Monday Memo Musings

Grace- Grace is what we have when we could be negative but don't go there. Grace is what we have when we see the light, instead of the dark. Grace is what we have when we can point fingers yet see there are four pointing back at us. Grace is what we have when we think of others then think of ourselves. Grace is what we have when we don't know everyone's story and don't need to know it. Grace is what we all have at Learning Stores.  Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah with a Christmas twist.  Staffing Anne- This is catch up week for me- Budget- touching base with families/students - A NHEC home visit-  Monday- High Level- Comm 1005 course being taught in High Level today.  Tuesday Am- Meeting Lorna Hewson Collaborative response PM Fort Vermilion student presentation.  Wednesday- Fort Vermilion- Presentation to the board. PM La Crete if time warrants. Grad meeting High level Thursday- La Crete am Friday- High Level- Chad will stay in ...

More Notes From Nashvill e These notes are from a psychologist who turned my knowledge of behavior on its head.  These are some notable things she said: Before you deal with behavior you need to get the anxiety down The longer people have anxiety the more likely that will turn into depression When anxiety goes up then you no longer have working memory anxiety intellectually impairs us We have to shift students thoughts to things that don't require a working memory need to think- what skills is this kid missing what coping skills are missing and go from there what is the student trying to communicate to you If you don't know what to do- validate the student's feelings What's wrong , tell me more, go on Great story; Take a pop can and shake it for a while. then set it beside another pop can. Can you tell which one has been shaken- you can't!!! Kids are like pop cans, we need to be ready for the explosion.  Anxiety isn't consistent, it peaks and...

Mornin' Y'all, You must know the book, Everything I Know, I learned in Kindergarten. The books says all the skills he needed for life, were taught in that one year in Kindergarten. Well here's my take on it, Everything I Know I Learned in Nashville. These are my notes from my sessions Don't get tired of being nice to people, that's your job.  Every single child has the potential to go to college We want students to be able to provide for their families Stats say if you go to college you will make more money There are programs out there at colleges and Universities for at Risk youth The part of the brain responsible for emotion is also responsible for learning so.... I'll be here for you, but you have to do the work! ( this is revolutionary) Second chances are the power of educators to change lives Some of our kids have lives two lifetimes....  Educators need to bounce back quickly from our failures... we model that...