Happy New Year! After a few months off,  Jacquie is back today to reflect on the pace of life pre-pandemic and the effects of the world grinding to a halt.  

Is busy a "badge of honor" or a burden?  Many of us have become accustomed to the fast-paced, full-schedule life, but after being forced to slow down and simplify, do we still feel the same? 

Today's episode offers us an invitation to reflect on how the world has changed in the last year, and if offered the opportunity to return to "normal", to examine whether or not we might make some changes.



Jacquie is the founder and owner of Evolve Education Consulting, an organization dedicated to helping parents and educators grow and bridge the gap between home and school. 

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As educators and parents, it would seem negligent and irresponsible not to talk about the events currently unfolding in our world, and yet these might be some of the most difficult topics to sit with, and unpack.

During the middle of an unprecedented global pandemic, we find ourselves navigating what will no doubt become a historical revolution.  Following recent high profile acts of racial brutality and injustice, the ensuing black lives matter campaigns, discussions of police brutality, privilege and cries for social justice, the conversations we have matter now more than ever. Who should be speaking out? Who's voices have not been heard? What is my role in all of this? What do I tell my kids?

It can be hard to know who should speak and what to say.

Join Jacquie as she shares her own experience of ignorance, shame and privilege and unravels the complicated nature of racism, and our role as parents in fighting social injustice.


References Sources: 

(Check out these Black authors ... Buy their books, support their causes, share their work!)

• Ibram X. Kendi -  How To Be an Antiracist (2019) 
• EbonyJanice - The Free People Project
• Rachel Elizabeth Cargle - The Great Unlearn
• DiAngelo, Robin J. White Fragility: Why It's so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism. Boston: Beacon Press, 2018.
  
  
• Brene Brown's Podcast 

Jacquie is the founder and owner of Evolve Education Consulting, an organization dedicated to helping parents and educators grow and bridge the gap between home and school. 

Check out more of her work on Facebook: 

Or on the website 

Head to the website today to get a free copy of Jacquie's ebook,  “Who Do They Need Us to Be? Redefining the Role of Parents Throughout the School Years “

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Today's episode is a going to challenge all of us to reflect on some of our deepest beliefs and assumptions about the purpose of education, for our kids as individuals, and also within a society, nation or our global community.  Host Jacquie Ganton urges all of us to use this time of change and crisis to take a step back, unpack our priorities and hold them up against the reality of what we see in classroom and school practice.  Her heartfelt and passionate assertion is that we need to know where we want to go before we plan how we will get there.




Referenced Material:

Guskey, Thomas. (2014) Planning Professional Learning.  Professional Learning: Reimagined.  71(8):  10-16.  2014 | Volume 71 | Number 8

Guskey, Thomas (2012 ).  Rules of Evidence: Focus on Key Points to Develop The Best Strategy to Evaluate Professional Learning.  Learning Forward. The Professional Learning Journal. [Accessed April, 2020.]

Cohen, Jonathan. (2006). Social, Emotional, Ethical, and Academic Education: Creating a Climate for Learning, Participation in Democracy, and Well-Being. Harvard Educational Review, 76(2), 201–237. 

Jacquie is the founder and owner of Evolve Education Consulting, an organization dedicated to helping parents and educators grow and bridge the gap between home and school. 

Check out more of her work on Facebook: 

Or on the website 

Head to the website today to get a free copy of Jacquie's ebook,  “Who Do They Need Us to Be? Redefining the Role of Parents Throughout the School Years “

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Today ... an informal chat about everything that is life in the "new normal". 

Pandemics, fear, connection, Tiger King and stapler epiphanies ... Jacquie covers it all. 




Jacquie is the founder and owner of Evolve Education Consulting, an organization dedicated to helping parents and educators grow and bridge the gap between home and school. 

Check out more of her work on Facebook: 

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Head to the website today to get a free copy of Jacquie's ebook,  “Who Do They Need Us to Be? Redefining the Role of Parents Throughout the School Years “

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

We are navigating unprecedented change and mass fear around the globe right now, and as many schools close, many students are now studying at home while we wait out the evolution of the Covid-10 pandemic.  Today, host Jacquie Ganton talks to us about what this means for us as parents and for our families facing all these changes.  By examining what our priorities should be right now, and further discussing how to put our kids in the drivers seat of their educational experiences, she will provide some great insight into how to best navigate these new and uncertain times.


 

Regarding the information cited in this episode, here are some references:

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink
Pink, Daniel H.. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 2009. Print.

Jacquie is the founder and owner of Evolve Education Consulting, an organization dedicated to helping parents and educators grow and bridge the gap between home and school. 

Check out more of her work on Facebook: 

Or on the website 

Head to the website today to get a free copy of Jacquie's ebook,  “Who Do They Need Us to Be? Redefining the Role of Parents Throughout the School Years “



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From viruses to governments to kids at the playground, the fears parents are juggling in today's world can seem overwhelming and at times, unbearable.  How can we better understand this fear, talk with our communities and families about it and lead our kids with confidence and peace?  Jacquie tackles all things "fear" in today's episode. 

Join her for an indepth discussion of the nature of our different fears, how they often manifest, why we need fear and how to manage when it gets overwhelming. 




Regarding the information cited in this episode, here are some important references:

Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
Brown, Brene. (2017). Braving the wilderness: The quest for true belonging and the courage to stand alone. New York: Random House.

The Gift of Fear: And Other Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
De Becker, Gavin. (1997). The gift of fear: survival signals that protect us from violence. Boston: Little, Brown.

Thomas, Ashley & Stanford, P. & Sarnecka, Barbara. (2016). No Child Left Alone: Moral Judgments about Parents Affect Estimates of Risk to Children. Collabra. 2(1), 12. 




Jacquie is the founder and owner of Evolve Education Consulting, an organization dedicated to helping parents and educators grow and bridge the gap between home and school. 

Check out more of her work on Facebook: 

Or on the website 

Head to the website today to get a free copy of Jacquie's ebook,  “Who Do They Need Us to Be? Redefining the Role of Parents Throughout the School Years “



Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

What is Attachment Theory?  How, if at all, does it relate to Attachment Parenting?  How does the activity and growth of our brain impact the relationships we have with our kids and their behavior?

On today's episode, Jacquie provides some clear and easily understandable insight into all of these things.  As a great companion to last week's episode where we discussed creating a coherent narrative, we will examine how the way we were related to as children shapes the way we relate to our kids, and many of the behaviors that result!



Regarding the information cited in this episode, here are some important references:

A quick video explanation of the "hand model of the brain" by Dr. Dan Siegel

The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of a Well-Being
Siegel, Daniel. J. The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of a Well-Being. Copyright © 2007.  New York, New York. Mind Your Brain, Inc.

Hold on to your kids: Why parents matter.
Neufeld, G., & Maté, G. (2004). Hold on to your kids: Why parents matter. Toronto: A.A. Knopf Canada.

Jacquie is the founder and owner of Evolve Education Consulting, an organization dedicated to helping parents and educators grow and bridge the gap between home and school. 

Check out more of her work on Facebook: 

Or on the website 

Head to the website today to get a free copy of Jacquie's ebook,  “Who Do They Need Us to Be? Redefining the Role of Parents Throughout the School Years “


Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Last week's episode was a tough one for a lot of us to process, so Jacquie is back this week to revisit why we need to make sense of our life story.  In her examination of this process, otherwise known as creating a coherent narrative, she simplifies what it looks like to make sense of our childhood experiences and get "unstuck" in our parenting challenges.

She also gives us a quick rundown on her experience with educators at several Teacher's Conventions this month, highlighting her connection with teachers and the importance of bridging the gap between home and school.


Regarding the information cited in this episode, here are some important references:

Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
Siegel, Daniel. J. Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain. Copyright © 2013 by Mind Your Brain, Inc. Reprinted by arrangement with the Penguin Group, a division of the Penguin Random House Company. All rights reserved.

The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of a Well-Being
Siegel, Daniel. J. The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of a Well-Being. Copyright © 2007.  New York, New York. Mind Your Brain, Inc.

The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are
Siegel, Daniel J.  The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are. Copyright © 1999.The Guilford Press, a division of Guilford Publications, Inc. New York, New York.  All rights reserved.

Other Recommended Books By Dr. Dan Siegel and Dr. Tina Payne Bryson: 

• The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired
• No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
• The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, Survive Everyday Parenting Struggles, and Help Your Family Thrive
• The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child

Jacquie is the founder and owner of Evolve Education Consulting, an organization dedicated to helping parents and educators grow and bridge the gap between home and school. 

Check out more of her work on Facebook: 

Or on the website 

Head to the website today to get a free copy of Jacquie's ebook,  “Who Do They Need Us to Be? Redefining the Role of Parents Throughout the School Years “



Music: https://www.purple-planet.com