We can hold space for you as an educator to work out how your actions are aligning with your commitments and values, and to explore how what’s going on for you connects to the systems we all live in.
We aim to normalize the emotionality of teaching and leading schools. We know that educators working to transform the K12 system are often learning and trying and failing in public, which can activate perfectionism, shame, rage, grief. We know that joy and healing are forms of resistance to oppression.
1:1 Practice
In 1:1s, we hold space for you to name what’s going on; we jointly explore how what’s going on for you connects to the systems we all live in; we invite your requests for specific kinds of support (e.g. you may request that we share our interpretations; suggest resources for your self-guided study/practice; offer more directional guidance on action).
Educators are offered a never-ending stream of resources for developing our technical skills, but not much support with processing the intense experiences of actually using those skills with real students, colleagues, and parents. Suggestions are often limited to “self-care” that can individualize what are actually collective struggles. This keeps us blaming ourselves and our colleagues for not taking enough bubble baths, rather than situating all of us in a system that doesn’t prioritize the human needs for safety, dignity, and belonging.
