2 I found it really helpful to think about these three strategies for staying regulated as a teacher in difficult moments: ✔️ Pause first. ✔️ Imagine you're not alone. ✔️ Create a reminder. What's your go-to move, teachers? #EduSky

excerpt from linked article with explanations for each listed strategy

I'm teaching a writing workshop this summer and I challenged myself to come up with an SEL check-in each session that also serves as a wacky writing warmup that encourages a sense of play. They are getting more and more ridiculous and I'm having so much fun with it! Thread below of them so far...

"When we help students carry stress, we increase their capacity for resilience." This piece by @asv.bsky.social earlier in June slipped by me, but if you're a teacher looking for a starting point in reflecting forward to next year—this might be it. What will you do to "create safety" next year?

excerpt from article (linked in replies): "Teachers can’t be expected to fix the things that make the world unsafe, but it is in our influence to create small moments of safety. These moments of safety are like the water stations along a marathon route: They don’t take away the difficulty of running the marathon, but they give runners fuel to keep going."

"It matters that students find themselves in this content area that, for too long, has felt dismembered from" many. "Math isn’t a badge we receive for greater exclusion from our communities. It’s a set of skills to help us pull more of us in." - @thejosevilson.com

The Math Was Within Us All Along | The Jose Vilson

Now that I finished my second book, let me tell you a story that won’t make it into the manuscript: A few weeks ago, I ... Read More

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“This country is great because of us, despite how they have treated us. And when I think about what I’m willing to live or die for, I would not sit idly by and let someone else come in and take away what we’ve built, despite some folks not recognizing the role that we played in building it.”

Clint Smith@clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I've spent months speaking to current & retired Black service members about being part of the military in this political moment. What I found were officers and soldiers despondent at the resurgence of racism, yet often insistent that they were fighting for what this country could be, not what it is.