Using Picture Books to Launch Professional Learning Sessions

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Circle Up: Whole-School Read Alouds to Promote Student Wellness

Gigi McAllister

Gigi McAllister candidly shares the process for sharing school-wide monthly read aloud books based on wellness themes. Like most worthwhile endeavors, it took time to create a smooth system. Gigi shares their system, but more importantly offers authentic advice for making a whole-school project meaningful.

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Notebooking for Coach Wellness

Stephanie Affinito

Stephanie Affinito shares the evolving research about the power of writing to strengthen our emotional wellbeing. It makes sense to harness this in our own coaching lives to better support ourselves and the teachers we work with. Here are seven ideas to get started in your own coaching practices and ideas that you could then share with teachers to support their mental wellness, too.

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Tough Conversations

Julie Cox

Engaging in conflict is challenging, especially since there is no guarantee that we will get the results we want. Yet it is an expected part of literacy leadership. Julie Cox inspires us to step through conversations in ways that strengthen understandings and preserve relationships.