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C.L.L.I.F.F. Notes
Constant Love and Learning In Fast Focus — for when time feels tight
- The highest-leverage investment for student behavior and engagement is not a new student-facing program. It is the nervous system and patterns of every adult in the building.
- Research confirms that regulat ...
C.L.L.I.F.F. Notes
Constant Love and Learning In Fast Focus — for when time feels tight
- It is easy to think we are teaching kindness when we are actually teaching kids, and ourselves, to please people at the expense of our own needs and boundaries.
- The real difference is not the action itself ...
C.L.L.I.F.F. Notes
Constant Love and Learning In Fast Focus — for when time feels tight
- Educators, and the kids they teach, often speak to themselves far more harshly than they would ever speak to a friend. That inner critic quietly drains the resilience needed to show up fully for students.
By Katie Raher, PhD
I recently saw a billboard with a local school district trying to recruit teachers with a picture of an adult wearing a superhero cape, trying to pull at people's desires to make an impact.
Y'all know I'm all about making an impact on children, and I'm hopeful that more folks j...
C.L.L.I.F.F. Notes
Constant Love and Learning In Fast Focus — for when time feels tight
- The sheer volume of emails, plus unrealistic expectations about response time, is quietly draining educators' capacity to fully rest and recharge outside school hours.
- Boundaries work best when they are sp ...
C.L.L.I.F.F. Notes
Constant Love and Learning In Fast Focus — for when time feels tight
- Educators fill every line of their planner with everyone else's needs, and rarely, if ever, write themselves in, which quietly drains the energy needed to show up for students.
- Writing yourself into your p ...
C.L.L.I.F.F. Notes
Constant Love and Learning In Fast Focus — for when time feels tight
- Kids often default to bringing every recess conflict straight to an adult, not because they are incapable, but because no one has taught them the steps for solving it themselves.
- The 7 Kimochis Keys to Com ...