“I think teaching kindergarten, the biggest thing it has done is remind me how important student voice is.”
“I keep coming back to student voice. And the kid’s identity. And that the knowing that they are part of this classroom. And that everything they are doing has connection and value.”
“The HOPS (HIgh Operational Practices) of NUA, I think a lot of them coincide with CLEAR. I think ultimately both ideas are that we are trying to get kids seen, heard and valued, and that what happens in their homes is important here and that we are interested in that. That we want them to bring all that prior knowledge and to just recognize the differences. That basic principle. It gets us to walk the walk instead of talk the talk”
”I feel like they are making the connections quicker than the normal cut and paste sorting. It is more their own. It is their own work, their own words.”
“NUA training has brought back a lot of what I knew about Thinking Maps but I kinda look at it with a new lens now and a fresher way to do that.”
(6 min, 17 sec)
“The strategies we have learned in our training don’t add to our work level. They go right along with the different strategies that we can use and are ones that are natural to our teaching abilities.”
“When we have done the activities, I have gotten more out of the kids by actually doing less. And I feel that they have gotten much more out of the activities. They are really organic.”
“I have seen a dramatic change in the compassion, kindness, culture, community, systems of well being and social and emotional well being. That has always been critical. But this year has been even more critical.”
“Out of the years I have been in the district, this is hands down the most applicable, practical, useful pd I have had in my career. Hands down.”
Part 1 (5 min, 31 sec)
Part 2 (11 min, 33 sec)