Agenda 4/27/2024

9:00-9:15 Welcome and Housekeeping 9:15-9:45 Entrance Ticket   9:45-10:00 May Video Documentation and Due Dates 10:00-10:10 Quick writes: Reflecting on * Zaretta Hammond’s experience growing up in an under-resourced environment: how are we ensuring that families feel valued as partners in the school, so they can learn how to support and build on school-wide SEL practices… Read more »

Key Migration Terms

Key Migration Terms INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION IOM’s mission is to promote safe, orderly, and regular migration for the benefit of all. IOM works to ensure the well-being of migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees, and migrant workers. IOM operates globally and is part of the United Nations system as a related organization #Migration  

Agenda 4/11/24

3:30-3:35 Welcome and housekeeping 3:35-4:00 Workshop read aloud, My Two Blankets, Irena Kobald 4:00-4:25 Accountabilibuddy Break Out and Protocol (read the article- 6 Strategies) 4:25-Exit Tickets Early Release for April break!

Assignments for 3/14/2024

Watch Please be sure to watch Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk, “The danger of a single story,” Read The four-page handout, Dual Generation Strategy Initiative, to be prepared for Micky Bondo’s presentation. Bring to Class Lastly, she will share the experience of In Her Presence parents reading and answering your questions on the books Wherever I… Read more »

Learning for Justice Topics

Learning for Justice Topics Browsing Learning for Justice Topics, you will find resource pages, publications, magazine features, webinars, PD resources, videos, film kits, tasks to try, and more. Race and Ethnicity Religion Ability Class Immigration Gender and Sexual Identity Bullying and Bias Rights and Activism #Learning For Justice

Maine Anti-Bullying Laws and Policy

stopbullying.gov If your school or school system hasn’t yet adopted its own policy to address bullying of protected groups it may be because they are leaning on the state’s mandates. Do Maine anti-bullying laws and regulations include protections for specific groups? Yes. Maine state law prohibits bullying based on a student’s actual or perceived characteristics… Read more »

stopbullying.gov

Stop Bullying on the Spot When adults respond quickly and consistently to bullying behavior they send the message that it is not acceptable. Research shows this can stop bullying behavior over time. stopbullying.gov #Laws and Policy

Federal Laws protect students in federally funded schools.

stopbullying.gov Federal Laws Although no federal law directly addresses bullying, in some cases, bullying overlaps with discriminatory harassment when it is based on race, national origin, color, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), age, disability, or religion. Federally-funded schools (including colleges and universities) have an obligation to resolve harassment on these bases. The types of… Read more »

Invasive curiosity is intruding upon, rather than respectfully exploring.

Hailley Bradbury-January blogpost Invasive curiosity is intruding upon, rather than respectfully exploring. To me, it is expressing curiosity without respecting the boundaries, or acknowledging the fundamental humanity of others. I think that we can hold space to best model positive curiosity, while still encouraging and supporting students to be vulnerable and take risks, by laying… Read more »