What is a conscious classroom?
Conscious classrooms are full of joy, and laughter, and unbridled imagination.
Conscious teachers honor themselves, and respect their students.
Teaching and learning are effortless.
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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Effortless Teaching
How to teach without stress Is teaching a hard job? Does it require effort, long hours, struggles to balance the needs of the classroom with those of personal life? It has been so, but the planet is shifting, and … Continue reading
Is Your Classroom Making You Fat?
Coping With the Weight of Our Stuff I recently changed teaching jobs and moved to a new work location. The suite of rooms I inherited along with the new job description was jam-packed with stuff. Books lined carts and shelves, … Continue reading
Posted in The Conscious Teacher's Toolbox
Tagged Classroom, clutter, conscious teaching, dirt, education, energy, fat, feng shui, stuff, teacher, teaching
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Reading is Not
Reading is not Curriculum, nor Tests, nor yet Some educrats idea of Building future success. Reading is not A diorama, or Book report, or even Group discussions. If it were, How many … Continue reading
Child-Centered
There is a huge piece missing From the lesson plan: The child itself. Dreams, Passions, Play Curiosity like the first snake. What would happen if Our classrooms were truly Child-centered?
Born to Teach
This is what I was born to do To teach small hands And huge minds To do my own homework first To clean my own house To live in the fullness of my own spirit And share it.
Curriculum Guides
Those dusty binders on my classroom shelf: my curriculum guides. To guide: defined as indications of the way to go. In other words, street signs and traffic lights, docents, the voice of your gps. Think: walking tours of the old … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Children
Tagged curriuclum guides, Educators, guide, role of the teacher, teach, teachers
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Schools Teach Not Soul (2)
Schools teach not soul Nor love Nor the true power of self That shines without compunction. Schools teach not us Our history From the dawn of our own time Through the transmigration of roses Lifetime after lifetime of growth … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, conscious teaching, honoring spirit, new earth, poetry, schools, teaching
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Old Schools, New Earth
Schools are transitioning. Like fossil fuels, the old ways no longer fit. Teachers across the world stand in the four walls of their classroom and know the power they hold. Old ways feel cramped. The winds of change blow all … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Children
Tagged Classroom, education, Educators, K through 12, new earth, teacher, transition
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Teacher of Teachers: I Pledge
From a Reading Specialist to Her Teachers Pledge for A New School Year I pledge: To serve you, But not enable you. To talk to you, But not about you. To teach you, And to be open to … Continue reading
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Tagged education, K through 12, pledge to teachers, promise, Reading Specialist, school year, teacher, teacher trainer
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A History of School
Way back with Socrates We worked inside our own bodies Had faith Stood in a web of laced love Connected to the lives of our tribe– And our minds woke up.
