Conscious Curriculum

Miriam shares her journey - from body shaming, self-harm, sexual trauma, and abuse - to spiritual healing and queer questioning in this special pride month episode.

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Michael Brownstein started his career in education teaching English, social emotional learning and technology courses at the high school level.

As an education consultant, he has worked with students and their parents, business and community partners, and educators of all stripes (K-16 teachers and administrators, officials at Local Education Agencies and State Education Agencies across the country) to translate innovative education policy into effective practice at schools, school districts and institutions of higher education.

He is currently the Director of Strategic Growth at Virtual Enterprises International, a nationally-recognized, year-long, credit-bearing, in-school, work-based learning program for youth, grades 7-12.

In this episode, Michael shares his vision of academics - and offers real strategies for educators as they move through the course of their year.

One of his most pertinent messages is how important it is to have a real-world application for what goes on in class, so the learner is able to share and experience how what they're doing right now has a connection to the world in which they live.

"I think coverage of curriculum is a trap."

Bi-weekly episodes, interviews only, centered on the POWER of the ARMY of young people.

We evolve, we rest, and we center on community.

Deep love,

Miriam

Soleil Sabalja has been in education for 11 years, teaching high school English in China for 2 years, and for the past 9 years has been back in New York City, working with high school students learning English, and students with Special Needs.  This year she is also teaching and creating a brand new high school course called Environmental Activism.

Inspired by community organizing around Racial Justice Movements in 2020, Soleil founded Nasty New Yorkers as an aggregate community group where people could have a one-stop shop for learning about local community cleanups, uplifting local community organizations in particularly underserved and underfunded communities.  Her organization was recently published in Caribbean Life News.

In that same year, she was a FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence Finalist, “an award that recognizes and celebrates extraordinary public school teachers in NYC who inspire learning through creativity, passion, and commitment.”

You can follow her work on IG @nastynewyorkers, or send her an email via [email protected].

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What is a model of reality?

How is it created?

Can we change it?

How does our life change, when our perceived reality changes?

And more...

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Oona is a senior in The Landmark School, a 2-12 day and residential private school in Beverly Massachusetts specializing in serving students with dyslexia and language-based learning disabilities or challenges.  

Oona is passionate about self-understanding and whole human well-being.

At that young age, she knew she was capable of learning but school wasn't providing the learning opportunities she needed.

After years of fighting for her right to learn, Oona made a cross-country journey to live at a specialized school for learning differences.

Now, Oona is preparing to walk the high school graduation stage and wants to share her insights in the hopes that it leads to the overhaul of the current education system.

If we could all hold space for the truth -

that every living, breathing thing on the planet

is equally a creator and a healer -

we might truly develop a shared dream

of collective leadership and empowerment.

"This work is deep and soft like soil.

Good luck growing a garden on dry land."

Moises Santos, Innovation and Transformation Coach and Education Consultant, Leadership & Education Coach, Mindset Coach, Entrepreneur, and "Mindset Mechanic" explores how intentional learning about emotions, consciousness, and the body can lead to radical change for humans, educators, and young people.

He shares his journey through education, innovation, and business start-up, and shares how we can empower humans through a new approach to physical education.

"What we need are teachers to understand emotions and teach students how to actualize and internalize emotions - build grit and build growth mindset...that's where the expertise of teachers should be."

Find Moises' leadership and education work @lifeprojectnj

and his mindset / life coaching work @vidaproject

What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey inspired much of this episode.

Amidst a country of continued shooting, violence against Trans, Black, POC, Disabled communities (and beyond), and perpetual individual and collective traumas...it can feel almost impossible to know what to do, or how to have a positive impact.

The answers are simple - not easy, but simple. Listen for more.

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In this Episode, Logan Friedman, an 8th grade student in Westchester public schools shares his perspective on good teaching, necessary learning, and what we can do to develop wise humans in public schools.