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Welcome to the ConnectEd Learning Community.
Much like the intertwined root system of a forest in which trees share nutrients and support to withstand the elements, this community is designed to nourish educators. Empathy, ideas, inspiration, expertise, and fresh perspectives will be found here through our offerings of Community, Coaching, and Consulting.
Deeply rooted. Growing stronger. Better together.
Community Voices
A collection of what’s top of mind
Growing Pains
Any gardener can likely recount a time when the best laid plans resulted in epic horticultural failures – tulip bulbs planted upside down, a weed eater wreaking havoc on a fledgling tree, or maybe an unfortunate mixup between weed killer and fertilizer. In our house, the event included my husband’s well meaning attempt to weed…
Where have all the communities gone?
During a recent lunch with a colleague, we discussed the post-COVID educational landscape. While many aspects of school life have, like a stretched rubber band let loose, snapped back into familiar routines, some have not. In my life as an educational leader prior to COVID, I enjoyed the professional cadence of frequent Twitter chats, role-alike/regional…
Naming This Baby
As I prepared to give birth to each of my two daughters, my husband and I struggled mightily to agree on their names. As a former teacher, names with certain connections to former students (positive, and not so much) had a way of complicating the selection. Add to that the opinions freely shared by family…
Our reading roots…
