Creating a Classroom of Student Vulnerability and Growth
Creating a classroom of vulnerability & empathy empowers students to take risks, embrace growth, & feel safe sharing their authentic selves.
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Lorraine Connell
Oct 215 min read
Rethinking Leadership – Why Top-Down Leadership No Longer Works
Explore why top-down leadership limits growth and discover how flipping the model empowers collaboration, innovation, and leadership for all
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Lorraine Connell
Aug 29, 20234 min read
Why is Perspective Important in Leadership
Is it important for a leader to understand perspectives? Perspectives can mean so many different things - read more here:
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Lorraine Connell
Dec 21, 20222 min read
How Vulnerability and Authenticity Can Help Build Trust in the Classroom
In order to build relationships with our students, we must be vulnerable.
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Lorraine Connell
Oct 31, 20222 min read
Leaders are born...
Many people believe that leaders are born - I do not agree.
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Lorraine Connell
Sep 21, 20222 min read
Transistioning Teachers
Education is not “one size fits all.”
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Lorraine Connell
Aug 3, 20223 min read
Consent
It is really a misnomer that consent resides only in the bedroom. It actually happens very early in our lives.
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Lorraine Connell
Aug 3, 20222 min read
Guilty, too
As parents, we post things on social media about our kids at such a young age that they are not able to give consent...
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Lorraine Connell
Apr 3, 20222 min read
What it means to be an ally
It wasn’t until I asked someone that I found out that this choice of mine (the privilege) could potentially cause confusion.
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Lorraine Connell
Dec 22, 20212 min read
Sense of Belonging
I recently had the opportunity to listen to Soledad O'Brien speak at a conference. In her keynote, she talked about a sense of belonging,...
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Lorraine Connell
Jun 17, 20214 min read
Leaving a Legacy
At first, when none of them returned my gesture, I remember feeling really vulnerable - wondering if I should continue.
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Lorraine Connell
Apr 28, 20214 min read
The Power of an Educator's Connection
We remember teachers for two reasons for years after we leave their classroom.
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