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We are Community School Coordinators in BC. We dive into conversations about the magic that happens when we prioritize care & connections in schools. Hosted by Gayle Beavil and Bal Dhillon.
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Nov 24, 2022
S5E09 - “Design for Belonging – in our Schools and our world” with Dr. Susie Wise
In our guest’s beautifully written and laid-out book, she conveys the universal importance of belonging and its impact, in the introduction. She says that it is not just her personal experience that has led her to believe that belonging is the thing that matters most. She says in her book:
“Kids who feel they belong learn better in school. Elders with a sense of belonging stay healthy and aware . Immigrants who belong thrive in their new communities. Having a sense of belonging leads to flourishing in every environment and group, big and small, from your home to the culture at large.” (p.xiii)
We believe belonging matters. If we truly belong, that means that we are welcome, in our full selves, to be involved and included. We feel seen and we feel we matter.
Today we are going to talk to our guest about belonging – what it is, what it feels like, where to watch for it and how we can try to create the conditions for it – in our classrooms, our schools and in our communities.
Our Guest is Dr. Susie Wise.
RESOURCES:
https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324006183 (Geoffrey L. Cohen - Belonging)
https://www.routledge.com/Teaching-to-Transgress-Education-as-the-Practice-of-Freedom/hooks/p/book/9780415908085#
https://www.designforbelonging.com/
QUOTE:
“As a classroom community, our capacity to generate excitement is deeply affected by our interest in one another, in hearing one another's voices, in recognizing one another's presence.”
- Bell Hooks, from her 1994 book, Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom (New York: Routledge)
BIO:
Dr. Susie Wise is a designer and educator with experience in education, tech and the social sector. She designs learning experiences and coaches leaders in innovation practices and equity design. She teaches at the d.school at Stanford where she founded and led the K12 Lab. She is also a co-creator of Liberatory Design. Susie lives with family and their wild dog Hijiki in Oakland, California.
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Nov 16, 2022
S5E08 - "A Role that Prioritizes Care & Connection of Students: One District’s Approach" with Sheri Brattson and Kevin Herd
Today we are going to hear about one lower-mainland school district community schools’ approach and model, and we will focus on one aspect, especially, that is quite unique. Our guests today are actually colleagues of mine and Bal’s, so we know them well and know that you will find this really interesting and inspiring, as you hear about one of the roles this district has created, to add to the strength of their school district’s approach. I will introduce our guests in just a moment.
We hope you see that on the podcast, our central aim is that we are trying to look at how schools put care and connection at the centre of what they do – and why that is so crucial. We believe that the deepest learning occurs when there is a strong relationship between the student and the teacher and when the learner feels safe to take risks, has choice and feels agency, feels connected to the school and community, and can be seen for who they really are and for the strengths and possibilities they bring.
RESOURCES:
- https://earlylearning.ubc.ca/monitoring-system/mdi/mdi-overview/ (Middle Years Development Index)
- https://chartlab.ca/about-ydi/ (Youth Development Index)
- https://www.gov.nl.ca/education/earlychildhood/edi/ (Early Development Index)
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10888691.2018.1537791?scroll=top&needAccess=true (Linda Darling-Hammond Article: "Implications for educational practice of the science of learning and development"
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BIO:
Sheri Brattston is currently the Managing Director of Community Education with the Burnaby School District. Her work involves supporting and developing informal and formal programs in the K-12 system, as well as the community. The purpose of these programs is to promote learning, enhance well-being, build capacity, reduce equity gaps and improve the quality of life of individuals and groups of all ages. She began her teaching career as an Early Childhood Educator in 1991 and later, she joined the Burnaby School District where she taught as an elementary teacher, continuing education teacher, and Community School Coordinator. After completing her Master’s in Education, Sheri joined a Provincial organization as the Director of Early Learning and Family Literacy. Across the Province she had the pleasure of working alongside early learning and community-based literacy organizations to help strengthen partner relationships and work together to build program capacity. The best part of her career so far has been the deep and joyful relationships she has made with diverse educators, children, families, and communities.
Kevin Herd has been working with children & youth for 20+ years in every capacity from coach to recreation program development to the classroom. His passion for fostering connections finds him in his current role as Community Connect Worker in an Elementary school setting for the past 11 years. Kevin knows firsthand that the key to healthy physical and social development is having positive role models to learn from and strives to be one to all his students as well as his two young sons. In his role he is responsible for building long term connections with kids and parents from which the groundwork of mutual respect, trust, openness & accountability can grow.
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Oct 29, 2022
S5E07 - “A Caring District Approach to Help Youth Thrive” with Nick Christofides
This episode is going to be one in which we delve into what it is that youth need to thrive.We know that research shows that several significant elements help our students grow and develop at their best, and we have a guest today who is an expert in this area. We know, of course, it is not just good grades and academic success that enable kids to thrive in school and in life, but that there are far more pieces to the puzzle than that. There are conditions, too, that create the opportunities for growth and development of students, and creating these conditions also takes intention and time and skill. Once again, we are so fortunate to have this guest, here at the virtual kitchen table with us, so we can pick his brain and get into this topic, as this – helping our students to thrive and be their best selves – is what it is all about.
RESOURCES:
acebc.ca
QUOTE:
“Every human being strives for significance, but people will always make mistakes if they do not recognize that their own significance lies in their contribution to the lives of others.” (Social Interest, Gemeinschaftsgefühl)
-Alfred Adler
BIO:
Nick Christofides has been working with families in the Lower Mainland for the last 23 years. He is a former teacher, coach, counsellor, department head, site based administrator and currently works with the district leadership team as the Safe and Caring Schools lead. Much of Nick’s work has been focussed in the areas of fostering connections, helping vulnerable students, promoting health and wellness and supporting the education of staff and students in the area of mental health literacy.
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Oct 20, 2022
S5E06 - "An Approach of Care, Healing & Dignity" with Meena Mangat
This week we have a very special guest who has done so much work in her classroom, district and internationally. There were so many topics we could have covered with her including anti-racism, community school frameworks, administration, international work, academia as she is studying her PhD, classroom teaching, mindfulness and so many other things. Meena Mangat joins us to talk about her anti-racism work, what healing work means and giving kids dignity; plus so much more.
QUOTE:
"“Research shows that healthy adult-child relationships, like those between school staff and students, safe and supportive school environments, and targeted resources and interventions all help build those protective factors. This effect is strongest when we elevate student voice, co-construct experiences grounded in a healthy sense of identity and belonging, celebrate our students’ cultures, and promote relationships anchored in dignity. We know that to support our students, we must promote the healing needed to build protective barriers and buffer against trauma.”
- The Healing-Centered Framework for Chicago Public Schools
BIO:
Meena Mangat has been a teacher for 15 years in a lower mainland school district. She has taught English Language Learning, English, and she helped create an inquiry based mini school at one of her schools. She has led anti-racist dialogue groups for educators, has worked with administrators around the world, and is currently completing her PhD after finishing a Masters in Contemplative Studies. Meena is a writer who has published articles academically, one of which we will put in the show notes. She will soon be a vice-principal in her district and has been a leader in every school she has taught in since she began teaching
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Oct 6, 2022
S5E05 - “The Fertile Ground of Caring, Connected, Classroom Communities“ with Megan Aprim and Marie Stevens
The conditions for learning. So much has been said about what it takes to cultivate the fertile ground for deep learning. With all of the research and scholarship on how we learn, it is hard to deny the fundamental role relationships and emotions play in learning. Today we are going to speak with two highly-respected and beloved teachers who embed their practice with structures and routines that send the message to their students that, yes, they are cared for, and are safe and are important. Their pedagogy reflects this so that the students are ready and excited to learn, yes, … and also so that their students know that all people deserve to be cared for and accepted and respected, and that to be a caring and concerned person in community with others, is important for now in school, but for onward, in life. Yes, they create a fertile ground for learning, and they also cultivate a fertile ground for building caring, community-minded, socially and emotionally students.
Today we want to welcome to Community Room’s kitchen table, two classroom teachers from a community school in the lower mainland of BC: Megan Aprim and Marie Stevens.
RESOURCES:
- https://www.socialthinking.com/zones-of-regulation/free-stuff (Zones of Regulation)
- https://poets.org/poem/work-4 (Poem by Kahlil Gibran)
- https://www.portageandmainpress.com/Books/S/Stand-Like-a-Cedar (Stand Like a Cedar)
- https://www.amazon.ca/Rabbit-Listened-Cori-Doerrfeld/dp/073522935X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+rabbit+listened&qid=1665107776&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjk0IiwicXNhIjoiMC43MyIsInFzcCI6IjAuNzUifQ%3D%3D&sr=8-1 (The Rabbit Listened)
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653582/the-man-who-could-move-clouds-by-ingrid-rojas-contreras/
- https://www.moniquegraysmith.com/
QUOTE:
“Empathy is an emotional state essential to forming healthy relationships and communities. When community members have high levels of empathy for one another, there is less hurt, people regulate their own behaviour, and there is more forgiveness, acceptance and kindness. Perhaps it would be hard to measure with standard assessments, but imagine what might be possible if we spent a year prioritizing, strategizing, and striving to build empathy in our schools – empathy among teachers and students, among students and peers, among teachers and administrators, and among staff, parents, guardians and the community at large. I suspect we’d meet all kinds of goals, because the lack of empathy in our schools and society might be one of the root causes of a great deal of dysfunction. “
- Elena Aguilar: "The Power of Empathy"
BIO:
Megan Aprim has been teaching for 21 years, mostly as a primary teacher. Creating a safe, comfortable space where her students feel like they belong has always been a primary focus in her teaching. She loves to help her students discover a love of reading and currently has thousands of books in her classroom library. For the past 9 years, Megan has worked at an urban community school, and she enjoys taking her class to the nearby forest, where she and Marie love to plan and co-teach outdoor ed lessons. Megan has two teenage kids and seeing the education system from K-12 through their eyes has helped shape her beliefs around engagement and connection between teachers and students.
Marie Stevens has been teaching for 17 years, 5 of which in a lower mainland school district. What she enjoys most about teaching is forming connections with her students and getting to know each one as an individual. She loves to joke around and learn with her students, and enjoys watching each class come together as a cohesive community throughout the year. Working at her current school introduced Marie to teaching and learning as a community through platooning, team and co-teaching. Marie and Megan have been on the same grade group team for 5 years and together they have enjoyed taking their students to the large nearby park and forest area to engage in Social Emotional Learning through nature. When not teaching, Marie can be found cycling, open water swimming, cooking or eating. Right now, however, she is on personal leave and can be found in southern France cycling, eating, exploring, hopefully swimming and definitely improving her French.
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Sep 29, 2022
S5E04 - “If ‘Love Builds Brains’, what does that mean for schools?” with Dr. Jean Clinton
Our guest says in her book, “Love Builds Brains”, that in order for communities to prosper, we must look at what is required to support the development of our youngest children and their families. She says: “What happens in the early years, literally builds brains and establishes the pathways that allow the young to develop more and more skills. The interaction that parents have with their children, the connections that teachers make at school – all these links create the architecture of the brain.” Our guest talks about the brain and its development in adolescents, too, and we are so excited to have her here today to speak with us.
RESOURCES:
https://www.tallpinepress.ca/products/love-builds-brains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCvcnJ-MRqE ("Ghosts in our Genes")
https://drdansiegel.com/book/brainstorm/
QUOTE:
“... we humans cannot divorce ourselves from our biology, nor can we ignore the high-level sociocultural and cognitive forces that make us special within the animal kingdom. When we educators fail to appreciate the importance of students ’ emotions, we fail to appreciate a critical force in students ’ learning. One could argue, in fact, that we fail to appreciate the very reason that students learn at all.”
- Mary Helen Immordino-Yang: "We feel, therefore we learn: The relevance of affective and social neuroscience to education".
BIO:
Dr. Jean Clinton is a Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster, division of Child Psychiatry. She is on staff at McMaster Children’s Hospital with cross appointments in Pediatrics and Family Medicine, and an Associate in the Department of Child Psychiatry at Sick Children’s Hospital. She is a member on the MindUP Scientific Advisory Board as well as a MindUP for Families Advisor.
She was a Fellow of the Child Trauma Academy, and is a Zero to Three Academy Fellow since 2013. She has been a consultant to children and youth mental health programs, child welfare, and primary care for over 30 years.
Dr. Clinton was appointed as an education advisor to the Premier of Ontario and the Minister of Education 2014 - 2018. Dr. Clinton is renowned nationally and internationally as an advocate for children’s issues. Her special interest lies in brain development, and the crucial role relationships and connectedness play. Jean champions the development of a national, comprehensive child well-being strategy including a system of early learning and care for all young children and their families. She is equally committed to ensuring that children’s and youths’ needs and voices are heard and respected. Dr. Clinton has also authored her first book, Love Builds Brains which will be one of the things we speak to her about today.
Her book can be ordered online through Tall Pines Press, on Amazon and in book stores everywhere.
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Sep 22, 2022
S5E03 - Following the Leaders (Part 2 of 2) For Student and Staff Success
Welcome back everyone! Are you ready for this second half of this Master Class on creating connected, caring communities in which the conditions for growth and learning are thriving? We think you will love it.
Along with the episodes coming up with some incredible guests this Fall, we think that these curated episodes are one of the ways we can do what we set out to do when we created this podcast.
So, buckle up and sit back, or get your earbuds in and walk, or rest or find a way to be comfortable and reflective, because today’s episode is featuring our local, national and international guests, as they ponder the some of the most important topics in thriving schoolsIf you did not get a chance to listen to part one, please have a look back at episode 38, as we heard our guests speak about nurturing relationships, strengthening the group, giving voice and building capacity.
Today these leaders reflect on more of the ingredients needed in schools that thrive: engaging families and community, designing for sustainable change, serving our kids, nurturing well-being and… embracing the mess.
Intrigued? We hope so.
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Sep 14, 2022
S5E02 - “Empowering our Kids and Communities: Liz Dozier on Justice-Driven Success”
Welcome back everyone! We hope you got a chance to listen to the first part of our curated episode on “Following the Leaders”, which we released last week. So much wisdom in there! And today, we are beyond excited to introduce you to our first guest of this season.
We first read about our guest on the ASCD website several months ago, as she was listed as a speaker there. What we were most fascinated by was that she went into Fenger, charged with “turning the school around” with her team, and embarked on a journey, that led to, what some would say, were unorthodox practices, in an urban high school. There were important realizations about what was happening there for these students and families, and what could really make a difference. And she and her team made a huge difference, to say the least. . And … what she has done since she left Fenger, is extraordinary, and is making so much impact in Chicago . I don’t want to spoil the story, as we will ask about this when we talk to her in just a second, but we know that you, too, will find her story and journey so instructive and inspiring!
RESOURCES:
https://chicagobeyond.org/
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/04/887239218/former-chicago-principal-discusses-schools-reliance-on-police-officers
https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz-dozier/
https://twitter.com/lizdozier
QUOTE:
“We are a community of possibilities, not a community of problems. Community exists for the sake of belonging and takes its identity from the gifts, generosity, and accountability of its citizens. It is not defined by its fears, its isolation, or its penchant for retribution. • We currently have all the capacity, expertise, programs, leaders, regulations, and wealth required to end unnecessary suffering and create an alternative future.”
― Peter Block, Community: The Structure of Belonging
BIO:
From education to activism, Liz Dozier has spent her career working tirelessly to disrupt the culture of inequity that is often pervasive in urban neighborhoods. In 2016, Dozier launched Chicago Beyond, an impact investor that invests in ideas, individuals, and organizations working to ensure all young people have the opportunity to live a free and full life. Since its inception, Chicago Beyond has invested more than $40 million in ideas, individuals, and organizations that fight for all youth to achieve their fullest human potential.
Dozier’s ambition is born from her experiences as an educator in Chicago Public Schools. During her tenure as principal at Fenger High School, which at the time was known as one of the most violent and underperforming schools in Chicago, Fenger experienced a decrease in its dropout rate from 19% to less than 2%, a 40% increase in Freshman On-Track to graduate, and double-digit increases in attendance and the school’s state graduation rate.
Dozier's work has been featured in the New York Times Best Seller How Children Succeed by Paul Tough, CNN’s docu-series Chicagoland, Aspen Ideas Festival, the Kennedy Center Forum on Mental Health, The Obama Foundation Summit, and SXSW (South by Southwest).
You can find her on Twitter: @LizDozier
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Sep 7, 2022
S5E01 - Following the Leaders (Part 1 of 2) for Student & Staff Success
Welcome back everyone! As we begin this next school year, we wanted to create an episode in which you could steep yourself in inspiring ideas. We have had so many rich conversations with great minds that we wanted to pull out moments of wisdom and group them together to give us all ways to reflect upon some of the most important aspects in learning and leading for student and staff success. I am not even going to say leading in Education, specifically, because anyone who has studied leadership knows that these key components are what leaders in all sectors try to focus on.
Now, we have pulled together these pieces and curated a two-part episode which will let you hear from local, national and International leaders in various roles, talk about what they believe in and do, to make schools these rich, connected communities that are places of joyful and deep learning for the students AND the staff.
Part two, which will come out in the next few weeks, has reflections on family engagement, planning for sustainable change, serving our kids, well-being and what we are calling: the necessary mess.
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Jun 17, 2022
S4E09 - "An Expert Panel on Flourishing Schools": A Rich Compilation (PART 2)
This is PART 2 of our compilation of experts! Today we look at the themes of: family engagement, community involvement, enriching curriculum, relationships with kids and the community and on LOVE. So, get settled into your favourite podcast-listening routine: get your cup of coffee and get comfortable, or get your earbuds in and start walking, or get out in the sunshine and sit back and relax -- we think you will really enjoy this SECOND compilation of a rather joyful wisdom from our expert panel, on flourishing schools.
RESOURCES:
communityroombc.com
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Jun 9, 2022
S4E08 - "An Expert Panel on Flourishing Schools": A Rich Compilation (PART 1)
On this episode, we have taken some of the insightful and informative stories, experiences and findings our guests have shared, on some of the critical elements of schools and schooling and we pulled them together around several of the prevalent themes that continue to emerge when we look at effective pedagogy, school culture and student success. We think having these excerpts grouped around the topics that most engage, inspire and even challenge us as educators, will allow you to savour, sift and reflect deeply.
Today we look at the themes of: the role of school, staff wellness, student success, equity and creating space. Sound good? So, get settled into your favourite podcast-listening routine: get your cup of coffee and get comfortable, or get your earbuds in and start walking, or get out in the sunshine and sit back and relax -- we think you will really enjoy this first compilation of a rather joyful wisdom from our expert panel, on flourishing schools.
RESOURCES:
communityroomb…
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Jun 3, 2022
S4E07 - "How Schools Can Support Newcomers: Moving from Survivor to Leader"
Today we are going to talk about how to support newcomers as they settle into our communities, and help them to get connected, build a sense of belonging and move into a place of strength and leading. As the Community Schools’ strategy has, as one of its pillars, to actively engage families and the community, Community Schools have some structures and systems that focus on this and we will find out more, as we talk to a Community School Coordinator and a Settlement worker on the episode today.
RESOURCES:
https://www.ilctr.org/engage-families-to-support-immigrant-students/
https://www.ilctr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Four_Stages_Immigrant_Parent_Involvement.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260380070_ATTEND_toward_a_mindfulness-based_bereavement_care_model
QUOTE:
"Schools and districts that take steps to proactively engage immigrant families will find their students more successful, their schools more vibrant and their community enriched. All immigrant parents des…
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May 27, 2022
S4E06 - "Student Voice" with Effie Aadland and Ervin Cadiz
Today our episode’s theme is that of “Student Voice”. For years we have known that giving students voice and choice in schools has many benefits to their experience, their level of engagement, their ability to learn deeply and their ability to feel connected to their school. Students, as we all do, want to feel a sense of autonomy and agency in how and what they learn, and have an active role in their education – and in their lives – and in what they see going on around them.
“It is not enough to simply listen to student voice. Educators have an ethical imperative to do something with students and that is why meaningful student involvement is vital to school improvement”. We will explore these themes with our guests today Effie Aadland and Ervin Cadiz.
RESOURCES:
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo4034411.html
QUOTE:
"In a curriculum that encourages student questioning, the teacher avoids unilateral transfer of knowledge. She or he helps the studen…
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May 20, 2022
S4E05 - "Toward Equity: Leading with Love" with Devon LaRosa
Today we chat with Devon LaRosa, the current Deputy Chief of Schools in Chicago. Our podcast is obviously about care and connection in schools, and when we speak about Social Emotional Learning we always must consider equity and justice in that project. Schools can be a site for oppression and the cultural reproduction of that oppression but we believe they can also be sites of liberation and justice. There are a number of reasons for this and we are looking to explore those reasons with Devon today, and we cannot wait for you to enjoy this great conversation!
RESOURCES:
https://www.nationalequityproject.org/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/devon-larosa-40253518/
QUOTE:
“The stereotypical images we hold toward groups are powerful in influencing what people see and expect of students. Unless educators consciously try to undermine and work against these kinds of stereotypes, they often act on them unconsciously. Our assumptions related to race are so deeply entrenched that it is virtua…
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May 12, 2022
S4E04 - "Manitoba Community Schools: An Overview" with Shari Block and Dawn Wood
Today, we will explore another model of a community schools’ approach. We have an episode today where we welcome two people deeply involved in the community schools approach in the province of Manitoba. We know many folks in the US and Canada are hoping to expand and enhance community schools in their districts, and definitely in the US, funding has increased as the effectiveness of this researched-based approach is becoming more widely known, so we have invited our guests today to talk about the unique model in Manitoba.
RESOURCES:
https://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/csp/index.html
QUOTE:
"Research shows that integrated student supports are associated with positive student outcomes. Students receiving school-based supports often show significant improvements in attendance, behavior, social well-being, and academic achievement....It is important to note, however, that the presence of these supports alone does not automatically make a school a 'community school'. Key differentiating factors…
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May 6, 2022
S4E03 - "Building Community Through Narrative and Connection"
Welcome back to Community Room! Today’s guest has been a Vice-Principal, and a Principal in two different community schools in the Lower Mainland - David Starr has an insiders view on the what the possibilities of community schools can be. In this episode will pick his brain about not only community schools, but on the power of stories and story telling, on the potential healing benefits of narrative, and how writing and story-telling can play a role in building community.
RESOURCES:
https://www.amazon.ca/Colour-Glass-David-Starr/dp/1553806506/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=david+starr&qid=1651812350&sr=8-5
https://www.amazon.ca/Bombs-Books-remarkable-children-exceptional/dp/1552778606/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=david+starr&qid=1651812350&sr=8-1
QUOTE:
“All that we are is story. From the moment we are born to the time we continue on our spirit journey, we are involved in the creation of the story of our time here. It is what we arrive with. It is all we leave behind. We are not the things we ac…
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Apr 28, 2022
S4E02 - “Educating Minds AND Hearts” with Special Guest Dr. Lorea Martinez-Perez
Welcome back to our second episode is Season Four! Today we have an SEL expert with us – Dr. Lorea Martinez-Perez: she is a researcher, author and educator. We are going to talk to her about why schools need to focus on more than just the academics, and how we can do that. We want to, of course, equip our students for this complex world they face, and help them develop the skills, knowledge and processes to feel strong and healthy, to reach their goals, to care for themselves and relate to and care for others, and to make responsible decisions. We will talk with our guest today about her book: “Teaching with the Heart in Mind”, as well as her thoughtful and informative observations and learnings regardings SEL in students, in schools and in educators.
RESOURCES:
"Teaching with the Heart in Mind" on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08R87F5SS/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/social-and-emotional-learning-case-study-humanit…
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Apr 21, 2022
S4E01 - "Pre-Service Teacher Education with a Community Focus"
Today’s guests are currently working in roles with Pre-service teachers at Simon Fraser University, in their Professional Development Program. They are teachers in a lower mainland city and, as is the model at SFU, have been seconded from their district. We are looking forward to hearing about what they plan, what the students do, to look at, and feel prepared for, this broad, rich role of teacher and how we facilitate the deep learning of our students.
QUOTE:
"Caring school communities that promote empathy and social cohesiveness have benefits for both teachers and students (Battistich et al., 1997, Battistich et al., 2000). Strong relationships between teachers and communities facilitate all stakeholders’ ability to participate and engage with each other as partners and understand each other’s backgrounds (Pais et al., in press). To create caring and supportive school communities, these relationships must be intentionally nourished."
- Teaching in Community Schools: Creating…
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Mar 10, 2022
S3E09 - “More Than the Tip of the Iceberg: The Conditions and Systems Below the Surface"
We talk with Tauheedah Jackson, Director of Place-Based Strategy and Community Initiatives at the Coalition for Community Schools and the Institute for Educational Leadership. Community Schools are so much more than extra programs and wrap-around services. These are some of the fruits of the solid foundation that is built on trusted relationships, cross-sector partnerships, the voices of all stakeholders, at all levels. The Coalition for Community Schools is a “grass roots to grass tips” organization. We talk with Tauheedah about this exciting time for Community Schools in the Us, what the Coalition does, and how folks looking to grow and enhance community schools can move forward to ensure sustainability.
RESOURCES:
https://www.communityschools.org/about/who-we-are/
https://iel.org/
QUOTE:
"I love to garden, and gardening serves as a good metaphor for how we should think about creating conditions in our schools that foster equity and promote learning for all children. If I wa…
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Mar 3, 2022
S3E08 - “Creating Flourishing Schools” With Dr. Sabre Cherkowski
Welcome back to Community Room! We have Dr. Sabre Cherkowski joining us for for Episode 8. Dr. Cherkowski is the Professor and Director of Graduate Programs and Research in the Okanagan School of Education at the University of British Columbia. Today’s topic is “Creating Flourishing Schools” and we touch on that and much more in this rich episode. We ask Dr. Cherkowski about her research in this field, the importance of the wellness of staff in schools, mindfulness, the role of a Principal in this endeavor and much more!
RESOURCES:
https://education.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/sabre-cherkowski/
QUOTE:
“Social psychologists argue that who we are at any one time depends mostly on the context in which we find ourselves. But who creates the context? The more mindful we are, the more we can create the contexts we are in. When we create the context, we are more likely to be authentic. Mindfulness lets us see things in a new light and believe in the possibility of change.” - Ellen J…
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Feb 23, 2022
S3E07 - “A Joy-filled, Provocative, Collaborative Space: Mill Bay Nature School” with Kim Ondrik
For today's episode we have Kim Ondrik, who is currently the Head Learner and co-creator of Mill Bay Nature School, an innovative school of School District 79 (Cowichan Valley) where children are centered and the BC curriculum is perceived as joy-filled, imaginative, and provocative. Even though it is not labelled a “C” community school, this seems to be an incredibly community-minded school, how it collaboratively and democratically functions, who it involves in learning, how it values the community and knows what the community adds to a student’s school experience, and more. We talk to her about the model of Mill Bay Nature School, how the Hul’qumi’num’ People inspired their teachings, the benefits of consensus learning, and more in this deeply rich episode.
RESOURCES:
https://researchdirect.westernsydney.edu.au/islandora/object/uws:23862
QUOTE:
"Partnerships with Indigenous locals in facilitating outdoor education experiences are an excellent way to invite community…
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Feb 17, 2022
S3E06 - “A Community School in Action: A Conversation with A Principal”
Today’s episode is going to give you so much information about what a community schools’ approach can look like and how it involves and benefits the students, families and community. We have a school principal joining us for Episode 6 of Season 3 to talk about how her path as a teacher has led her into this role; first as a student teacher, then a Learning Support teacher, Intermediate classroom teacher, and finally Head Teacher, before making her way to her current role: Principal of a community school in BC.
RESOURCES:
ACEbc placemat (https://acebc.ca/)
Season 2, Episode 4 with Abe Fernandez (https://www.communityroombc.com/past-episodes/s2-episode4-376rk)
Season 1, Episode 9 with Dave Rawnsley (https://www.communityroombc.com/past-episodes/s1-episode9)
QUOTE:
“One aspect of our fragmentation is the gaps between sectors of our cities and neighborhoods; businesses, schools, social service organizations, churches, government operate mostly in their own worlds. Each piece is…
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Feb 10, 2022
S3E05 - “Care & Connection as Touchstones: a CS Approach”
Welcome back to Community Room for Episode 5 of Season 3! Last episode we talked about community-minded schools and how fostering students’ deep engagement really comes down to caring and connecting with our students – to listening, to building trust and rapport with them, to giving them voice and choice and to meet them where they are,
Today's episode is called “Care & Connection as Touchstones: a CS Approach”, and we chat with two Community School Coordinators in Prince George, BC (Central BC): Stephanie Mills and Jacqui Adams. Our guests today are right in the throes of the action in their district’s community school model. One of the best things about Community Schools’ is that they are responsive to the community they serve. They all look different, as they should, because they are in different communities and neighbourhoods, and each of those have distinct needs and gifts. Both Stephanie and Jacqui talk about their unique challenges and how it differs from community…
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Feb 3, 2022
S3E04 - "Getting Engaged: Creating Engaging Learning Environments for All”
Welcome to Season 3, Episode 4 of Community Room! Today we chat with Katy Bigsby and Daniel Duggan; two engaging speakers that sit down with us to talk about the programs that run off school time, what the important elements of out-of-school programming are, and we really dive into the magic of intentional care and connection in schools. There can be so much value in these programs, as our guests know first-hand, and they have so many benefits for the participants.
RESOURCES:
https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/11773 (Katy's Thesis)
https://www.childtrends.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-54CaringAdults.pdf
https://youth.gov/youth-topics/components-positive-school-climate
www.reillearning.com
QUOTE:
“When your child has the skills to respond adaptively to demands and expectations, he does. If your child had the skills to handle disagreements and changes in plan and adults setting limits and demands being placed on him without falling apart, he’d be handling these chal…
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Jan 27, 2022
S3E03 - "A Proactive and Positive Approach: Safe and Caring Schools"
Welcome to Episode 3 of Season 3. Hope you’ve been enjoying listening so far! Many educators know that the climate in a school matters. The climate amongst the staff, amongst the students and between the school and community, matters. It matters because when our needs our met – when we feel safe and cared for, we can relax into, and focus on, learning. It matters because a positive environment in a school can also prevent negative behaviours, as well. This conversation about school climate, why it is so important to our students, and what we can do to enhance it, is so foundational to everything that happens in a school, including the success and learning, of the students! Today we chat with Suzanne Vardy, who currently works in a lower mainland school district helping to ensure schools are safe, welcoming places for children, youth and families.
RESOURCES:
https://casel.org/
https://heartmindonline.org/
https://www.prevnet.ca/
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/erase
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Jan 19, 2022
S3E02 - “Growing Community-Mindedness: Adding Enrichment to Schools and Community", with Rick Bloudell and Tanis Anderson
Welcome to Season 3, Episode 2 of Community Room! Our guests today are dedicated to growing and nurturing community-mindedness and elements of community schooling in their lower-mainland district. This is a relatively small district and we will talk about that and what that can mean for new initiatives in a district. We wanted to have these two folks here today, as we thought it would be an informative conversation about how some districts begin to plan for deepening these understandings, and making the impact of community school elements and this approach, more deeply felt.
RESOURCES:
nccs.org
acebc.ca
QUOTE:
“Children flourish when communities support their minds, bodies, hearts, and families. Thriving children strengthen their communities in a virtuous cycle.
Community schools are a long-term strategy for student success. They are a partnership of community members and leaders working together to ensure children are surrounded with support. All children and communities deserv…
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Jan 10, 2022
S3E01 - "The Open Arms of Community Schools: Care & Connection of Newcomers”, with Rajeeta Samala and Branka Vlasic
We welcome you back to Season 3 of Community Room after an unexpected pause to Season 2. Today we have a really special episode where we will look into the effect of community schools, or community-minded schools on newcomers to the country. We will look at what role the school plays in someone’s settling into a new home!
RESOURCES:
https://kappanonline.org/stages-of-immigrant-parent-involvement-survivors-to-leaders/
https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/18/04/partnering-newcomer-families
QUOTE:
"...Educators should keep a positive outlook on families. “If you start out with a mindset that there’s going to be some sort of problem or challenge, or you view cultural diversity as a deficit versus an asset, then that will shape the way you approach families,” says Mapp. Teachers can ask how families support their children's learning at home, which can show families that teachers value their role. In surveys, phone calls, or conferences, they can even inquire about families’ cu…
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Nov 10, 2021
S2E9 - "Engaged Parents and Community Members: A Gift to School & Community" with Bill Brassington
Hi everyone! Welcome back to Episode 9 of Season 2 of Community Room! Today we talk about the importance of parent involvement and how their engagement can directly affect a kid's success in school. We talk with Bill Brassington, a Trustee and Vice-Chair of a Board of Education. We talk about his experiences in community schools, what he's seen with engaged parents and more!
RESOURCES:
https://www.edutopia.org/home-school-team
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/protective/factsheets/parentengagement_parents.htm
https://scholar.google.ca/scholar_url?url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ronel-Sapungan/publication/283539737_Parental_Involvement_in_Child%27s_Education_Importance_Barriers_and_Benefits/links/563dc34608ae8d65c01281ac/Parental-Involvement-in-Childs-Education-Importance-Barriers-and-Benefits.pdf&hl=en&sa=X&ei=we-DYZ_aA4G5ygSG0LuAAg&scisig=AAGBfm2dGIDr1fUJL0gweAZThNod4h9GOg&oi=scholarr
QUOTE:
"Despite current ads and slogans, the world doesn't change one person at a time…
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Nov 1, 2021
S2E8 - "Care, Connection and Community in Schools: Two Students' Perspectives" with Natasha Rolleston and Rickesh Mysuria
Welcome back for Episode 8 of Season 2! For 17 episodes we have talked about the magic that happens when we prioritize care and connection in schools, and today we get a chance to hear from those who experienced it first hand. We have two former community school students joining us to share their experiences and thoughts about the community school model and the valuable skills they took away from it. We wanted to speak with them because we believe that supporting kids in these ways, and helping them develop these skills and aptitudes, only increases their ability to flourish academically.
RESOURCES:
https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/competencies
QUOTE:
"No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather, both are processes that continue to evolve over a lifetime. Young people must be included from birth. A society that cuts off from its youth severs its lifeline." - Kofi Annan
BIO:
Natasha Rolleston is a second-year student studying in the Faculty of Education at SF…
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Oct 25, 2021
S2E7 - "Elements of Safe and Caring Schools" with Noam Samet
Welcome back to the Community Room! For Episode 7 of Season 2, we sit down with Safe School Specialist Noam Samet talk about restorative justice, how to maintain a safe, caring learning environment in a school and much more. We also touch on how Noam got into this line of work after graduating from SFU with a degree in Criminology, and how he uses his education to support students in his school.
RESOURCES:
Sautner, B. (2001). "The safe and caring schools initiative". Reclaiming Children and Youth, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 197–201.
"Expanding Prison: The Crisis in Crime and Punishment and the Search for Alternatives" by David Cayley
- https://www.amazon.ca/Expanding-Prison-Crisis-Punishment-Alternatives/dp/0887846033
QUOTE:
“Balanced and restorative justice is a new approach to juvenile crime that conceives of crime as an act that not only harms people but also violates relationships in a community. Thus, rather than a retributive approach, in which the state punishes an offender, re…
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Oct 18, 2021
S2E6 - “Building Community-Minded Competencies: from Youth to Practicing Teachers“ with Wendi Palmer
Welcome back for Episode 6 of Season 2! Today we have an inspiring guest, who will help us explore how care, connection and community fits into and impacts high school youth, and also pre-service teachers, in their teacher education programs. We talk about Wendi's work in these programs, her PhD explorations on what it takes to be a teacher and her journey to where she is now working with student teachers.
RESOURCES:
"Find Your Marigold" - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/marigolds/
The Ember and Stars - https://www.amazon.ca/Embers-Stars-Erazim-Koh%C3%A1k/dp/0226450171/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+embers+and+the+stars&qid=1634608313&sr=8-1
"The earth has music for those who listen" - http://stephanebarthelemy.com/hello-world
QUOTES:
"We must be wide awake, to seek to learn who we are, to articulate our moral positioning, so that we might attend with integrity and care and imagination, those who come amongst us" - Maxine Greene
"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the…
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Oct 11, 2021
S2E5 - "What is Community?" Thoughts From Those Who Live It
Welcome back for Episode 5 of Season 2 of Community Room! It is Canadian Thanksgiving and we have compiled every answer as a special episode for the question we ask every show: "what is your definition of community?" We are extremely thankful every guest we've had come onto our show to share their stories and ideas. We are also extremely grateful for you, the listener, for supporting and listening to our podcast!
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Oct 5, 2021
S2E4 - "Community Schools: An Intentional Strategy, Not a Program", with Abe Fernández
Welcome back for Episode 4 of Season 2! For this episode of Community Room, we have a special guest - a New York City native but joining us from Boston is Abe Fernández! Abe currently directs the Children's Aid National Center for Community Schools in New York City. providing on- and off-site coaching, training, and consultation to many community school initiatives across the country. Prior to joining Children’s Aid, Abe was the director of youth services and ran the multiservice Washington Houses Community Center at Union Settlement Association in East Harlem. We talk about some of the differences in approach between NYC and the Lower Mainland, the similarities in philosophical approaches, the Children's Aid Developmental Triangle, the 4 common pillars of Community Schools, and much more!
RESOURCES:
Developmental Triangle (located on page 2) - https://www.nccs.org/sites/default/files/resource/NCCS_BuildingCommunitySchools.pdf
Abel McDaniels Article - https://www.americanprogres…
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Sep 27, 2021
S2E3 - "Structures and Systems that support Community Schools in BC" with Rick Bloudell and Sandhya Krishna
Welcome back for Episode 3 of Season 2! Today we have Rick Bloudell and Sandhya Krishna - two community school coordinators in the Lower Mainland - to talk about the different systems and structures that help community schools both in and out of the school! We touch on the foundations of ACEBC, the different people that help keep the ship on course, and so much more! This is a fantastic conversation about the non-obvious entities that shape community schools!
QUOTE:
“One aspect of our fragmentation is the gaps between sectors of our cities and neighborhoods; businesses, schools, social service organizations, churches, government operate mostly in their own worlds. Each piece is working hard on its own purpose, but parallel effort added together does not make a community. Our communities are separated into silos; they are a collection of institutions and programs operating near one another but not overlapping or touching. … The work is to overcome this fragmentation.” ― Peter…
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Sep 20, 2021
S2E2 - "Community and School Partnerships: Creating 'the Village'", with Iha Hayer
Welcome back to Community Room. This episode focuses on community partnerships as a whole. Community partnerships can enrich the care, education and wellness of our children and their families, even more. When we work together, we are stronger. Many of us cite the phrase “It takes a village to raise a child”, as we believe that together, an involved community can improve safety, increase resources and build skills for all of us. We have with us Iha Hayer, a District Vice Principal for Children and Youth in Care, to chat all about the importance of non-school partnerships for community schools!
QUOTE:
"As the old African proverb says, "It takes a village to raise a child." One could imagine then that it would take a community to raise a school. We can't rely on local, state, or federal governments to take ownership of the issues we face locally. We need to work as a community to nurture our schools for our particular community needs." - Brendan O'Keefe, Edutopia
RESOURCES:
www.s…
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Sep 7, 2021
S2E1 - "Starting the Year with Care, Connection and Community in Mind", with Satpaul Binng, Kimberly Baker, and Georgia Clayton
We welcome you back for Season 2 of Community Room! As we enter the 2021/2022 school year, we come back with more excellent conversations around community schools and the importance of community! For Episode 1 of Season 2, we have three community school teachers from the Lower Mainland talking about the beginning of the school year, the challenges of teaching during lock-downs, and the different ways they brought community in their schools this past year!
QUOTE:
“As I teach, I project the condition of my soul onto my students, my subject, and our way of being together.” - Parker J. Palmer, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
BIOS:
Kim Baker has been an educator in a Burnaby Community School for 16 years. Kim's passion is building classroom communities where kids are made to feel like a family; safe, loved, and included. Her love of community has kept her at her current school for her entire 16 year career, taking several roles during her tim…
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Jun 27, 2021
S1E10 - "Whole Child Education" with Dave Rawnsley
Welcome back for Episode 10 and final episode of Season 1 on this blistering Sunday! Today, we sit down with current secondary school principal Dave Rawnsley. He led the first Canadian school (a community school) that won the ASCD Vision and Action Whole Child Education Award. We chat with Dave about the Whole Child Education approach - what that means for schools, especially community schools - and the strategies he has found productive and beneficial to students over his years of teaching.
RESOURCES:
- https://acebc.ca/resources/elements-and-threads/
- http://www.ascd.org/whole-child.aspx
QUOTES:
"In 2005 when ASCD decided it was time to reemphasize education for the whole child, some critics wrote that such an aim was "soft and squishy." Their criticism overlooked an essential component of whole child education. Although those who advocate for education for the whole child may not believe that a single "get tough" strategy works, they know that offering students meaningful chall…
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Jun 20, 2021
S1E9 - "Effective and Efficient Groups" with John Talbot
Welcome back for Episode 9! We have John Talbot joining us to talk about working in groups. John has over 40 years of experience as an executive, consultant, practitioner and trainer in the public, non-profit and private sectors. He has worked in all regions of British Columbia, Yukon and has done extensive work nationally and internationally using a community development model. We talk about "the Four P's", "The Five I's", strategies for effectively working with groups, and touching on divergent and convergent thinking. Happy Father's Day!
RESOURCES:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuckman%27s_stages_of_group_development
- THE FOUR P's = (Purpose, Product, People, Process)
- THE FIVE I's = (Into, Interesting, Informed, Involved, Inspired)
- RAFF = (Relationships, Action, Food & Fun)
- "See No Stranger" - By Valerie Kaur (https://valariekaur.com/see-no-stranger/)
QUOTES:
- "Businesses and other human endeavours are also systems. They, too, are bound by invisible fabrics of interre…
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Jun 13, 2021
S1E8 - "Starting and Sustaining" with Peter Dubinsky
We welcome Peter Dubinsky to the Community Room for Episode 7! A mentor to both Gayle and Bal, he has been connected to Community Schools for 30 years, and is a current superintendent in BC, an adjunct faculty member at the University of Oregon and Simon Fraser University. We sit with him to talk about his new role as a superintendent, and in his previous capacities in community schools about the idea of trust and openness between members of the community. An amazing conversation that really should be its own TED Talk, we hope you enjoy this episode!
QUOTE:
"“If I make deposits into an Emotional Bank Account with you through courtesy, kindness, honesty, and keeping my commitments to you, I build up a reserve. Your trust toward me becomes higher, and I can call upon that trust many times if I need to. I can even make mistakes and that trust level, that emotional reserve, will compensate for it. My communication may not be clear, but you’ll get my meaning anyway. You won’t make m…
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Jun 6, 2021
S1E7 - "Building Community Through Partnerships" with Sangeeta Bhonsale
Welcome back for Episode 6! Today's conversation is about how kids and families benefit from partnerships between the school and community organizations, and it features Sangeeta Bhonsale. Gayle and Bal sit down with her and talk about the role her organization plays in helping foster community in the Lower Mainland of BC.
Sangeeta Bhonsale comes with quite the unconventional resume for someone who works in a community setting. She started life in a middle-class family in India where her parents taught her the values of hard work and ethics while pushing her to achieve her dreams and financially extending themselves to put her through university in Michigan. She took those values and excelled at her academics at Michigan Tech University and kick-started her career working for a multinational corporation, Mercedes-Benz. Her journey from the corporate world to the nonprofit sector was greatly influenced by her experiences as a mother. Becoming a parent was a gift that gave her deep insi…
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May 30, 2021
S1E6 - "Sport and School: Building Skills, Belonging and Community" with Jeff Gourley and Aaron Mitchell
Welcome back to the Community Room! Today, we chat with two high school basketball coaches - Aaron Mitchell and Jeff Gourley - about how they use their role as a coaches and educators to instill values and the impact of sports on kids today. Listen as both Aaron and Jeff talk about the role coaches have played in their own lives, how they use sport as a vehicle to build and foster community within their teams, within their schools and out in to the broader community. What role does sport play in fostering a sense of community? Aaron and Jeff guide us along this journey from their specific perspectives. In addition, this is a special little "crossover" episode - producer Corbin and Aaron together host "A Hoops Journey" podcast - that has featured our very own Bal Dhillon on their second episode, and our other guest Jeff Gourley for Episode 18.
QUOTES (POST EPISODE):
- “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”
- Aaron's response:…
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May 23, 2021
S1E5 - "Connecting While Apart"
With no guest this week, hosts Gayle and Bal have a poignant conversation about how their own years have gone, and have a discourse on the challenges of being community school coordinators during the COVID-19 pandemic.
RESOURCES:
- https://acebc.ca/resources/elements-and-threads/ (Community School Elements)
- Mark Lamont Hill - "We Still Here: Pandemic, Policing, Protest, and Possibility" https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08HW78VNC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
- Bettina L. Love - "We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom" https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07FG27G6H/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
- Rinaldo Walcott - "On Property: Policing, Prisons and the Call for Abolition" - https://www.amazon.ca/Property-Field-Notes-Book-ebook/dp/B08K55GD3G/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=On+Property%3A+Policing%2C+Prisons+and+the+Call+for+Abolition&qid=1622428926&sr=8-1
- Mariame Kaba - "We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Or…
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May 16, 2021
S1E4 - "Building Capacity" with Larry Ryan and Elizabeth Byrne
Welcome back to the Community Room for Episode 4! Today's topic is "Building Capacity" and we've brought in two friends, former colleagues and former community school coordinators: Elizabeth Byrne and Larry Ryan. They talk about the different ways they build capacity in their own schools, the differences between an elementary school model versus a high school model, caring for the whole child, and much more.
Larry Ryan has been in education for over 25 years. From his role as a school Youth Worker, Teacher, Community School Coordinator, and a Vice Principal in a middle school, he has been part of the school community from a variety of vantage points. He believes that the key to enhancing student learning and outcomes is to engage all stakeholders in the community. As a vice principal, Larry focuses on servant leadership and building a sense of community among students, staff, parents and other stakeholders. He strives to make his school a place that students and staff want to attend…
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May 9, 2021
S1E3 - "Building Relationships" with Sue Montabello
Today's topic is "Relationships" and joining us for Episode 3 is Sue Montabello! A former principal, teacher, faculty associate coordinator at Simon Fraser University, and a mentor to many educators in the Lower Mainland, we are excited to sit down with her and talk about building community through relationships. We ask her questions about expulsion and suspension in schools, the role of community officers, how she built community in her schools, and much more!
QUOTES:
- “Leaders who do not act dialogically, but insist on imposing their decisions, do not organize the people–they manipulate them. They do not liberate, nor are they liberated: they oppress.” - Paolo Freire
- "It was when I began my work teaching student teachers at the university and embarked on my Master's Degree, that this consciousness began to find words. I remember vividly my first attempt to give voice to what I knew. It was a graduate class in Philosophy. We were discussing what was necessary to be a good…
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May 2, 2021
S1E2 - "Social and Emotional Learning" with Kathryn Yamamoto
Welcome to Episode 2 of the Community Room podcast! Today, our guest is Kathryn Yamamoto - she is the principal at a local community school - and she is here to discuss today's theme on Social and Emotional Learning; also known as SEL.
- CASEL https://casel.org/what-is-sel/
- Kathryn's Twitter: https://twitter.com/KathrynYamamoto?s=20
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May 1, 2021
S1E1 - Introduction
Welcome to our first introduction episode! We introduce our main hosts: Bal Dhillon and Gayle Beavil - two Community School coordinators in BC. We chat about the road that led us to our positions, share some heartwarming stories about the role community schools play, and introduce some segments.
QUOTE: "My contention is: first, that we should want more from our educational efforts than adequate academic achievement and second, that we will not achieve even that meager success unless our children believe that they themselves are cared for and learn to care for others" - Nel Noddings
Produced by: Corbin Castres
Sounds and Music by: Storyblocks
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