#Reflect31 Week 2; August 9-16, 2021
#Refle Week one of Reflect 31 was harder than we thought this year, with all our back-to-school professional learning, classroom prep, meetings (lots of meetings), and of course trying to get our three kids ready to go back to, we didn’t post each day. In fact, we’re just doing our best to meet all the demands of being parents, educators, podcasters, etc. while trying to be safe and keep others safe with rising Covid rates. So hopefully, you’re like us and just trying to be
Week One Prompts for #Reflect31
31 Days of mindful reflection, sharing, and connecting tailored to educators as they begin a new school year.
How to participate: Follow @creativitydept on Twitter or Instagram or FB for a daily reflection question and/or quote. Reflect on the short question. Post and share your response with the tag #Reflect31 Read, follow and build new relationships with fellow educators. Share with your local colleagues to have discussions in your collaborative teams or professional lear
#Reflect31: 31Days of mindful reflection, sharing, and connecting tailored to educators
On July 29th, Team Grundler hosted a #K12ArtChat Twitter chat and kicked off #Reflect31: 31 Days of mindful reflection, sharing, and connecting tailored to educators as they begin a new school year. This topic has been near and dear to our hearts since 2015 when we first started our annual reflection challenge. As we have been riding the rollercoaster of life all summer (really the past 20+ months), right alongside you all and it’s made us even more passionate about the #R
December is for JOY #Joy 31
Normally every August, we share a month of reflective prompts for educators who are soon to start their new school year. Well, it didn’t happen this year……… nothing about 2020 has been normal. We call this month of prompts #Reflect31 the intent is to inspire educators to spend some time contemplating and reflecting on keywords pertaining to education. The daily word is a springboard, we want to leave the reflecting open to personal interpretation. There have been years when
The last five days..... of Reflect 31
We ended the last blog with your one word. 8/26/19 - Day 26: Reflect on the feelings you have about this coming school year…… if you had one word to describe your hopes for the year, what would it be? #oneword My #oneword - LOVE ---- we need to send kindness and love out to students and educators #teachkindness#teachkindness #buildempathy #buildempathy #edchat#edchat #K12ArtChat#K12ArtChat #creativelyconnectededu#creativelyconnectededu @peterhreynolds So on the way to work th
Make the Moments Count #Reflect31
Strangely on Friday night, as I continued through #Reflect31 I was working in my journal and thinking about a few special people that I miss dearly. One my being my mother, one being Rusty, a kind soul who showed me the ropes as a young administrator and then my thoughts swirled through many amazing people that have helped to guide my growth as an educator. Then sadly, Saturday mid morning I received the news that a wonderful young teacher who had a free spirit and an inno
Hello 2019-2020, So Thankful
It's seriously hard to believe that summer is over for Team Grundler, Matt and kids all kicked off the school year today. Last night as I was laying in bed thinking about all the wonderful teachers we know I wanted to wish everyone a great year it didn’t seem like enough to say just that, it seemed more important to thank them. In the face of many obstacles they make a difference and I couldn’t stop thinking about how much love they send out into the world each day. Teacher
A grateful heart........ #Reflect31
It's 6 pm and we literally just wrapped up two days of professional learning with our district colleagues. It's always so challenging for me, I feel like these are the two most important days of the year in my role. The lead up includes a lot of planning, a lot of schlepping and priority setting. The days of learning include a lot hopping from room to room, sharing, presenting, answering questions and PROBLEM SOLVING. One of the middle school art teachers said to me that s
Reflect and Share #Reflect 31 Day One
Well I did it - my first video reflection, super tired, hair in a bun and at 8:20 pm right before the first #K12ArtChat of the school year. It was a little like tearing off a band-aid, but I did it! Then right after, my son who had been sitting in the other room said, "I had no idea that you didn't like school or that people bullied you." So we had a little chat, he said he was really surprised and I said I think everyone has their challenges, school's not easy. We talked
It's #Reflect31
What is it? A challenge! We challenge you to spend 31 days reflecting on you educational practice. It is a practice we are always adapting, adjusting and changing and these decisions are better made when we dedicate time to reflecting. 8/1/19 - Day one: What is your WHY? Reflect on why you chose to be an educator, what was it that called you to the profession? Share a little video reflection on social media using #Reflect31 so we can learn and reflect together. 8/2/19 -
