Journeys to Belonging

Donna Guerin is the founder and executive director of Global Lighthouse Studios. She has been an educator for 22 years and involved in global education since 2015. She has also been an SDG ambassador. She loves to empower students to be a part of their own learning journey and enjoys connecting teachers and students around the world.

Good Life Goals for K-3

Global Goals for grades 4-16

Twitter and IG: @DLGuerin1

Global Lighthouse Studios

Jake Guerin

Twitter and IG: @YoungChangemak1

Young Changemakers International

Kindheart Jr.

Anna Dyagileva is an MIEExpert, MIETrainer, MIEFellow, and Google certified. She is a Flipgrid, Wakelet & Buncee Ambassador who has a passion for #edtech and project-based learning. She started the #teachersloveEDU and #Engclubcom communities. 

Twitter, IG & Facebook: @annadyagileva1

youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AnnaDyagileva

This week's episode is a response to a tweet from August 6 by Chris Quinn (@ChrisQuinn64). He posted a sketchnote by Sylvia Duckworth depicting a circle cut into 6 sections. Above the graphic: “Embracing the 6Cs of Education (supported by well-being) can help us to build the best growth opportunities for and with our children.” The 6 sections were each labeled with a "C" word: Character, Citizenship, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Communication, Creativity. 

My initial reaction just reading the labels was that the model was outdated because the categories mentioned, like character education and citizenship were outdated. But then I saw Dr. Michael Fullan, scholar and researcher was listed as the source and Sylvia Duckworth another eminent educator who I respect a great deal. I also thought about Chris and his attention to detail before posting anything. So I did what I always do when I question myself. I reflected on what I wrote; I searched for the source of Chris’s post via Dr. Fullan. Education Plus Whitepaper (2014) written by Dr. Fullan and Geoff Scott. 

Link to Chris Quinn's tweet

Deep Learning: Engage the World Change the World

Dive Into Deep Learning: Engagement

New Pedagogies for Deep Learning (NPDL)

Learnlife

Learnlife Alliance

Ron Nober 

-Technology/STEAM teacher 

-Teach SDGs ambassador 

-Very interested in design thinking, SDGs, and the intersection of technology and social good 

-Co-host of Teachernerdz podcast 

-Advisor to school media club and co-founder of the entrepreneur club (focus on social entrepreneurship) 

- Entered education at age 40 previously worked as an archeologist out of college 

- Also run a dog training company with my wife and have been training dogs professionally for over 20 years

Joe DePaulo 

-Started teaching later in life around the age of 30

-Never liked school as a student and was very hesitant going into the teaching profession

-Passionate about teaching third grade

-Co-host of Teachernerdz podcast 

Twitter: @nober_techclass

             @joesurfer2

             @teachernerdz

IG:        @nober_techclass

            @teachernerdzpodcast

Resources mentioned:

Teach Boldly by Dr. Jennifer Williams

GirlRising for the film and other resources

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

In a recent article published by Edutopia, authors Nina Portugal and Malia Tayabas-Kim note, "the foundation of learning and growth is belonging, safety, and trust not just for our students, but for adults too." On today's episode, the host of Journeys to Belonging, Dr. Ilene Winokur, discusses the main points from the article and explains how we can model these strategies at teacher PD and use them in our classrooms with our students. More importantly, focusing on teacher well-being, supports their ability to create healthy relationships with students for them to thrive. 

Wakelet collection

Ilene's website with more resources

How do we create successful learners if we ignore their strengths (assets) and focus on their deficits?

We often hear about people who either believe the glass is half empty or half full. Have you ever heard that the glass can be refilled? How does changing our perception of learners from a deficit mindset (glass half-empty) to an asset-based mindset (glass can be refilled) improve how we perceive our students and how they perceive themselves? In this episode, I explain the importance of an asset-based mindset and approach on supporting a sense of safety and belonging in our students that is essential to their learning and achievement.

NYU Steinhardt School of Education - asset-based approach

Ilene's website

@InspiredMinds30 for affirmation resources

Naomi Toland is originally from Ireland but has traveled and taught away from her home in Derry for the past 10 Years. Naomi completed her degree at Northumbria University before moving to Hackney, London for her first teaching job. After 3 years Naomi traveled South America for 3 months before settling in Auckland, New Zealand for the next 2 and a half years. It was here that Naomi shared her project, Empathetic Educators out into the world. This project looks at topics such as Neuroscience, empathy, design, relationships, psychology, and much more to better understand ourselves so that we can understand others. This project has taken her to Singapore where she took part in the Google Innovator Project with educators all over the world.  Naomi is currently teaching in Tokyo, Japan set to return to New Zealand next month.   Naomi’s passions are trying to advocate for empathy, inclusion, and understanding within education to help generate partnerships between teachers, learners and leaders in local settings and beyond.

Twitter: @naomi_toland

IG: Naomi.m.t

LinkedIn: https://jp.linkedin.com/in/naomi-toland-826891186

Website: https://www.naomitoland.com

bit.ly/EEConQuest2021

Nathan Wallis: Neuroscience educator

Kevin Leichtman is the author of "The Perfect Ten" and co-author of "Teacher's Guide to the Mental Edge." He and his wife, Dr. Anala Leichtman, founded Team Leichtman Consulting - tlceducate.com, a company that provides PD, curriculum, coaching, and courses focused on empowering educators. Kevin also directs Academic Mindset, a mindset strengthening company for students and teachers.  Kevin received his Masters and Ph.D. in curriculum & instruction from Florida Atlantic University. His research was on teacher burnout. He is currently out of the classroom, focusing on his education consulting work.

Website: https://tlceducate.com

Social media: @KevinLeichtman

Edumatch post about perfection: https://www.edumatchpublishing.com/post/raising-the-perfect-child

Edutopia article about burnout: https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-fight-burnout

Alice Aspinall, B.Math(Hon), B.Ed, is a Portuguese-Canadian secondary mathematics educator in Ontario, Canada. She loves spending time with her husband and two children reading books, playing math games, and exploring the outdoors. Alice is a strong advocate of the growth mindset. She is continually looking for ways to build young people’s confidence in math and to make math fun, challenging, and satisfying. Her innovative lessons and her dedication in the classroom have made a positive impact on her students’ attitudes toward math. Her YouTube channel, “MrsALovesMath,” exemplifies her commitment to her students’ learning. Alice is also a champion for females in STEM by encouraging girls to pursue science and mathematics both in high school and in post-secondary education.

Twitter: twitter.com/everyonecanmath twitter.com/aliceaspinall

IG: instagram.com/everyonecanlearnmath

FB: facebook.com/everyonecanlearnmath

Her website: http://everyonecanlearnmath.com

Her books: bit.ly/aliceaspinall

Mathematical Mindsets by Jo Boaler

https://www.amazon.com/Mathematical-Mindsets-Unleashing-Potential-Innovative/dp/0470894520/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=mathematical+mindsets&qid=1623094881&sr=8-1

Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics by Peter Liljedahl

https://www.amazon.com/Building-Thinking-Classrooms-Mathematics-Grades/dp/1544374836/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=building+thinking+classrooms&qid=1623094922&sr=8-1

YouCubed Resources

https://www.youcubed.org

Lise Farquhar is a truly international teacher, having spent more than half of her life traveling and living across Canada and the globe. This experience has helped her discover the differences, but more importantly, the incredible similarities that exist across landscapes, communities and people around the world. Her current role is in the Visual Arts department at an International school in the United Arab Emirates and she sees herself as a facilitator of creativity.

Twitter: @L_Farquhar_IB